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Floppy horn button. GS650

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Peteyboy

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Hey guys,

I am rebuilding an '85 GS650GT that I bought in boxes.
Putting it all together, I have a floppy horn button.
I've attached photos, but I can't find an exploded diagram of the l/h control anywhere.

What goes in the two empty spaces? Just a spring? A spring and a BB? Two Springs?

Any help and guidance would be massively appreciated!

Thanks,

Pete








 
Are you sure you have an 85 GS650gt? I thought they stopped making them in 83. That switch doesn't look anything like my 82 switch.
 
Hi Charlie. Europe got the 650G (GT) for a number of years after we did in North America...but I agree the horn switch looks hinky for a newer GS. I don't think I've seen one that wasn't a round push button.
 
If that's the same as mine there are two copper contact strips/springs under the rocker. The rocker has two ball bearings 3mm ? iirc with two tiny springs.One on each of the strips. One of the balls had corroded to almost nothing and the other was not too far behind. The brass pivot pin has a snap ring at one end and you better do this in a bag...........
When it's apart you'll see more clearly how it is supposed to work.

PS You may have figured this out already but the front of that rocker pulls off to allow fitting the switch in the lower part of the housing. There should be a small csk screw around in one of the boxes to fix the outer part back to the switch arm. Third pic shows where the screw goes.
 
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