Dog Bone fuse cracked
-
rrmiller73
- Posts: 42
- Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:16 pm
- Location: Mt. Juliet, TN
- Motorcycle: 1984 GL1200 Aspencade
Dog Bone fuse cracked
Rode my 1200 down to vote Monday about a mile from home and went in and voted. Came out 20 minutes later and the bike would crank but not fire. Tried pushing it and no start either. Caught a ride home and went back up with tools about an hour later and it cranked right up. Having just read a post about a simular problem being the 30A dogbone fuse on the solonoid or the pulse generators for the ignition. I checked the fuse first. It had a small hair line mark in it and when I touched it a piece of the strap fell out. There was a spare in the fuse cover. Put it in and all seems well after a couple trips. Wiring a blade fuse holder across the dog bone terminals looks like the permanent fix. Thanks for the info.
-
WingAdmin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 23316
- Joined: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:16 pm
- Location: Strongsville, OH
- Motorcycle: 2000 GL1500 SE
1982 GL1100A Aspencade (sold)
1989 PC800 (sold)
1998 XV250 Virago (sold)
2012 Suzuki Burgman 400 (wife's!)
2007 Aspen Sentry Trailer - Contact:
Re: Dog Bone fuse cracked
I had a very similar experience - when I touched the fuse, it crumbled in my fingers. I put the 30 amp blade fuse holder (a good quality, waterproof one with a status LED can be had for $5 at Radio Shack, of all places) in there, taped a couple spare 30 amp fuses to the side of it, and haven't had a problem since.
-
detdrbuzzard
- Posts: 1623
- Joined: Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:54 am
- Location: 42.23/83.33/636
- Motorcycle: '11 bmw 1200gsa,'93se
'75750.'79750/9k
'79 750f
'06 st1300a
Re: Dog Bone fuse cracked
i carry a blade fuse holder already set up so when my dog bone fuse goes on the 1200 wing i am not stranded. my gf's dog bone fuse went out on her 1200 wing a few weeks ago, she was in toledo with a group of her riding friends and they were nervous about installing the blade fuse holder i had set up for her so i had to take an hour ride just to install a fuse
'99 ST1100, '93 se
'75 cb750k, '79 cb 750f, '79 cb750 superK
'99ST1100, sunL70
'06 ST1300a
.... william
'75 cb750k, '79 cb 750f, '79 cb750 superK
'99ST1100, sunL70
'06 ST1300a
.... william
-
maestro319
- Posts: 510
- Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:22 pm
- Location: West Chicago, IL
- Motorcycle: 1986 Honda Goldwing 1200 Aspencade
Re: Dog Bone fuse cracked
Just how DO you install a blade fuse holder?? Do you need solder? Connectors? Splicing? Directions and/or a diagram would be nice. I'd like to have a set-up ready to go for my '86 GL1200, and it would be nice to know how to install it or I'd be in the same fix as your girlfriend.
-
WingAdmin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 23316
- Joined: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:16 pm
- Location: Strongsville, OH
- Motorcycle: 2000 GL1500 SE
1982 GL1100A Aspencade (sold)
1989 PC800 (sold)
1998 XV250 Virago (sold)
2012 Suzuki Burgman 400 (wife's!)
2007 Aspen Sentry Trailer - Contact:
Re: Dog Bone fuse cracked
Have a look at this post, it has a couple pictures of what you're looking for. The dogbone fuse is held in place with two screw terminals, and the fuse screws into place as you can see.maestro319 wrote:Just how DO you install a blade fuse holder?? Do you need solder? Connectors? Splicing? Directions and/or a diagram would be nice. I'd like to have a set-up ready to go for my '86 GL1200, and it would be nice to know how to install it or I'd be in the same fix as your girlfriend.
Then have a look at this post, where you can see the replacement I used. I took a couple large spade lug terminals and crimped them onto the ends of the wire coming out of the blade fuse holder. I then just screwed the two terminals in place of the dogbone fuse. That's all there is to it, really.