bigborer
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Saw that, but while I'm aware that the Yamaha engineers who wrote the manual knew more about this bike than I ever will, hammer and chisel "repairs" just make me cringe. The hammer is a tool I like to avoid as much as possible. More so that this bike has a certain age and it would have taken a LOT of pounding on the chisel...
Ended up managing to cut that race with the dremel, and completed the install of the all balls bearings. Needed it cut for using it to press (actually hammer) the inner race of the new bearing anyway.
While I was at it, I also:
-checked the front turn signals connectors- they've got voltage, so this only leaves the cables and actual (ebay LED) blinkers
-checked the horn connectors- they've got voltage; sprayed some contact cleaner, scraped everything with a flat blade screwdriver, put a little "battery terminal grease" on both spade connectors and now the horn works.
Most likely, the plate light is also stopped due to oxidation on the connectors...
Ended up managing to cut that race with the dremel, and completed the install of the all balls bearings. Needed it cut for using it to press (actually hammer) the inner race of the new bearing anyway.
It's currently raining and dark so there's not much I can check but, what worked and not yesterday:
..
front turn: no
horn: no
plate light: no
....
Before I start the tedious and frustrating process of removing parts and measuring on each socket and connection for ground to engine continuity and voltage- do you have any ideas what might have gotten pinched or ripped? The only thing I did was to remove and reinstall the engine; before that everything worked fine...
While I was at it, I also:
-checked the front turn signals connectors- they've got voltage, so this only leaves the cables and actual (ebay LED) blinkers
-checked the horn connectors- they've got voltage; sprayed some contact cleaner, scraped everything with a flat blade screwdriver, put a little "battery terminal grease" on both spade connectors and now the horn works.
Most likely, the plate light is also stopped due to oxidation on the connectors...
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