Last couple of days have found that the indicators don't always work as I am riding along. Everything works when I start off but after a mile or two if I press the indicator button to the right either nothing happens or the indicator light on the clock flashes once then nothing. I have sprayed inside the control box with GT85 and wiggled the button. Tried tugging on the wires from the indicators to detect a intermittent circuit but to no avail. Any ideas anyone, a new switch box is over £200 and I don't want to buy one if that is not the cause.
not sure if the problem starts with the left as it does with the right but either way once it refuses to work neither left or right works until it decides to.
If both indicators are dodgy it might be worth checking the relay which should be located under the seat or side panels? There will be a number of relays and you need to try and identify which one is for the indicators. I take it the indicators are original and led?
yes they are the originals, I looked at the Haynes manual and it doesn't seem to list the indicators as on a relay that I can see but I will check tomorrow thanks.
If there is no relay it seems that the indicators will be controlled by the ECU with a flasher unit built into the instrument panel? Have you tried altering the indicator settings in the bikes menu? Are the indicators set to self cancelling?
Have a look in your Owners Manual. Download for free if you don't have one. triumphtechnicalinformation.com
Indicators have permanently given up the ghost, along with the clock, trips, heated grips and hazard switch. Having spoken to some people in the know it would seem a fault in the clocks are the issue which are about a grand to replace.I will get a triumph dealer to diagnose the problem and see what the next step to take is. Regarding my Triumph 400 that dropped the cam chain, still waiting for the cylinder head from India.
I would check the wiring on the left hand side of the headstock. Your symptoms are very similar to the problems I had on my Street Twin. Open circuit supply to the speedometer.
From memory the speedometer has interaction with the indicators. Check the multi pin connector to the Speedo unit. Also the stock wiring around the headstock is usually tight and ‘creaky’. It’s easy enough to gain additional slack around the headstock by moving the loom holder under the tank held in position by two bolts forward, after first elongating the vertical positioning hole horizontally with a hot soldering iron. However this is prevention rather than cure.Once the loom holder has been repositioned it’s possible to fit a matchstick between the headstock and loom, whereas beforehand anything the thickness of a Rizla paper wouldn’t slide between them
