Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:41:38 +0300 - Message No. 5798
From: "Φοίβος Κατσάνος"

Subject: Side stand light won't turn off, and a small tip.


Hi there.
A friend of mine came last evening with a small problem and I was
wondering if anyone can help.
The side stand light of his AT won't turn off, it just dims a little.
The side stand thing works ok as far as tuning the engine off when it is
down, and it doesn't seem to have any other problems.

I have located his problem to the switch that is on the top of the side
stand (behind it), I dismounted it, but it doesn't seem to be
repairable. It looks like a plastic cylinder with a short of bearing
inside, and this bearing has a pin that fits a small hole on the rear of
the stand, so it turns when you put the stand up, or down accordingly.

Anyone has any experience mendling with this? Should I use force to open
it, or just by a new one? (20.000DRS ~ 110DM is no bargain!)



And a small tip.
DO THIS AT YOU OWN RISK! 
(I have done it 3 times, but I can't guarantee you can!)

He also had a problem with his clutch switch, the one that lets you turn
the engine on if you have the gear on by squising the cluch.
This switch is repairable:
You take a small X shaped sqrewdriver, look under the clutch and you
will see a small screw. Unscrew this, take off the two plugs that go to
it (you 'll see them) loosen the clutch whire adjuster (the cylinder
like thing you screw-unscrew to adjust cluch) enaugh so that the swich
can be take off, take the switch off.
Now go home, make a kup of coffee, and be patient!
It is shealed, but you can open it with a knife, and then you can see
how it works. It has 3 small copper parts and a small sping. The only
thing that keeps these parts together is this spring, so they can get
loose. If you are patient you can put them back at their place, and if
needed bent them JUST a LITTLE! for better fit. Put the whole thing back
together (tricky but possible), and use some silicone to seal it, put
the whole thing back on your bike and you're done.
In case of emergency (broken neutral sencor and that switch) you can
just short the two plugs that go into that switch, and then you can
start your bike.
DO THIS AT YOU OWN RISK!
(I have done it 3 times, but I can't guarantee you can!)
 
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