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Trying to source these rear signal light brackets + rubbers. Help please?
Oddjob:
--- Quote from: alexdecker on July 26, 2022, 01:48:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on July 26, 2022, 12:38:39 PM ---All of those parts of the rear indicator stem setup are very hard to find.
I MAY have some but I'd need to compare them to the originals as although they can look the same they aren't.
The 550F rubbers seem to be slightly bigger than any of those that look the same. The 500 ones for instance look identical but they are smaller and the 2 holes are closer together.
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If they are right, I’d be very interested in them.
With such low availability, what have you guys done instead? Any good examples? The PO of mine have made a homemade setup and they are just grounded through the grab bar.
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TBH there isn't a lot you can do. Maybe see if you can alter other brackets and rubbers. Or, and this is just something I'm experimenting with ATM, see if another grab rail fits. I have 4 grab rails, one NOS 550F, one 550F just being chromed, one 500 one and one I'm not sure what it's off except it fits the 500/550. The 500 and the last one both use slightly smaller rubber cushions and because of that you can then fit different indicator stems, the 550F stems are VERY hard to find. Even I have only 1 set. I'm trying to see if I can figure out what the 500 and the odd one will accept as rubbers and metal brackets. I was halfway there until I got Covid and TBH I've done nothing at all on the bikes or parts for almost a month now due to the after effects. I may start doing stuff next week as I'm slowly getting back to normal.
BTW, do you have the rear stems?
alexdecker:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on July 26, 2022, 02:27:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: alexdecker on July 26, 2022, 01:48:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: Oddjob on July 26, 2022, 12:38:39 PM ---All of those parts of the rear indicator stem setup are very hard to find.
I MAY have some but I'd need to compare them to the originals as although they can look the same they aren't.
The 550F rubbers seem to be slightly bigger than any of those that look the same. The 500 ones for instance look identical but they are smaller and the 2 holes are closer together.
--- End quote ---
If they are right, I’d be very interested in them.
With such low availability, what have you guys done instead? Any good examples? The PO of mine have made a homemade setup and they are just grounded through the grab bar.
--- End quote ---
TBH there isn't a lot you can do. Maybe see if you can alter other brackets and rubbers. Or, and this is just something I'm experimenting with ATM, see if another grab rail fits. I have 4 grab rails, one NOS 550F, one 550F just being chromed, one 500 one and one I'm not sure what it's off except it fits the 500/550. The 500 and the last one both use slightly smaller rubber cushions and because of that you can then fit different indicator stems, the 550F stems are VERY hard to find. Even I have only 1 set. I'm trying to see if I can figure out what the 500 and the odd one will accept as rubbers and metal brackets. I was halfway there until I got Covid and TBH I've done nothing at all on the bikes or parts for almost a month now due to the after effects. I may start doing stuff next week as I'm slowly getting back to normal.
BTW, do you have the rear stems?
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Actually I don’t. I need a whole setup. This is what I got right now, which is working. Just trying to get it back to factory spec, or as close as possible. There is a little piece of rubber in between the grab bar and the mounting bracket. And then they are grounded through the grab bar to frame. I just got the frame powder coated though, so wondering if I have to fashion a grounding wire for each side (maybe attached to the bolt holding the signal lights), and run it to the rear green ground wire. I would hate to scrape of paint back there just to get a ground.
Bryanj:
Yes it would be a good idea to run a ground from the 6mm clamp bolt to a harness green
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I fitted earth wires connected inside the lamps as the original earths were rusted out.
Oddjob:
I'll see what I have that could work for you.
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