High beams

[NikeHolley]

Hey all...

 

The high beams on our '02 don't work...

 

Are they supposed to click on & off by pulling on the lever..??..

 

Or is that just to flash them..??..

 

Thanks...

 

 

[halboyles]

13 minutes ago, NikeHolley said:

pulling on the lever

 

 

Try pushing the lever to the front for high beams.

[Martijn 647]

I have the same issue! Moving the left stalk forwards or backwards does not engage them. Is this a relay issue? Not familiar with 02 electrics at all.

[worzella]

There is a HB relay on my 75 on inner fender wall by battery. Can’t recall which of three is HB but probably easiest thing to try first. 

 

Blue light on dash goes on with HBs also

[AustrianVespaGuy]

Read my article here to understand the light circuits and also how to make them much better than factory.

Though it may also just be the stalk switch.  If you tell me what year we can figure this out by jumpering +12 to the fuses, then to the relay, and then at the switch to see where the issue lies.

[irdave]

Really?  Mine goes up for high beams and down for low beams, like turning left and right.  Pull for flash.  '72 tii...

[Guy Cocquyt]

1970 base model, up for hi, down for low, pull for hi beam flash. Stalk on left.

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[Martijn 647]

It's a 1976 1502, will only be able to get to work on it in two weeks though... 

[02Les]

9 hours ago, NikeHolley said:

Hey all...

 

The high beams on our '02 don't work...

 

Are they supposed to click on & off by pulling on the lever..??..

 

Or is that just to flash them..??..

 

Thanks...

 

 

'74 & on.

pull back to flash, push forward for the high beams. If yours flash, but don't come on with the switch pushed forward, then join the queue?. It's logically a switch problem.

Seems to be a few folks, me included, with this problem recently.

[Mike Self]

Two types of high beam switches on 2002s: 

Roundies:  pull towards you to flash high beams; move lever up for high beams, down for low.

 

Squarelights:  incorporates turn signals, pull towards you to flash high beams; push lever away from you for high beams, pull back to click stop for low.  Up and down for turn signals.

 

• Did you check your high beam fuses?  Always the first thing to check on a 2002; they wear out as well as burn out. 
• On a squarelight, next check the relay, then check the common ground wire for your headlights--but if low beams work, the ground is probably OK. 
• Then check the lever itself; it can get gummed up with ancient grease and dirt, and (on a squarelight) since it doesn't carry 110 watts of high beams (only enough wattage to trigger the relay), dirt on the contacts can keep it from functioning.  You'll have to at least remove the steering column housing to clean the switch, and possible unplug and remove the switch itself to get it good and clean (use tuner cleaner).

 

mike

[hankeester]

Mine always worked until last week in which you would hear a click when engaging them. Now I don't hear the click and they don't come on. I was thinking probably

something in the stalk had a small toggle switch that broke and was getting ready to make a post before seeing this one. 

[Mike Self]

16 hours ago, hankeester said:

Mine always worked until last week in which you would hear a click when engaging them. Now I don't hear the click and they don't come on.

Hank, if you have a squarelight there's a relay for the high beams--that's probably the click you can hear (with the engine off).  It's one of those relays in a row on the left inner fender well.  Is your high beam flasher also inop as well as turning on the high beams?  If so, while you hold the stalk in the flash position (or select high beams), try rapping each relay smartly with a screwdriver handle.  If the high beams then come on, you have a sticking relay that's a candidate for replacement.  

 

mike

[Martijn 647]

Was poking around under the steering column today. The high beam switch looked fine but there was a wire that appeared to be cut off...? (see pic) 

 

Also, when I had the cover underneath the column off, the horn sounded a bunch of times when I was working the stalk.

 

I have no idea what I'm doing ?

 

[HBChris]

White wire is high beam, yellow wire is low beam.  

[Martijn 647]

So, the cut wire is the high beam wire???