Another Starter Switch Failure
#21
07-28-2011, 01:38 PM
I just hope they put the fix on it! Nothing more aggravating than a chincy electrial problem on a trip or just worrying about one. It has to be the water they were exposed to when riding in all that rain. Did they give you any indication of what may have caused them to fail?
I once carried a product called LPS an electrical contact spray that was good for ignitions that were exposed to wet and damp conditions. I'm about out and can't find it anymore. Kind of expensive but I have started some with drowned out ignitions, "the older stuff" it may work for starter switches and related conponents.
http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/cl...lectro140.html
I once carried a product called LPS an electrical contact spray that was good for ignitions that were exposed to wet and damp conditions. I'm about out and can't find it anymore. Kind of expensive but I have started some with drowned out ignitions, "the older stuff" it may work for starter switches and related conponents.
http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/cl...lectro140.html
#22
07-28-2011, 02:14 PM
Thanks
Ask and you shall receive.................http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/LPS...-Cleaner-2C642
#23
07-28-2011, 03:00 PM
Same issue with my 2005 RK after a heavy duty rain ride.
The starter would stay engaged, no amount of compressed air would dry it out, had to change the switch assembly.
To ride in the mean time I pulled the hot wire off of the starter, turned on the ignition switch, pushed the hot wire onto it post on the starter and pulled the hot wire again once the bike had started. It worked until I changed the $60 switch assembly.
The starter would stay engaged, no amount of compressed air would dry it out, had to change the switch assembly.
To ride in the mean time I pulled the hot wire off of the starter, turned on the ignition switch, pushed the hot wire onto it post on the starter and pulled the hot wire again once the bike had started. It worked until I changed the $60 switch assembly.
#24
07-29-2011, 06:17 AM
I just hope they put the fix on it! Nothing more aggravating than a chincy electrial problem on a trip or just worrying about one. It has to be the water they were exposed to when riding in all that rain. Did they give you any indication of what may have caused them to fail?
I once carried a product called LPS an electrical contact spray that was good for ignitions that were exposed to wet and damp conditions. I'm about out and can't find it anymore. Kind of expensive but I have started some with drowned out ignitions, "the older stuff" it may work for starter switches and related conponents.
http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/cl...lectro140.html
I once carried a product called LPS an electrical contact spray that was good for ignitions that were exposed to wet and damp conditions. I'm about out and can't find it anymore. Kind of expensive but I have started some with drowned out ignitions, "the older stuff" it may work for starter switches and related conponents.
http://www.lpslabs.com/product_pg/cl...lectro140.html
#25
07-29-2011, 08:00 AM
Road Master
#26
07-29-2011, 09:37 AM
WD
It will but I have destroyed some plastics and paint with it as well. I have split plastic electrical cases and sprayed with LPS before getting in water and sprayed on ignitions with no damage to plastic or painted parts. It would not be a fix for a starter switch that has already got wet and grounded out. May not be a good prevention either but in some wet or damp situastions I have had success with it and it tends not to melt anything important...I have messed up some paint with HD but it is still my ol fall back for a lot of jobs...
#27
07-29-2011, 05:57 PM
It will but I have destroyed some plastics and paint with it as well. I have split plastic electrical cases and sprayed with LPS before getting in water and sprayed on ignitions with no damage to plastic or painted parts. It would not be a fix for a starter switch that has already got wet and grounded out. May not be a good prevention either but in some wet or damp situastions I have had success with it and it tends not to melt anything important...I have messed up some paint with HD but it is still my ol fall back for a lot of jobs...
#28
07-29-2011, 09:11 PM
Outsourcing
Typical made in China electrical conponent you would think for what we paid for the Tri we could count on some quality somewhere.
#29
07-30-2011, 05:47 AM
You hit the nail square on the head. My 2006 Ultra has never suffered from this issue and it has been seen more than its fair share of rain storms, not to mention sleet and a dash of snow.
