Ok, so I've read many threads that are related. It's the standard situation: I dropped the bike off-road on the left side. It pushed the fan mount into the radiator and bent the bottom of the rad. Fan was pushed against the rad so it wouldn't start.
I've bent the fan mount out, and now the fan kinda works... if I hit temp, I have to nudge the fan and it gets going fine. Temp comes down, goes back up, fan comes on fine. But I suspect the motor is on its way out.
I've tested the relay already. The fuse is fine.
All I want to do at this point is test the fan motor. I need to remove the connector from the coupling, but it's located under the air box and yikes I really don't want to mess with that (pic attached).
Any suggestions? Should I just cut the fan motor wire, test the motor, and reconnect the wires?
NOTE: regarding the attached image... it may or may not be the right connector, but if it's not that one, it's one underneath it that I can't get a photo of.
I've bent the fan mount out, and now the fan kinda works... if I hit temp, I have to nudge the fan and it gets going fine. Temp comes down, goes back up, fan comes on fine. But I suspect the motor is on its way out.
I've tested the relay already. The fuse is fine.
All I want to do at this point is test the fan motor. I need to remove the connector from the coupling, but it's located under the air box and yikes I really don't want to mess with that (pic attached).
Any suggestions? Should I just cut the fan motor wire, test the motor, and reconnect the wires?
NOTE: regarding the attached image... it may or may not be the right connector, but if it's not that one, it's one underneath it that I can't get a photo of.
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