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water in my rear lights
2010 Honda Goldwing ................Roadsmith model
Everytime I wash my trike (which is after every ride) a lot of water enters the rear lens....... (I blow dry the bike after every wash/and water just pours / blows out from the bottom of the lens) Anyone have an idea how to stop water entering the lens?
I don't want to ride in rain and blow out all my lights because of water entering lens...
I was thinking maybe place a bead of "clear silicon" around the rear lens on both lights......OR is there suppose to have a gasket placed between lens and the body... There got to be way to stop water entering the lens.........
Ideas anyone!
Thank you
Ronnie
11/16/20
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[QUOTE=Burnerboy;795372]2010 Honda Goldwing ................Roadsmith model
Everytime I wash my trike (which is after every ride) a lot of water enters the rear lens....... (I blow dry the bike after every wash/and water just pours / blows out from the bottom of the lens) Anyone have an idea how to stop water entering the lens?
I don't want to ride in rain and blow out all my lights because of water entering lens...
I was thinking maybe place a bead of "clear silicon" around the rear lens on both lights......OR is there suppose to have a gasket placed between lens and the body... There got to be way to stop water entering the lens.........
Ideas anyone!
Thank you
Ronnie
11/16/20[/QUOTE]
I would think that there is or should be a thin black gasket between the plastic lens and the bezel the lens fits into..:Shrug:...Maybe it's missing...Just about every tail light whetter a trailer or bike lens that i ever messed with has it....
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[QUOTE=Burnerboy;795372]2010 Honda Goldwing ................Roadsmith model
Everytime I wash my trike (which is after every ride) a lot of water enters the rear lens....... (I blow dry the bike after every wash/and water just pours / blows out from the bottom of the lens) Anyone have an idea how to stop water entering the lens?
I don't want to ride in rain and blow out all my lights because of water entering lens...
I was thinking maybe place a bead of "clear silicon" around the rear lens on both lights......OR is there suppose to have a gasket placed between lens and the body... There got to be way to stop water entering the lens.........
Ideas anyone!
Thank you
Ronnie
11/16/20[/QUOTE]
Do you use a pressure washer or the hose with high pressure? I never use a hose on a motorcycle. To easy to push water where it should not be.
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IMO I'd never use a pressure washer on a bike. No need to have the hose on high pressure either.
[QUOTE=camplejeune;795381]Do you use a pressure washer or the hose with high pressure? I never use a hose on a motorcycle. To easy to push water where it should not be.[/QUOTE]
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There are no gaskets! The lens is bonded to the housing. There is a flange around the periphery of the lens. This traps water between the lamp and the body pocket it sits in. Seems like a lot of water blows out when I use my leaf blower to dry the bike.
However if there is actually a leak, you should be able to see water inside the lens. If it does your have a major leak somewhere, You need to remove the lamps and inspect them for lens to housing separation or a major crack(s)
Has this happened ever since you triked the bike??
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Something else just came to mind!
There as a gasket on the bulb socket to seal it to the housing. Check to make sure it is there.
You have to remove the lamp to check this
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ok thanks guys, bikes away in hibernation mode as we speak, up on jacks, oil/filter replaced, radiator fluid replaced, tender plug in battery, and completly Covered over, in the garage, I'm going to check this spring... I do use a garden hose, w/o any pressure what's so ever, just soap up the trike w/sponge and rinse off the soap with water... then I blow dri it... BUT water always come out of the rear lens, when I blow dri it..... I'm affraid to ride this in a rain storm, cause then bulbs would be hot and blow them all....
I'm also going to try a clear sylicon around the outside lens......
Ronnie
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Again, did it do this before it was triked???
Can you see water inside the lens before you blow dry???
I also use garden hose and leaf blower to dry.
There is always a significant amount of water that blows from around the rear lamps.
It gets trapped in the lamp pocket in the body and the flange around the lens.
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[QUOTE=tfdeputydawg;796384]Again, did it do this before it was triked???
Can you see water inside the lens before you blow dry???
I also use garden hose and leaf blower to dry.
There is always a significant amount of water that blows from around the rear lamps.
It gets trapped in the lamp pocket in the body and the flange around the lens.[/QUOTE]
Ok sorry I'm answering back so late: NO it did not leak h20 before triked, but then I didn't have the two back lights w/o a trike
I use a garden hose (No pressure what's so ever/just water to rinse off soap) and I use a blow'rr to blow off h2o ..and always water in rear lights
I'm thinking a bead of sylicone around the lens will keep h20 away...
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I know I'm running on here but, I don't know what you mean by two black lights??? I thought you were talking about the OEM rear lamps! Maybe a pic of the lamps you are talking about.