Gear Indicator and Neutral

[Detroit Diesel Man]

I have a question about the Gear indicator on my 77 750>>I am pretty sure the indicator itself is shot..it seems to always show something inlegible..neutral light works fine but am thinking the indicator itself in the dash is junk...never having a bike I needed to tell me what Gear I am in ..LOL..I'm wondering if this is needed or can I just leave it unplugged and just use the neautral...I realize it runs in the same harness but just leave it unplugged under the tank and seal off the ends...Thanks.


DDM

[Steve]

There is no harm in disconnecting it, but why not fix it?

Take the instrument panel apart, examine the bulb housings. Might be dirty contacts. Might be dirty bulbs. Might be bad bulbs. Use a test light, there should be one contact in there (for each bulb) that is live any time the key is on. The other contact goes down through the harness to the selector switch on the engine, where it gets grounded. If the power checks out OK at the top, check for continuity in the ground wires. You might have to remove the selector switch and clean things out there, but at least there are no gaskets involved.

Having a gear indicator is a wonderful thing, at times.
Just to show you how far advanced it was at the time Suzuki introduced it, ... my 2000 Goldwing doesn't even have one.
I have a neutral light and an OD indicator when in top gear.

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[Detroit Diesel Man]

I'll tear into the upper section of the indicator today and see whats up..having re-done the motor I know the contacts etc below are ok...so am 99% sure its an issue up top in the instrument area..Thanks for the reply!


DDM(John)

[chef1366]

The indicator switch is under the sprocket cover btw.

[Steve]

The indicator switch is under the sprocket cover btw.

Where is the sprocket cover on my 850G?

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[chef1366]

Where is the sprocket cover on my 850G?

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Oh shoot