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How to do this?
deltarider:
Thank you very much!
deltarider:
It worked! Thanks to you guys and Gerrit and Henk here. We only exchanged the lower half of the unit. It was a bit of a hassle. I had worked on the PA function a couple of years ago. BTW, the little screw that secures the combined Horn/PA knob from underneath, is the smallest screw I have ever seen. The PA function of that knob still needs my improvised solution to prevent it sliding to the right unintentionally, but I am used to that.
Tip: when you have to do this at the handlebar, have something underneath it, out of precaution to prevent tiny parts fall to the floor. Believe me, you will drop one of those tiny screws.
Thanks again!
Oddjob:
You want a stainless steel screw and nut DR. FOC just pay for postage. Was the spring ok on the PA button, there are 2 inside that block, one for the horn and another to return the pass when you've used it.
Wasn't as hard as you expected I'll bet. If you use magnetic screwdrivers it saves you loosing the screws as they come out.
deltarider:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on June 08, 2023, 04:22:41 PM ---[...] Was the spring ok on the PA button, there are 2 inside that block, one for the horn and another to return the pass when you've used it.
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The pass still doesn't return, but I can live with that. A couple of years I improvised something that will prevent sliding it to the right unintentionally. Many times on entering a tunnel I would detect Hi beam was on. Standard in those days I was running LO as daytime running light. So... if both filaments were on, knowing: 60 and 55 Watts, statements across the pond, that the CB500/550 charging system is insufficient, is contradicted once and for all. Anyway, didn't want to bother my friends with it anymore. In spite of their age - they are both older than me -, their eyes are better. Not only my eyes water - this is a condition when your eyes are too... dry - and today there were so many pollen in the air, I couldnt have done anything by my self.
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--- Quote from: Oddjob on June 08, 2023, 04:22:41 PM --- If you use magnetic screwdrivers it saves you loosing the screws as they come out.
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Thanks for the offer. Suprisingly after 47 years that tiny screw was still OK. Anyway, there's a new one in now. Much obliged Oddjob. Magnetic drivers are on my list. Hope I will find some Vessel JIS drivers.
robvangulik:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on June 08, 2023, 04:22:41 PM --- If you use magnetic screwdrivers it saves you loosing the screws as they come out.
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Not if you use stainless steel nuts and screws...
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