Broken sway bar link

[billybovine]

F1 goes to the ignition switch. From there it branches to front fender pilot lamps, licence plate bulb, rear tail running lights and optional front left, right auxiliary lights.

F2 one branch to the brake light switch. From the switch it branches to the ECM and to the brake light bulbs. The other branch from F2 goes to the hazard switch. From the hazard switch to the gauge cluster. Hard to tell if this circuit is just an input to the gauge cluster to activate the hazard lights or it actually powers the hazard circuit.

 

[youngers]

WOW ! my friend what an exasperating trip ! and you still kept at it like a trooper , hope you and the wife are good now ! but usually things happen with the first problem , could there have been something from the rod breakage , that might have nicked a line or along those means of wire gremlins' ? luck on the repairs ...

 

[pjweimer]

Good thought, but...

WOW ! my friend what an exasperating trip ! and you still kept at it like a trooper , hope you and the wife are good now ! but usually things happen with the first problem , could there have been something from the rod breakage , that might have nicked a line or along those means of wire gremlins' ? luck on the repairs ...

The sway bar link that broke was on the right side. The upper connection of the link is on the under side of the lower suspension arm. The wiring from the fender light runs under the upper suspension arm... so I doubt that the breakage of the link could have clipped any wiring. The link broke about 250 miles into this trip and the first time the electrical gremlin arose was some 5 or 6 hundred miles later. Now this has proven to be a crafty beast, and has spent some time alluding my diagnostic efforts, but I will capture this thing. Some day...

 

[pjweimer]

Found the problem

[FONT=&quot]Had the bike and trailer packed, ready to pull out of the motel parking lot to head home and decided to do a final walk around. Saw a bundle of two wires hanging a bit low and close to the inside of the right front wheel. Bent down to see this closer. Turns out there was a plastic inside cover on the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]axle[/FONT][FONT=&quot] and it was missing. The wiring bundle's zip tie had slipped and let the involved connector and the wires hang down. They were being rubbed by the turning axle. One wire was cut nearly in two, but not just quite. Wrapped some electrical tape around the two wires separately and then together. Grabbed a couple of zip ties and secure the bundle up and out of harms way. Traveled to Prestonburg, KY, 245 miles without any problems. No blown fuses.

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Picture taken before I wrapped the tape and secured the wires with zip ties.

Done. And by the way, this had absolutely nothing to do with the installation of the TricLED kits.

 

[billybovine]

Had the bike and trailer packed, ready to pull out of the motel parking lot to head home and decided to do a final walk around. Saw a bundle of two wires hanging a bit low and close to the inside of the right front wheel. Bent down to see this closer. Turns out there was a plastic inside cover on the axle and it was missing. The wiring bundle's zip tie had slipped and let the involved connector and the wires hang down. They were being rubbed by the turning axle. One wire was cut nearly in two, but not just quite. Wrapped some electrical tape around the two wires separately and then together. Grabbed a couple of zip ties and secure the bundle up and out of harms way. Traveled to Prestonburg, KY, 245 miles without any problems. No blown fuses.

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Picture taken before I wrapped the tape and secured the wires with zip ties.

Done. And by the way, this had absolutely nothing to do with the installation of the TricLED kits.

So that explains fuse F1 blowing but not F2.

 

[trikermutha]

Glad you found it..Thought you had all extra lights disconnected??

Anyway have a good ride. :thumbup:

 

[pjweimer]

I need to step through the electrical schematic

So that explains fuse F1 blowing but not F2.

Should I have no further problems associated with this incident I will need to step through the schematics when I get home to see if I can understand just why F2 fuse was blowing. I agree it does not explain F2.

 

[youngers]

great job on the wire problem find ! glad you could get that fixed and a safe ride back ! if you guys go nuts and decide a long trip through Louisville ky , and across the bridge too Clarksville Indiana ... be cool too sit by the river and have a cold one with good food ! { any one }

 

[biker01red]

Bajaron Sway Bar

I called Lamonster yesterday to order the Bajaron Sway Bar and Links...spoke with Jacob, great service, within an hour I had shipping confirmation, should be here in two days. I have an appointment with my Dealer next Wednesday for the install......looking forward to riding improvement after reading many comments on this forum. Thanks again Lamonster for the great service !!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday my Dealer did the install. Yesterday with my wife as a passenger, we did a 246 mile day ride.... What a difference the Bajaron Sway Bar and Hemi Links have made for me !!!! Immediately noticed the twitchy side to side movement is gone, no longer feel like I am going to shoot off the road at any moment... The bike is more stable, holds straight line even on roads with a crown in the center... Big improvement in curves, holds line, etc... After just a few miles my wife started talking about the big difference, she feels much more comfortable on the bike.... After riding two wheels for many, many years, I am feeling better about riding the three wheeler !!!!!! Thanks to this forum for all the info I read before ordering.... As previously posted on this forum by others, my question is - when the bar and links make such a difference in stability, why doesn't Can Am just put it on their bikes during assembly ??????? Thanks again to Jacob at Lamonster Garage for his input concerning improvement I could expect and his prompt shipping of the item...much appreciated !!!!!

 

[JerryB]

Hi biker01red,

Re: why doesn't Can Am just put it on their bikes during assembly ???????

Shhhhh, we like having Ron around. :yes:

Jerry Baumchen

 

[jcthorne]

Had the bike and trailer packed, ready to pull out of the motel parking lot to head home and decided to do a final walk around. Saw a bundle of two wires hanging a bit low and close to the inside of the right front wheel. Bent down to see this closer. Turns out there was a plastic inside cover on the axle and it was missing. The wiring bundle's zip tie had slipped and let the involved connector and the wires hang down. They were being rubbed by the turning axle. One wire was cut nearly in two, but not just quite. Wrapped some electrical tape around the two wires separately and then together. Grabbed a couple of zip ties and secure the bundle up and out of harms way. Traveled to Prestonburg, KY, 245 miles without any problems. No blown fuses.

View attachment 137549

Picture taken before I wrapped the tape and secured the wires with zip ties.

Done. And by the way, this had absolutely nothing to do with the installation of the TricLED kits.

BRP has some very nice machined metal replacement caps that bolt on rather than clip on like the plastic ones. They look nice too. Its a permanent fix to loosing those caps. They come up on ebay for about $35 once in a while as they are old stock.