Ignition Switch?

[Anonymous]

I took the right hand switch assembly apart to clean the contacts, and put it back together (this is on my '82 GS1100e). Once it was back together I found a small approximately 1/4" long 1-3mm diameter spring on the floor. The only spring that seems to have a place in the assembly is the start button spring, and it was already installed. So is there another smaller spring in the assembly, that I dropped when I opened the case? Maybe it was dropped at an earlier time by someone trying to frustrate me?

[frosty5011]

Did you take apart the assembly for the brake lever switch? It has a little spring and a little contact bent in the shape of a "U" which can easily get lost if you're not careful.

[Anonymous]

I didn't take apart the brake lever switch, but I it does seem the smaller spring was from something else.
Thanks,
Billy Miles

[Anonymous]

The only other electrical part in the right switchgear is the kill switch. That's something you want to make sure works 100%. Maybe it supplies pressure to the contacts in that switch.

[Hoomgar]

I haven't even seen it in my GS but on some of my other bikes the high/low and on/off switches had little springs on both top and bottom of the in the direction that they slide. Not sure what for other than to make it a stable posision. Not sure, but they were/are there.