2003 Honda 400EX headlight problem

[marioweldinginc]

I finally got around to installing my headlight bulbs among other atv chores. One head light bulb blew and the other came apart. I ordered 2 bulbs from ebay but the seller had mostly positive feedback. After my chores and lastly putting in the bulbs the left side is low

beam only and the right side is high beam only. What am I missing??

The bulbs appeared to have 2 filaments. I have the wiring diagram in front of me and it shows one wire for low and one wire for hi and then the two bulbs are wired in parallel. so if one is on low the other one is too and vice versa.

The quad is in the tow vehicle and isnt easy to move because I have no rims on it. When I put them on ill take the front plastic off. For now anyone have any idea??

Ebay Bulbs?

Wiring?

ground?

[CK1999_400ex]

its hard 2 say... the bulbs are fairly cheap an i would try another set 2 see if thats the prob... an if it is then that an easy fix... if not then you will have to go through the steps of checking the light sockets with a test light an see what's up .. an then go from there an see what else ya can come up with..

[marioweldinginc]

That was the route i was gunna go. I was hoping someone would of seen this before and say hey dummy dont use ebay lightbulbs

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[oxidized_black]

are they the bayonet style bulbs? i'm sure you've tried them a different way? sorry if this is a stupid answer because they usually only fit one way ... but there are exceptions ....

[marioweldinginc]

They have one tab which makes em not sit perfectly flush. I might take that tab off. I dont have a factory bulb to compare the two. I do know the dealer charges 17 per bulb and i bought these for 1.50 each

You might be right maybe one is only touching the low beam terminal and the other is touching the highbeam terminal. When i get the tires back on i will take the front off and make sure everything is making contact.

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[oxidized_black]

let's hope that's the cause... i hate trying to find electrical screw-ups... 17$ a bulb? how ridiculous is that?

[marioweldinginc]

The parts guy shrugged it off when i asked if he was crazy

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[oxidized_black]

The parts guy shrugged it off when i asked if he was crazy

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unreal huh?

[hangingon]

I got my bulbs from the auto zone for my kawai and I still have both arms & legs so they didn't cost an arm & leg for them I think they were around 5 or 6 bucks for 2. Good luck with it.

[marioweldinginc]

Autozone doesnt have em. At this point i might as well go to a dealer. 34 bux for 2 bulbs. here is why...

shipping! any genuine honda place charges 15 dollars or more for shipping on each bulb!

[marioweldinginc]

Update. Bought 2 Tusk Hyper white bulbs from RMATVMC. They work perfectly. No more Ebay bulbs!

[oxidized_black]

Update. Bought 2 Tusk Hyper white bulbs from RMATVMC. They work perfectly. No more Ebay bulbs!

right on!