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  • HD
    HD
    5 months
    98 softail. Left hand indicates not working. Sprayed wd 40 came back to life but now nothing. Any advice please and thanks
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 months
    Probably a stuffed switch, should be able to get a replacement pretty easy.
  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    5 months
    Quoting HD on 03 Dec 2023 06:57 AM

    98 softail. Left hand indicates not working. Sprayed wd 40 came back to life but now nothing. Any advice please and thanks

    could try some spray contact cleaner.
  • Pedro123
    Pedro123
    5 months
    Beware the WD40.
    Has been known to melt certain plastics.
    Made a small fortune over the years replacing switches because someone "freed them up" with WD.
  • Daz666
    Daz666
    5 months
    Remove the lens and check power, trace the power back, perhaps the earth is broken or poor... there is a possibility albeit slim, that both globes (if you have globes) have blown.
    If the globes are good and there is power at the globe base then run a seperate earth wire to the frame.. worst case is the indicator module is faulty but try all other avenues first.. 
  • beaglebasher
    beaglebasher
    5 months
    I had a similar problem with the right blinker so I sprayed anything that moved with WD40 and it came good for a couple of days.
    It stopped  working two days later so I pulled the blinker switch apart and sprayed the whole fuckin lot with INOX.
    The blinkers dint work then either but they came good the next time I got on the bike.
    I still cant get the smile off me face.
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