Removing Turn Signals

Forgive my ignorance...I'm no 'lectric whiz. I want to remove all four turn signals from my 650RJ. What should I do with the wires after signal removal? Here in Virginia its "all or none" when it comes to signals and safety inspections, and I'm more of a hand signal rider, anyway.

Thanks in advance for the tips.

Regards,
Furyus

 

You would want to cap off the connectors where the signal leads terminate at the harness. You could fill them with rtv or wrap electrical tape around them (or both). Either method is no-destructive in case you have to reconvert for some reason or sell.

 

Thanks, Robert.

Let's see if I have this right...I assume there are two wires for each signal. Pop off the signal, and cap each wire individually, not twisted into one wire. Does that make sense? I do want to do it in a non-destructive manner..

Thanks again and regards,
George

 

all you need to do is make sure the positive wire doesn't touch any metal, there for the green and brown wire ends should have electrical tape or something similar put overthem, the black ground wires can stay as they are, since if they touch the frame, a ground and a ground wont do anything, its when a positive and a ground do you have shorts, fires, sparks etc.

 

George, you are correct, you don't want to tie the two together (this would be a direct path from supplied voltage to ground, not a good thing!). You should be able to unplug the wires near the harness. If you have aftermarket or someone hacked it already, you will need to cap the supply wire off to prevent a short (Schmidtap has those details in the previous post). Good luck, this should be as easy as falling down.

 

Thanks, guys...falling down easy I can do.

Lemme see, I'll need my hammer, some duct tape and a 10mm open end....got 'em around here somewhere...

Regards,
Furyus

 

Ha ha ha ha, I'm glad to see you have a sense of humor as well. Makes this place so much fun!

 

don't forget bandaids.....

 

p.s. for anyone who hasn't experienced it, when the positive lead touches the body long enough it get real hot and eventually the plastic wire covering goes up in some stinky black smoke and makes an aweful mess everywhere. that is if your battery doesnt go dead first.

 

First hand experience? Good Lord I hope not. What a mess. You can write off that wire as well, cooked wire doesn't have a chance to work right ever again.

 

nonsense, it's still good for tying very small bales, cleaning you're drain, maybe wraping up a package or something like that

 

You got me there, I'm thinking inside the box. Very wise advice!