Turn Signal Relay-junk

[waldo877]

So, I think the relay is junk. Sometimes the signals work, sometimes they don't. I have to smack the relay to get them to work again. I would like to replace them, and HAVE read the guide on BassCliff's site, but I was hoping I could just buy another relay at an autoparts store, or am I stuck doing the flasher thing? If so, what part numbers are the items I need if I go to a place like autozone or advanced (if different from the guide's numbers)?

For example, will either of these work?

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/partlist_Brake-and-Turn-Signal-Relay_2690_R|GRPRELAAMS__relay___

[Steve]

Maybe, maybe not. Just because they have three terminals, like your original flasher, does not mean that the connections inside are the same. Many on here have replaced their original relays with a two-terminal flasher with success, but you will lose your auto-cancel in the process.

A couple of us on the board are working on a replacement flasher unit, but it's not ready yet.

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[waldo877]

So, as far as flashers go, any two terminal one should work?

[teet]

So, I think the relay is junk. Sometimes the signals work, sometimes they don't. I have to smack the relay to get them to work again. I would like to replace them, and HAVE read the guide on BassCliff's site, but I was hoping I could just buy another relay at an autoparts store, or am I stuck doing the flasher thing? If so, what part numbers are the items I need if I go to a place like autozone or advanced (if different from the guide's numbers)?

For example, will either of these work?

Read this post... Should not be much different for your bike.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=146563

This is the relay I picked up...Advance auto had it on the shelf.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...R%7CGRPLAMPAMS____

I'm not sure about the auto cancel feature, as my 79 does not have it....but it was the best $12 and 5 minutes I have spent to make my blinkers work properly, and reliably.

Jeff (teet)

[bwringer]

For bikes with auto cancel turn signals, there's not really a substitute that will retain the auto cancel function.

However, you can use a regular two-terminal flasher and at least have turn signals that work. (You just have to shut them off yourself, which is hard to remember when you're used to the auto cancel.) You'll have to experiment to find the correct terminals to use out of the three -- I don't remember exactly which wire is which.

Another possibility is to pry the plastic cover off the stock relay and clean it up inside with WD-40 and electrical contact cleaner. We got one working this way after it had come loose from its mount and filled up with water while hanging upside-down.

[Coady]

I don't know the technical reason, but I got an after market flasher for my GSX250 and it flashed 3 times as fast as the original?

[lucabond]

Not enough of a load on the circut is why it blinks to fast.

[waldo877]

So I ended up buying that EP34 flasher that BassCliff had in his tutorial, and it didn't work. Ran over to my buddies old chevy project truck, and grabbed a standard GM 2-terminal relay. Hooked it up,and BAM, it works again. Bought him a new relay for $2.00 at the parts store.