Gear Position Indicator

[Guest]

Hi Guys -

On my '83 GS1100e the gear position indicator works fine, except that most of the time it show's the zero for second gear, and neutral.

About the only time it shows second gear correctly is if I carefully shift up from neutral to second.

Is there an adjustment for this, or do I need to replace a part?

Any ideas ?

[trippivot]

possible open in the circuit

there is a spring under a little tiny plug thingy. It is located on the shift drum end and makes a ground contact in every gear and N . The plastic plate with wires and copper contacts is located around the countershaft sprocket area.

Open the C/S cover to get to the gear position locator cover. Open it up and use a magnet to pull out the plug and spring.

clean up the copper contacts and pull the spring gently to increase the contacting pressure.

just my #1 idea because I had a similar problem

[Steve]

I was just going to suggest cleaning the contacts, but increasing the spring tension a bit won't hurt, either.

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[Montanaman]

So what are you thinking, clrean it up with a little CRC contact cleaner, or get something like 320x sandpaper and polish them up a little ?

[Steve]

So what are you thinking, clrean it up with a little CRC contact cleaner, or get something like 320x sandpaper and polish them up a little ?

Light touches of BOTH might be in order, then apply some dielectric grease before putting it back together.

The grease will help hold the spring in place, too.

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