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Martin6:
Yes, switch still on the bike. I really don't fancy taking the wiring out of the 'bars. Seems to make it a bigger job, as I'd have to remove the wiring from the top of the switchgear too and get into the headlight bowl?
I actually dreamt about this last night ;D
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
So it's not just me who goes to bed and dreams of how much is involved in fixing something! 🤔🤔🤔
I am an overthinker so sometimes see a load of problems rather than the outcome / solutions.
Once you get into the headlamp bowl take plenty of photos & make notes on wiring colours and if a connector is male or female. Once you have identified the switch cable wires and disconnected them you can pull that small bunch out of the headlamp & refit the bowl to keep it in place.
Pulling out the wires from the bars is pretty easy you can attach a piece of string at the end so when the wiring is out you have a length of string in place. You can carry out the repair as Julie has said so much easier in the house or on a garage bench.
When fitting back might be easier to loosen the bars so you can rotate them to see your wires as they start to exit the bars - I used some surgical forceps to tease the ends out.
An alternative is to use a length of old nett curtain rail spring as a lead - it works a treat.
Martin6:
Yep, I'm going to have to pull it off. I've packed it back up a few times and turn the ignition and the starter kicks straight in. Maybe the plastic retainer might not be holding the copper earth firmly enough, so the spring pushes it onto the positive plate..it does look ropey. Or maybe a short in the wiring, after all my attempts.
Martin6:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on March 19, 2023, 07:27:10 AM ---We have our UK K6 on the ramp for it's yearly service. The UK K6 has the sprung screw fitted to the switch.
I have taken some pictures of the switch and a switch that has been taken apart so, you can see how the Yellow/Red and the black are connected .
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Julie,
Can i ask a question on your photos?
Your 3rd photo shows a metal plate angled away from the starter switch, underneathe it? Screwed into the bottom of the switchgear case. I don't have that, but I do have a metal pin in the hole next to it in your photo, which locates into the handlebar, to stop the switchgear rotating. Do i need that angled metal plate? Or is it just a different version?
Many thanks,
Martin.
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Martin6 on March 23, 2023, 07:00:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on March 19, 2023, 07:27:10 AM ---We have our UK K6 on the ramp for it's yearly service. The UK K6 has the sprung screw fitted to the switch.
I have taken some pictures of the switch and a switch that has been taken apart so, you can see how the Yellow/Red and the black are connected .
--- End quote ---
Julie,
Can i ask a question on your photos?
Your 3rd photo shows a metal plate angled away from the starter switch, underneathe it? Screwed into the bottom of the switchgear case. I don't have that, but I do have a metal pin in the hole next to it in your photo, which locates into the handlebar, to stop the switchgear rotating. Do i need that angled metal plate? Or is it just a different version?
Many thanks,
Martin.
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Hi Martin. I have absolutely no idea what that bit is, or what it does, I just found that switchgear to show you the start button on a twin wire system. My thought on it though is that it's an earth tab as the switchgear obviously needs to be earthed. If your switch gear has the pin to locate into the handlebars, that would be the earth point.
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