I've got a left kick only TE410 and I am having problems with the tail light and brake light working. Started tracking things down with a voltmeter and I'm just not sure where the problem is. There is little wiring on the bike to begin with.
To start, here is what I know. Correct me if I'm wrong. The bike has AC power, 12V. There is no battery or rectifier. There are two yellow wires under the seat, that if separated read only 6V AC each.
What I noticed is there is continuity between the positive and ground. To me that means I have the positive touching ground somewhere. I'd think this would make almost everything not work, but the headlight has no problems nor does the ignition(which I'm pretty sure is on an entirely different circuit.) So really we just have the headlight and tail light on one circuit.
So I started unplugging things, to isolate. What I eventually found was a single yellow wire that comes up out of the stator housing that has a connector next to the much larger connector with the rest of the wires coming from the stator. If I unplug that, the resistance between positive and ground goes from ~1 ohm to ~330 ohms. So it still seems like the positive is somehow getting to ground, but that wire was really helping that happen.
Is any of this abnormal? I can't actually find a break in any wire and I feel like that yellow wire coming from the stator that I unplugged IS the positive for the headlight and tail light circuit.
Any help?
Here's a picture of the one yellow wire.
To start, here is what I know. Correct me if I'm wrong. The bike has AC power, 12V. There is no battery or rectifier. There are two yellow wires under the seat, that if separated read only 6V AC each.
What I noticed is there is continuity between the positive and ground. To me that means I have the positive touching ground somewhere. I'd think this would make almost everything not work, but the headlight has no problems nor does the ignition(which I'm pretty sure is on an entirely different circuit.) So really we just have the headlight and tail light on one circuit.
So I started unplugging things, to isolate. What I eventually found was a single yellow wire that comes up out of the stator housing that has a connector next to the much larger connector with the rest of the wires coming from the stator. If I unplug that, the resistance between positive and ground goes from ~1 ohm to ~330 ohms. So it still seems like the positive is somehow getting to ground, but that wire was really helping that happen.
Is any of this abnormal? I can't actually find a break in any wire and I feel like that yellow wire coming from the stator that I unplugged IS the positive for the headlight and tail light circuit.
Any help?
Here's a picture of the one yellow wire.