what did you wrench on today??

[Buffalo Bill]

Bummer on this. Crack appeared about a hundred miles ago.
I suppose it can be glued together.

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[Gorminrider]

@ BuffaloBill- be extremely careful with any solvent to clean it AND the solvent in the glue...the paint on the plastic is very vulnerable. I recall bad experience with alcohol or acetone causing very bad smears ...I don't think I'd even trust water now-it could easily leave stains if nothing else.

Whichever glue you try, do try in a small test where it won't show- I'd go for epoxies first and really, for strength and reliability I'd favour JBweld (classic grey) and no cleaning whatsoever. yes, there'd be a line where the crack is. I might try other epoxies that might look better than gray but anyways, be warned.

[93Bandit]

Bummer on this. Crack appeared about a hundred miles ago.
I suppose it can be glued together.

sRNK73G.jpg

Wow, is this a common failure? Never seen that before.

[93Bandit]

Yesterday I balanced the carbs and rebuilt the petcock on my 750. And finally got to take it on a proper road test. Ran way better than I expected, made it 75 miles without a hitch.

[gtem]

Was trying to fix my wonky turn signals on my 1100E, took the turn signal switch apart to clean the contacts only to have it fly apart scattering the tiny springs etc across my garage floor. Found everything(?) put it back together carefully, as i was trying to reinstall the same thing happened again... this time I lost the little 3mm(?) ball bearing that gives the turn signal the side to side detent. My friend is sending me a good used switch from his moto salvage yard to replace missing pieces.

[Buffalo Bill]

Wow, is this a common failure? Never seen that before.

The clocks do have problems, like the face screws vibrate lose. You can see the scratches at the bottom where it danced around for years, til I decided to take the glass off. Will have to do it again soon.

[dorkburger]

Was trying to fix my wonky turn signals on my 1100E, took the turn signal switch apart to clean the contacts only to have it fly apart scattering the tiny springs etc across my garage floor. Found everything(?) put it back together carefully, as i was trying to reinstall the same thing happened again... this time I lost the little 3mm(?) ball bearing that gives the turn signal the side to side detent. My friend is sending me a good used switch from his moto salvage yard to replace missing pieces.

https://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/forum/technical-forums/electrical-ignition/91153-left-hand-control-directional-beam-horn-exploded-view

[gtem]

https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-exploded-view

Oh this is a lifesaver!! Thank you so much! This forum and its members are an absolutely priceless resource

[alke46]

Oh this is a lifesaver!! Thank you so much! This forum and its members are an absolutely priceless resource

Well of course we are, we're you expecting anything less?

[dorkburger]

Glad it was helpful. I don't work on things like this in the garage for exactly the reason you mentioned. This was on the kitchen table. I did lose the ball, but there's far fewer places in the kitchen for pieces to run to and hide and I was able to find it.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Was trying to fix my wonky turn signals on my 1100E, took the turn signal switch apart to clean the contacts only to have it fly apart scattering the tiny springs etc across my garage floor. Found everything(?) put it back together carefully, as i was trying to reinstall the same thing happened again... this time I lost the little 3mm(?) ball bearing that gives the turn signal the side to side detent. My friend is sending me a good used switch from his moto salvage yard to replace missing pieces.

sometimes you have to get creative.

[Buffalo Bill]

Was trying to fix my wonky turn signals on my 1100E, took the turn signal switch apart to clean the contacts only to have it fly apart scattering the tiny springs etc across my garage floor. Found everything(?) put it back together carefully, as i was trying to reinstall the same thing happened again... this time I lost the little 3mm(?) ball bearing that gives the turn signal the side to side detent. My friend is sending me a good used switch from his moto salvage yard to replace missing pieces.

Having a strong magnet can help find tiny steel parts you can't see.

[Grimly]

Having a strong magnet can help find tiny steel parts you can't see.

Pingfeckits.














(and more characters. Honestly, who wrote this software?)

[oldGSfan]

I find stuff's usually hiding behind my 10mm socket that I dropped previously

[Grimly]

I find stuff's usually hiding behind my 10mm socket that I dropped previously

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