Thursday, 23 January 2014

Re: [emrat:3814] Help!

Brandon,

When I owned your Sprint, there was a period of time when the same thing happened occasionally. Speedo would read 0 and the odometer would not change. I found nothing in the cable connections or the sending unit of a physical nature that would cause the issue. I even removed the front wheel, examined the sending unit, made sure things were clean, lubed and installed correctly. Sometimes everything worked fine, sometimes not. It was an issue only at the beginning of a ride, rarely at any other time. Don't worry, I didn't rack up miles of riding that throw off the true mileage of the bike.

 

My solution was to stop (usually just in front of my house) and turn off the key, turn it back on and restart. This worked often. Other times, I would do the same thing, but also include wiggling the front end back and forth hard several times with the handlebars. That would typically set things right. Only once or twice did I ride away without success. If it did fail to work right, then I stopped after a few blocks, and went through that routine. Once it was working, it continued to work fine for the remainder of the ride, including stops, shut-downs and re-starts. There was nothing intermitent about it, convincing me that a purely mechanical or wiring issue did not exist. But I was stumped.

 

It gets better, bear with me. Sometime in the last 6 months or year that I had the bike, I noticed slow starting due to a weak battery, which did not improve even after regular battery-tender hook ups. About that time I noticed the speedo/odo issue was really being tough to resolve. When the battery just did not show that it was going to last much longer, I replaced it with a new one. The bike then started up with authority, and guess what...

 

I never, ever, I repeat, never, had the speedo/odo issue show itself, ever again. After installing a fresh, new battery. No wiggling wires, going through the old routine, none of that. Everytjhing just worked exactly like it should from that moment forward. Miracles never cease.

 

-Warf


From: "Robert & Denise Wendl" <radwendl@oneimage.com>
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:49:09 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3780] Help!

Brandon,
 
We tried dielectric grease all the connections. However, that didn't resolve the issue. We tried replacing the speedo pick wiring harness. However, that didn't resolve the issue. The final solution re-mapping the ECU.
 
Maybe all of the above resolved the problem. All I know is it really made Denise unhappy until it was resolved.
 
As far as re-mapping goes, I have a nice garage and tools to go with it. However, that I can't do. Take the bike to your local Triumph deal, I.E. Erico, to get that job done.
 
CPT Bob
 
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3775] Help!
 
Re-maps are typically $54.  I'd get it done for you for $34 if you wanted to try that.  RAT hook up. :-)  But your right, if you jiggled cables and it started up again, it's more likely a physical connection issue.
 
 
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-------- Original message --------
From: Brandon Hinds <hinds169@gmail.com>
Date: 01/21/2014 6:25 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [emrat:3773] Help!


What does that cost?

On Jan 21, 2014 6:24 PM, "Phil Lombana" <PhilL@ericomotorsports.com> wrote:
If that is the case, an update is an easy enough thing to do.  Let me know if that's something you would like to try.  Good idea Bob!
 
 
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-------- Original message --------
From: Robert & Denise Wendl <radwendl@oneimage.com>
Date: 01/21/2014 6:07 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [emrat:3771] Help!


Brandon,
 
Denise 2004 Sprint RS had the same issue. We fought this issue for years and the final resolution was a firmware update to the ECU.
 
CPT Bob W
 
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3765] Help!
 
Dielectric grease is always good idea too like Manuel said. :-)
 
 
Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch



-------- Original message --------
From: Manuel Baca <mjbaca900@yahoo.com>
Date: 01/21/2014 1:25 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [emrat:3764] Help!


Oops, didn't see Phil's response; what he said :)

 

From: Manuel Baca <mjbaca900@yahoo.com>
To: "emrat@googlegroups.com" <emrat@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3763] Help!
 
I would say, start looking at the connections from the display backward.  Use some dielectric grease when reconnecting. 

 

From: Brandon Hinds <hinds169@gmail.com>
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3762] Help!
 
What Dan said... It started working again this afternoon after you wiggling some wires and hoses around.... But with that fix I expecting it to happen again....
On Jan 21, 2014 11:50 AM, "Phil Lombana" <PhilL@ericomotorsports.com> wrote:
Hey Brandon,
 
What bike do you have?  Maybe I can give you some direction.
 
Thanks,
 
Phil Lombana
Service Manager
Erico Motorsports
Denver, CO
 
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From: Brandon Hinds
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:34 AM
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
 
Hey guys. I noticed my speedo and odo weren't working this morning. Hit a pretty good bump on the way in.... Where do I start looking for loose wires??? As far as I can tell everything else works...
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