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Kaudette
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 03:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

FYI to those interested.

After a few miles on a hot, recently paved road (with pebbles) my XB popped the red check engine light. It was the fan that shorted out and kept blowing the fuse.
Originally I thought about a short in the wiring - nope - just a peice of tar covered gravel finding it's way into the fan assembly & blocking the rotation.

I suppose this is a highly improbable type problem however if this happens to you - take a look at the fan before digging thru the electronics & wiring. Will save time and hassle.

Ride safe.
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Captainplanet
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 03:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Good catch. The fuse did its job. Bet that wasn't obvious.
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Darthane
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 07:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Heh...man, that gravel must have had fun trying to get up in there...almost like the magic bullet from JFK.
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Kaudette
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 05:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah - knowing it a Buell I started my deduction with the vibration causing a wire to get worn and shorting somewhere on a ground...(as with the front horn wire before). Only the wiring for the fan is a real bit** to get to, I was 400 miles from the local dealer, it was 90 degrees and I was on my way to Italy, and I don't speak Italian! ; ) Oh, and has anyone tried to actually work on the XB with the tools in that little pouch?

2 days later I figured it out - about the same time I found a shop with one of those tiny 10A fuses...

My buddy on his Sportster was giving it to me for not riding a good, old reliable HD on top of everything!
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984_cc
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 12:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I hate those tar and gravel roads!!! I avoid them if possible but when impossible, I go real slow. I always check the bike for stray rocks after riding on one of those roads. I've found a tar covered pebble up by my fan twice already. I actually wondered if any pebbles had hit the fan. I also don't like how pebbles collect on the little stub fender over the rear wheel and get lodged in between it and the swingarm.
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Odie
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 04:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

984cc, I agree on the rear fender deal. I believe I'm going to take it off and cut a slot in it so there is some clearance between the two. Use my Dremel, etc.........Odie
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Unibear12r
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The fix for that was a little black RTV spread across the gap. Nearly invisible and if it is seen it looks factory.
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984_cc
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 10:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I was thinking black silicone for a fix too.
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Unibear12r
Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 11:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It works great and I wish I had thought of it. Doh!
Someone else on Badweb deserves the credit tho. Lots of DG out here and it packed the fender gap terrible until I siliconed it.
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