Check your harness - Kawasaki KFX450 Forum

Ben_Johnson · 11-15-2008, 04:26 PM

Well, I started pulling out all the un-needed wires from the harness and came across this:

There are numerous wires that have had all the coating melted off of them, leaving them exposed and touching other exposed wires (beside the cylinder head). I'm sure this could be the culprit of some of the issues I've had in the past, and I'm sure it would have caused many more later down the road had I not noticed this. I'm going to find some sort of protective wrap for everything around the engine (wiring harness, fuel lines, etc.) Everyone may want to do the same, or at least check and make sure yours isn't doing the same thing.

ayovan · 11-15-2008, 04:52 PM

Uh...yeah, that might explain a few of your problems

offroadhunter · 11-15-2008, 06:10 PM

I've never seen that before...that's some serious cooking, glad you found, could have mad an already bad thing into a disaster.

woodsZrider · 11-15-2008, 08:25 PM

i think you found your lemon.....

topdollr · 11-15-2008, 09:13 PM

were the wires actually touching the head? If not what caused them to melt?

Ben_Johnson · 11-16-2008, 02:11 PM

I don't know if it was the heat or what, but a bunch of them are cooked. I'm not even sure what they run to yet since I haven't finished it yet.

05greenmachine · 11-18-2008, 02:23 AM

as i stated in the other forum im pretty sure those would be your headlight wires i think. Do you have stock lights on your bike or aftermarket lights? Possibly no lights and one of the plugs has something in it shorting out the wire. It doesnt appear to be melted from the outside looks more like it had too much power go through it.

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11-15-2008, 08:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
woodsZrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 116	i think you found your lemon..... __________________ A big thanks goes out to all of my 2008 sponsors: Alba Racing,IMS,BCS Performance,Durablue,DP Brakes, GT Thunder,SixSixOne,KBC Helmets,PowerMadd, and the wife.

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topdollr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 297	were the wires actually touching the head? If not what caused them to melt? __________________

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11-15-2008, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ben_Johnson Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 40	Well, I started pulling out all the un-needed wires from the harness and came across this: There are numerous wires that have had all the coating melted off of them, leaving them exposed and touching other exposed wires (beside the cylinder head). I'm sure this could be the culprit of some of the issues I've had in the past, and I'm sure it would have caused many more later down the road had I not noticed this. I'm going to find some sort of protective wrap for everything around the engine (wiring harness, fuel lines, etc.) Everyone may want to do the same, or at least check and make sure yours isn't doing the same thing.

11-15-2008, 06:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
offroadhunter Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Anthem, AZ Posts: 637	I've never seen that before...that's some serious cooking, glad you found, could have mad an already bad thing into a disaster.

11-16-2008, 02:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ben_Johnson Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 40	I don't know if it was the heat or what, but a bunch of them are cooked. I'm not even sure what they run to yet since I haven't finished it yet.

11-18-2008, 02:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
05greenmachine Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 86	as i stated in the other forum im pretty sure those would be your headlight wires i think. Do you have stock lights on your bike or aftermarket lights? Possibly no lights and one of the plugs has something in it shorting out the wire. It doesnt appear to be melted from the outside looks more like it had too much power go through it.

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