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    Starter Button Dismantle

    Hey guys, I am rehabbing my switches on my 1977 GS550 and am having a little difficulty with the starter button. What I think I see is the button with a flange, the spring and contact element is set into the button, this contacts the copper 'top-hat' which is attached to the 'circuit board'. I might be wrong because I can't get it apart!

    I tried to just pull the circuit board part out with some pliers but it wasn't coming out with moderate force and I didn't want to risk breaking something. I hit the search and found a lot of mentions of broken buttons and people cleaning these buttons but only one mention of difficulty removing it.

    What is the trick to removing this button? The horn button on the opposite side has a completely different construction and pulled out as an entire unit.

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    #2
    Nobody has pulled that button out without breaking it before

    I was hoping to get it all apart tonight but i dont' want to go gorilla on it and just start pulling

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      #3
      You take a small flat tip and retract the spring back toward the face of the button and hold it there while using a finger to apply some upward pressure on the wire. It has a groove in it that the pin on the button slides thru. The spring snaps over a little lip on the board. You have to retract that spring back so the board will slide out.
      MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
      1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

      NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


      I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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        #4
        So if I got this right.
        Step 1. Compress spring towards button side.
        Step 2. Pull out circuit board.
        Step 3. kick myself.

        I thought i had compressed it and was pulling on it but i guess I didn't get it free and clear. Thanks for the clarification.

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          #5
          Do it close to the ground, maybe in a bag, or you'll lose the spring guaranteed.

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            #6
            Yes you gotta retract it back ( away from the board ) a good ways and the board will slide up and your all set.
            MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
            1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550

            NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.


            I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.

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              #7
              I use gallon sized baggies to do that sort of work. Too many small parts which always seek to get under the workbench, next to the sock that disappeared last year.

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                #8
                thank you, it worked exactly as described. I had tried pulling the spring back before but my poker was too big to pull it clear. Grabbed a nice precision screwdriver and it came out with ease.

                appreciate the help!

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