stoplight

[Guest SantaFeRider]

no, but some times I end with more holes and less screws...

 

there are like 20 screws per side and they are not the same length

 

 

 

[Guest ratchethack]

Ausgezeichnet!

[Guest SantaFeRider]

ma si, un modo molto distinto per rompermi le palle...

[dlaing]

[Guest SantaFeRider]

aaah! thank you dlaing... that explains why, when I changed the broken lever, I ended with my b... err... a ball on the floor.

 

I will pick one of the dead bugs I have splatted on the fairing (too cold to wash the bike) and glue it to the brake lever.

 

[Guest SantaFeRider]

well guys, thank you all for your more than

 

the ball is in place, the stoplight works and I am a happy camper.

 

great online community!

[jrt]

How's the bug working out for ya?

[Guest SantaFeRider]

well, I don't know... I went to check the light again and it only intermitently works...

 

When I assembled the stuff I used a dollop of Vaseline to hold the ball in place, and that might have damaged the micro-switch...

 

[dlaing]

and that might have damaged the micro-switch...

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I doubt it.

It was probably intermittantly acting up before, but you may have never noticed...

But try spraying the vaseline off with some WD-40.

And checkout this microswitch thread for some options:

http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4734&hl=

I am still going strong with a non-waterproof switch from RadioShack, since that post and atleast two torrential downfalls in otherwise sunny So-Cal.

[Guest SantaFeRider]

well, what I see is that my bike does not have the white terminals; the micro switch has been connected to the bike's circuit just by soldering. When I bought the bike last month, it had 1,400 miles on it. Being a 2002 that means that it had been sitting most of its life at the previous owner's garage. When I removed the switch to insert the ball in ints channel, I must have cracked some corroded soldering, or the microswitch's internal contacts are shot due to inactivity.

 

I will order a good supply from RS Components.

 

Thank you again guys, your help is invaluable!

[Guest ratchethack]

To avoid concern about grease contamination of switch contacts on the new switch, may I suggest dielectric grease on the ball - Just enough to keep it from rolling out.

[Guest SantaFeRider]

To avoid concern about grease contamination of switch contacts on the new switch, may I suggest dielectric grease on the ball - Just enough to keep it from rolling out.

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you know... thinking about it, if the OEM Cherry switch is weather proof, a little Vaseline on the ball should not have affected it.

 

But just in case, I will remove the ball, clean it and the channel, and replace the ball when I have the bike on the service stand, so the ball will remain in the channel without the need of grease.

[Guest ratchethack]

you know... thinking about it, if the OEM Cherry switch is weather proof, a little Vaseline on the ball should not have affected it.

Yeah, that's right. It's just another thing you can do to shorten the remote possibilities list...

[al_roethlisberger]

Not really any help for your situation.... which you seem to now have well in-hand, but my tail-light socket on my 2002 was miswired(backwards) from the factory.

 

al

[docc]

Not really any help for your situation.... which you seem to now have well in-hand, but my tail-light socket on my 2002 was miswired(backwards) from the factory.

 

al

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