Dare to use temp light to tell me the fan isn't coming on

[Nathang]

Do any of you ever remember reading on the V-Rod forum anything about letting the motor get hot enough to turn on the temp indicator light if you weren't real sure the fans were working? Seems like I saw Max say that once, very casually, but I'm kind of a wussy, I'm inclined to think of an indicator light like that as almost a "too late" light, even tho' logically I know it could not be.

I thought I had the B-Rod ready to go to first string status last night for the first time since my fall, now that my LowRider is temporarily unreliable, but while I was sitting revving it up trying to get some juice back into the battery, it seemed to get plenty hot, and the fans never came on. I lost my nerve, to just let it get hot enough to turn on an idiot light to prove the fan didn't come on when it should.

The left side frame member that I had to replace has the fan cables behind it, somewhere, but I don't remember ever taking them loose, in fact they seem too far down under the radiator shroud to even see to double check.

Ever remember hearing any less nerve-wracking method of checking?

Thanks. After 5 months w/o riding the V I'm liable to scare the pee-diddle out of myself.

nathan
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[Nathang]

NEVERMIND...

I got frustrated waiting for either the overheat light, or the fan to come on by idling,
so I commenced a series of burnouts across the driveway.

Fan came on, overheat light did not. All is well, except for the rain..

[DiamondLil]

First night with the V-rod back and he comes up with an excuse to do burnouts across the driveway! Nice Nathan!

[Nathang]

There was another good reason for putting more than common stress on the drive belt and rear axle, it is not real easy to get the torque right on the rear axle, especially since the manual warned that overtightening the rear axle could freeze the bearings. Once before when I thought I had toequed the axle properly, when I cranked on the clutch and throttle real hard, the pull on the drive belt dragged the axle forward far enough to loosen the belt and start jumping teeth on the drive sprocket. besides trying to make the enine overheat if it was going to, I wanted the belt to cause the axle to slip as well, if it was going to .

[GAZOO!]

Originally Posted by Nathang

NEVERMIND...

I got frustrated waiting for either the overheat light, or the fan to come on by idling,
so I commenced a series of burnouts across the driveway.

Fan came on, overheat light did not. All is well, except for the rain..

[EZE RIDER]

Yea she gets pretty hot before the fans come on. They come on at 210 and kick off at 190. I believe the light comes on at 230.

[EZE RIDER]

These numbers are from my head. I better look them up or RJ will call me on them.