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This little ground contact is critical, the tab must ground through the clip-ons across the fork tubes to the frame. Not the best design in my opinion.
Holy smokes, Charlie...just pinged MG for one...I'll buy a couple from you. Mine's lost its snap as I've pulled my LH controls off a couple times for troubleshooting. I've got some spare SS fasteners for you, as well. Way overbought. Brad
If anyone needs a few of these "lock washers", let me know, I have a whole box of them.
Lesrned the hard way on the RH bar contact. I had not sanded off the powder coat in the right spot. Engine would crank, but sure cranked more enthusiastically once I’d gotten the right contact point on the bar stripped. The RH switch is super simple as long as the wiring is in good shape. Adding a couple more pics from diff angles.
Where do these lock washers go?
They slip on the clip-ons and hold the switches in against the lever perches.
I had one of the lock rings on the LH side but not the right. The Right side appears to have one or two of the little molded locating tabs broken off the switch body--keeps it from sliding round the bar. Seems to stay put with a little side pressure from the throttle assembly.I'm using Greg Benders relays and there is an audilble "click" at the relay when you hit the starter button. The horn is nocticeably louder with his relay, btw.
Looks great! We have similar taste in bikes and dogs--nice looking boxer.
Are those your new Lafranconis posted on FB?
Same story. We’ve had them since I was a kid. Here’s our 7 yr old Lucy.
The bike looks great! … nice dog as well.
Thanks.OK, getting back to the grounding of these switches. Other than pulling them off and making sure the grommets are grounded is there some other way to create a ground?
Its easy enough to run a ground wire from the switch along the existing switch loom wires and connect to the frame. I always add dedicated ground wires to the signal lights rather than relying on ground through the signal light stems.
I feared taking the switches off, but was not as hard as I'd feared once you get going. Shot a little silicone down the bars to help them slide out without being grabby. Patience and reading glasses to make sure I didn't break something small. They are pretty simple once you get everything apart. Definitely need the little tool to punch out the pins from the connector blocks. Greg can point to the source--was maybe $14 via Amazon.
I have the tool but I did break two of the pins which is a bummer but I had some extra pins. Still haven't solved the problem as I got side tracked on something else. Next question, where exactly are these brake line guides mounted? Were there holes (not on this fender) on both sides of the fender or are they mounted to the studs for the fender?