how do i check RLU

[pmelah]

i went out to work on the ole girl today to see what else i could find wrong and fix since im in this far like replacing passing lamp bulbs cleaning connectors and stuff and every thing is good headlight and all well pushed the starter button and she almost ran for 3 to 5 seconds then died ok then i noticed no headlight no dash lights and no highbeam how do i check the RLU to see if its bad im about to pull the bulb and check it but all fuses are good i do have blade fuses thanks for the help

 

 

bulb is good both hi and low pulled it and put leads on it from battery pluged bulb back in and have hi and low again on the switch but still no dash lights and those bulbs are good

Edited September 4, 2013 by pmelah

[pmelah]

is there a way to by pass this and will this also cause a no run situation on the bike

[dingy]

i went out to work on the ole girl today to see what else i could find wrong and fix since im in this far like replacing passing lamp bulbs cleaning connectors and stuff and every thing is good headlight and all well pushed the starter button and she almost ran for 3 to 5 seconds then died ok then i noticed no headlight no dash lights and no highbeam how do i check the RLU to see if its bad im about to pull the bulb and check it but all fuses are good i do have blade fuses thanks for the help

 

 

RLU does not control the dash illumination. It does control the high beam and reserve light.

 

The start switch however is common to the dash illumination and the RLU circuit. When starter is engaged this switch interrupts current to RLU and dash lights.

 

There is a write up on 'correctly' cleaning it linked below, there are other options like contact cleaner, which may remove lettering on switch housing.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=68

 

Gary

[pmelah]

thanks Gary i do have that write up saved on my laptop and back up drive i did clean it once and didnt think that would be the problem since i did this last october and could not ride it from november to may do to recovery but i have also put 10,000 miles on it since i got the bike in aug last year so i could have built up some crud i will take it apart and clean again since im going thru all the connectors

[Flyinfool]

Also check all of the grounds.