help with blinkers

My left blinker has always been slower than my right . I didnt think much of it but i had took off my gauges to fix some bown bulbs and after putting them back in . I gave it all a test(headlight out) everything worked excpt the left blinker. so after messing with wires in the bucket looking for poor connections bad grounds ect .. i got it to blink(still slower than the right side) but when i plug in the head light it stops.
any thoughts? This is on my 1000 st and all test are with the bike not running (still dont have my fuel tank back from paint)
but the battery tests full charge..

That sounds like a bad ground connection somewhere to me. Try connecting a wire directly to the _ve battery terminal and then touching it to the ground connection at the turn signal.

redhawk4 wrote: That sounds like a bad ground connection somewhere to me. Try connecting a wire directly to the _ve battery terminal and then touching it to the ground connection at the turn signal.

I found it ..you were mostly right ..i took all 4 blinkers apart and found the ones in the rear are in need of replacement..one of em had no gasket and was a corroded mess.. i cleaned em all up the best i could and used de-oxit on all the connections..I even went through all the connectors inside the headlight housing . everything is working great now ..very bright and blinking properly.
Its a temporary fix until i can replace those in the rear. but at least i made headway.

I want to say that this forum really is a great help to me. I did a search and found a post about cleaning all the connectors on the whole bike.
II haven't gotten to em all yet but im knocking em down little at a time.
it makes a huge difference and as i go along i find little things here and there that need attention. Like for instance when i removed one of the rear turn signals i found a wire with damaged/worn insulation.. A little shrink tube and i was done.
Fix em now instead of on the side of the road.
Stan

Good thinking.
Steve

strum wrote: I want to say that this forum really is a great help to me. I did a search and found a post about cleaning all the connectors on the whole bike.
II haven't gotten to em all yet but im knocking em down little at a time.
it makes a huge difference and as i go along i find little things here and there that need attention. Like for instance when i removed one of the rear turn signals i found a wire with damaged/worn insulation.. A little shrink tube and i was done.
Fix em now instead of on the side of the road.
Stan

Disconnect the battery and start working your way from the battery out cleaning all connections and applying dielectric grease when clean. shouldn't take long after removing the tank, side covers and headlight. You should also consider disassembling and cleaning the handlebar switches.