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1Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Headlight switch question Tue May 22, 2012 2:36 pm

club_c

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I find that my low beam/high beam are not functioning. The high beam flash is ok. I've taken apart the switch (as per the download section) and if I jump the contacts, I get light, so obviously in the switch. I've cleaned up the contact on both parts of the switch but still no joy. Wondering if the power (green wire) contact has worn down too low? How could I build it back up? A little solder? Options?


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2Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Tue May 22, 2012 3:55 pm

Rick G

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The power for the Hi beam flash comes from a different source than the regular Hi/Lo.
The white/Yellow wire comes from the right hand switch block so check that the power is getting to that at the left block. There is also a powered wire Green/Blue that powers the flash function. Make sure you are testing from the correct wire first.
Usually when the Hi/Lo fail it is due to the White/Yellow wire not getting power from the right switch block.


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3Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Tue May 22, 2012 3:59 pm

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aye ! look on the output of the right hand side cables


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4Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Wed May 23, 2012 2:21 pm

club_c

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Thanks lads, I have power at the yellow/wht wire and blue/green wire.


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"There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."

1988 K100RS SE VIN 01477554
    

5Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Wed May 23, 2012 3:17 pm

Rick G

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Your right switch block is OK
Check that there is earth on the brown wire at the 3 pin plug on the headlight.
You can put a dob of solder on the contacts to make them work better but care is required as the plastic can melt so use a very hot iron to get heat in quickly and cool with water immediately. Doing a small bit at a time is best.
Best of luck


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"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

6Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Thu May 24, 2012 3:38 pm

club_c

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So I have a ground at the headlight plug and continuity in the wiring between the left switch and the plug. No power to the yellow wire at the plug, no power to the white wire at the plug unless I use the high beam flash function. What am I missing????


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"There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."

1988 K100RS SE VIN 01477554
    

7Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Thu May 24, 2012 4:55 pm

Rick G

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It has to be the contacts that aren't making contact in the left switch


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"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

8Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Headlight switch question Thu May 24, 2012 7:01 pm

RT

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Hi mate it probably won't apply to your bike but mine is an ex police machine and I had the same trouble. I had to follow the yellow wire back from the switchgear down the handlebars to where I found they had just spliced
the yellow/green together when they removed the police flashing thingos, they just taped them together. It took me ages to figure it out, I almost lost my hair. The flasher and high beam worked but not the headlight.
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9Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Sun May 27, 2012 4:44 pm

club_c

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Alright, all fixed. The yellow/white wire inner contact (inside the switch) was low, worn I guess. A little dab of solder to bring it back up and I'm back in business. Thanks for the efforts lads.


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"There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."

1988 K100RS SE VIN 01477554
    

10Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Sun May 27, 2012 5:40 pm

charlie99

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good work clubbie ....

i would be looking far a new mechanism ....solder isnt the best thing for wear ...

i hope you have installed the relays for the headlamp ...as this would give the switch a better chance at surviving (lower currents )


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

11Back to top Go down   Headlight switch question Empty Re: Headlight switch question Sun May 27, 2012 7:44 pm

Inge K.

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charlie99 wrote: good work clubbie ....
+1


charlie99 wrote:i would be looking far a new mechanism ....solder isnt the best thing for wear ...
Solder is soft, but the switch contacts don`t get much worn I think.
Repaired a lot of these switches with this metod...and at all of them the y/w contact have been spark eroded and because of that being below surface.

Have also done this work on my RS ~20 years ago, the switch still functions.


charlie99 wrote:i hope you have installed the relays for the headlamp ...as this would give the switch a better chance at surviving (lower currents )

+1. Relays is a must, after a repair like this.


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