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Posted by basilbug
- February 08, 2019, 17:18:50 PMQuote from: Troll on February 06, 2019, 08:50:30 AMSo, if its clicking off the miles (Odometer is working) but the speedometer is not working, it's not the speed sensor that needs to be replaced? I guess part of the speed sensor is working?Sounds like a problem inside the gauge assy, itself. Could be as simple as a bad solder joint on the circuit board. You may need to replace the speedo head. They show up on eBay now and then...the black face ones for the Vulcans will fit just fine, just not the same color.
Posted by Troll
- February 06, 2019, 08:50:30 AMSounds like a problem inside the gauge assy, itself. Could be as simple as a bad solder joint on the circuit board. You may need to replace the speedo head. They show up on eBay now and then...the black face ones for the Vulcans will fit just fine, just not the same color.
Posted by basilbug
- February 05, 2019, 18:51:20 PMQuote from: Troll on February 04, 2019, 09:30:14 AMTroll, thanks for pulling up the picks from the manual..The plug from the sensor to the wiring harness needs to be cleaned. Cleaning off the MAGNETIC sensor is a waste of time. Cleaning the connections on the back of the speedo head would be the next thing to try. IF the turn signals cancel after 15 blinks, then the sensor is working, sending VSS signals to the turn signal controller. Is the odometer registering mileage? Could be the air core gauge itself. Sorry to put it this way, but this is a simple circuit....not rocket science.
Posted by basilbug
- February 05, 2019, 18:48:50 PMQuote from: Troll on February 04, 2019, 09:30:14 AMYes, the odometer is registering mileage..... And the light is working....Clock too..The plug from the sensor to the wiring harness needs to be cleaned. Cleaning off the MAGNETIC sensor is a waste of time. Cleaning the connections on the back of the speedo head would be the next thing to try. IF the turn signals cancel after 15 blinks, then the sensor is working, sending VSS signals to the turn signal controller. Is the odometer registering mileage? Could be the air core gauge itself. Sorry to put it this way, but this is a simple circuit....not rocket science.
I have not cleaned the connection from the magnet to where it plugs in.. I guess do that first? With the odometer working, what could it be? Still the connection?
Posted by Troll
- February 04, 2019, 09:30:14 AMThe plug from the sensor to the wiring harness needs to be cleaned. Cleaning off the MAGNETIC sensor is a waste of time. Cleaning the connections on the back of the speedo head would be the next thing to try. IF the turn signals cancel after 15 blinks, then the sensor is working, sending VSS signals to the turn signal controller. Is the odometer registering mileage? Could be the air core gauge itself. Sorry to put it this way, but this is a simple circuit....not rocket science.
Posted by antocas
- February 03, 2019, 15:06:50 PMmy speedo stopped ,it turned out to be a crushed thingamajiggy on the front axle,in the wheel ,,must have gotten damaged with a tyre change,managed to reshape it and all good now
Posted by basilbug
- December 16, 2018, 20:08:03 PMQuote from: Old Drifter on December 16, 2018, 12:56:33 PMI had a speed sensor on another brand of motorcycle that just needed cleaning. Try pulling the sensor, clean and replace.
Sorry, I forgot to mention I already took it out and cleaned it and put it back in. It was very clean, just clean gear oil in it...
Posted by Old Drifter
- December 16, 2018, 12:56:33 PMI had a speed sensor on another brand of motorcycle that just needed cleaning. Try pulling the sensor, clean and replace.
Posted by Troll
- December 16, 2018, 04:03:37 AMStart by checking and cleaning all connections in the circuit
Posted by basilbug
- December 15, 2018, 10:21:50 AMI finally got my 2001 Drifter 1500 up and running after many years of sitting in my garage, I know, stupid for not ridding it....
Now my speedo will not work. Everything else works but that. The speed sensor part 21176-0037 is around $100 and I want to make sure that its the speed sensor and not something else. What else could be the problem? Any fuse for the speedo? I know that I can test the sensor, but don't have that tool.
Thanks.....