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Help me think this one out

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We are talking about my 1980 yammy xs650

I was going to the Suzuki dealer to price some components for the starter drive job I'm doing on my gs1100e. BTW aside rom having a hard time pulling the rotor off the crankshaft, the starter drive repair is a baby job. And I was wondering what sort o secret monster was lurking in the mechanism.

ANYHOOO--- As i was driving along the bike just dropped dead. no lights -no starter no little green light that always goes on when the bike is not running?? This happened a couple of months back and it was a fuse. Naturally i gave the electrical wiring a going over and made some new cables the first time it happened.
Well this time i figure it will be a simple thing. i grabbed some tools my simpson 260. tape and fuses and set out to retrieve the bike. Fuses good-maybe a battery died--nope 13+ volts there. Wiggle lost of wires with the key on--nothing.
OH YES i forgot to add that where this yammy is concerned i belong to the club of morons that doesn't have a repair manual for it.

LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS PLEASE :D
 
Broken cable goin from your battery to ignition switch - check with multimeter.
Happened to me on my Suzuki without any reason - just old age.
Adam M.
 
mmedyna9629 said:
Broken cable goin from your battery to ignition switch - check with multimeter.
Happened to me on my Suzuki without any reason - just old age.
Adam M.
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that is most likely. Now i will have to see if i can find the correct cable. Ill just test and find the one going to the ignition switch that has 12 volts. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
I've had a bad fuse holder do that to me. I just recrimped the things that grab onto the flat fuse. Does your fuse look burned up or melted?

Steve
 
If you can readily see the wires at the fuse box, look for the colour coding on the wire leading to the ignition the ignition fuse. Check for the same coding behind the headlight, then use your multimeter.

Recommend you check BOTH battery cable connections, ground connector, and the connection from the battery at the fuse box.

You may be able to check that there is power at the other fuses, but not necessarily, as they may get power from the ignition switch.
 
srivett said:
I've had a bad fuse holder do that to me. I just recrimped the things that grab onto the flat fuse. Does your fuse look burned up or melted?

Steve
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Juice is going into and out of the main fuse-- i will double check that area Steve
 
slopoke said:
srivett said:
I've had a bad fuse holder do that to me. I just recrimped the things that grab onto the flat fuse. Does your fuse look burned up or melted?

Steve
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Juice is going into and out of the main fuse-- i will double check that area Steve
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Scotty, if you have juice in and out of all fuses, then current is available at the switch and from there back to the fuse-box, so you almost certainly should be looking for a bad or loose connector behind your headlight.
 
Scotty, how big was the pothole you hit when this happened??? :twisted:
 
I think youre looking for the right thing Scotty, but without a wiring diagram, it makes it a by guess and by golly proposition.

Earl




slopoke said:
mmedyna9629 said:
Broken cable goin from your battery to ignition switch - check with multimeter.
Happened to me on my Suzuki without any reason - just old age.
Adam M.
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that is most likely. Now i will have to see if i can find the correct cable. Ill just test and find the one going to the ignition switch that has 12 volts. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I agree Earl. I just remembered that i found a diagram on some xs650 website in Holland. i will try to find the diagram again if i dont have it already saved.
 
Try this sit for XS-650 electrical diagrams and info. There is a Yamaha 650 club web site somewhere that has a lot more information but I have lost the link.
:oops:
 
Scotty did you figure it out yet? I have a Yamaha shop manual for an 80 Yammie 850. Its the one I store for the lady at work. It might help if all the links that you were sent dont work out.
 
Jay B said:
Scotty did you figure it out yet? I have a Yamaha shop manual for an 80 Yammie 850. Its the one I store for the lady at work. It might help if all the links that you were sent dont work out.
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I sent for a manual on cd--thanks jB
 
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