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#842552 Shores (User) Go getchur scooter! Platinum Boarder Posts: 6961 Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Just installed new tires and taller sprockets on my 1995 Kawasaki Vulcan 800. Only thing left to do is to get the horn working. When I put a volt meter on the two wirew, I get 12 volts. Does this mean the circuit is good and the horn is bad? Am I missing something?   Logged     The west is the best - Jim Morrison Photo by GreenMachine   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842556 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Be my guess. Hit the horn terminals with a battery charger and see what happens. Get the polarity right. Some horns have an adjustment screw in the center with a locknut on it. I have revived stuck diaphrams tweaking that screw while applying juice it it.   Logged     Last Edit: 2014/12/15 19:17 By BikerRon.   ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842563 StNicolas (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 380 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Are the two wires reading 12 volts only when the horn button is depressed ? If so, the horn is probably bad.   Logged     [img size=150][/img]   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842564 Shores (User) Go getchur scooter! Platinum Boarder Posts: 6961 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   StNicolas wrote: Are the two wires reading 12 volts only when the horn button is depressed ? If so, the horn is probably bad. Yes, only when the horn button is pushed.   Logged     The west is the best - Jim Morrison Photo by GreenMachine   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842568 twowheeltherapy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3297 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Do what my wife does when her horn went out on her 4-runner. Use your finger!!!!! Sorry. Me and "Jack" are here by ourselves watching the game.   Logged     Last Edit: 2014/12/15 20:15 By twowheeltherapy.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #842569 jd750ace (User) Front toward enemy Platinum Boarder Posts: 18763 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   It may sound funny, but take it off and give it a couple of thumps on the work bench. Sounds like the reed may be stuck or have dirt dobber nests in it. You won't lose anything trying it. Worked for me a time or two.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #842579 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Was just about to suggest a whack, or two, to get the diaphgrams to retreat in far enough to push against the contact points inside that make/break contact to the electromatic coil. That's how they work. Current to the magnetic coil, pulls the diaphgram in and pushes against the points, open the circuit, kills the magnetic pull, springs back, points close, repeats... Very fast. The points oxidize from sitting too long so,hook some power to it and bang it around and see if you get any chirps out of it.   Logged     ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842601 MidwestMike (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 4779 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   As for testing it, you are better off hooking a battery up to it. Some battery chargers don't work without a load on them.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #842654 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   If the windings in the electromagnetic coil is good and the contacts in there get jarred into doing what they're supposed to do, then the 'load' will be there. It's a cheap attempt into getting a $15 part working.   Logged     ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access. #842655 BikerRon (User) Sour Kraut Platinum Boarder Posts: 4189 Re:Horn won't work 3 Years, 2 Months ago   Another dang double post.   Logged     Last Edit: 2014/12/16 07:29 By BikerRon.   ' width='450' border='0' style='max-width:450px; ' />   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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