I've got the switch off the bike and on a table in my living room right now. I'm really struggling to figure out how to put it all together. I have everything figured out except for the two longest springs. And even after I do figure out where everything goes, getting all to stay put while I put it back in the housing is going to be a challenge too! Right now I'm practicing how to fit the circuit board into the housing smoothly with none of the parts on. Once I have that technique down, then I'll add the parts and pray!
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Originally posted by cowboyup3371 View Post
I've got the switch off the bike and on a table in my living room right now. I'm really struggling to figure out how to put it all together. I have everything figured out except for the two longest springs. And even after I do figure out where everything goes, getting all to stay put while I put it back in the housing is going to be a challenge too! Right now I'm practicing how to fit the circuit board into the housing smoothly with none of the parts on. Once I have that technique down, then I'll add the parts and pray!
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For future reference, a plastics-safe electronics cleaner spray with a lubricant can get mechanisms like this working smoothly again without taking the thing apart. Not quite as good as actually putting dielectric grease in there, but a lot faster and springamathingys don't go flying everywhere.
There are several -- look for one that specifically mentions that it leaves a lubricant behind, and not one that's "residue-free".
For example:
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Originally posted by cowboyup3371 View Post
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I set it to titles only and used the term left switch. It did bring up more than completely necessary but a little reading and voilaCowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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Wow..... those are fantastic. Thanks!
In the top picture, there is a spring sitting longitudinally in a track that a ridge slides back and forth in. I haven't been able to figure out what that does, or what it pushes against. Is that really where that spring goes?
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Originally posted by bonanzadave View PostYep. Thats the return spring for the self canceling switch (LT & RT) positions.
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