A bit fell off... oh no !

Hi All

Can anyone tell me what item 22 on the following link does, I found this
spring broken under my bike after cleaning and was wondering if it will wait
till next service, looks like it has been broken for a while and all appears
ok with the bike

http://www.davidcthomas.co.uk/bandit.htm

It seems that it hooked onto item 18 and the cover plate.

Any help would be really great, David

 

This is a wind-up, right? You've found a spring lying on the ground
underneath your bike and have identified it as a part that lives
inside the gearbox?

I suggest that the spring you've _actually_ found is from something
entirely different. Things like brake light activation switches, side-
or centre-stands retainers, side-stand cutout switch, etc. spring to
mind.

 

Brake pedal return spring?

Are you sure it's the spring on the diagram?
How big is it and what colour: silver or black?

Someone who still owns a Bandit will arrive shortly and can take a torch
outside and have a look

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

No I don't think it is from inside the gearbox, I'm stupid but not quite
that stupid, it was hanging by one end on the inside of the cover next to
the gear lever and it fell off whilst cleaning the cover.

D

 

I think you've found a rear brake light switch spring. press the footbrake
and see if the brake light is working.

 

I have just put another pic on that web page point to where the spring was,
short of removing the gear lever, mechanism and cover, I can't seem to see
what it was connected to... plus it's orrible 'n' wet and I haven't a
garage... bugger !

Ta, David

 

The other two questions could still help.... size, colour?

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Oh sorry, yeah I'm about 5'8", 12 stone and I'm sort of a pinkie colour...
but let me tell you about the spring.

50mm long, 8mm dia and is silver.

Ta, David

 

Do not ride the bike!!!!!!

The pin has now fallen out of the grenade and ANY movement Will set it
off...

Move the bike CAREFULLY out of the garage and away from any dwellings...

Remove all fire hazards (including clothing) and saturate the gearbox in
Uric Acid.







Then piss-off.
--
Petel .
02 M2 Buell.
C90-ZZR.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/peteh1/website/index.html

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, David Thomas said:

I'm not an expert but it looks a bit like a centre stand spring to me.
That doesn't explain how it got into the cover bit though. Perhaps it
sprang there, who knows?

 

Checked the bike over and all seems to be working fine !

Wondered if it was of the neutral light switch or something ?

Well it's got me stumped but that aint difficult.

D

 

Oh that, yeah that's a thingy, that is.

Why are you asking him? He doesn't know either.

 

Fell off something else which has nothing to do with your bike?

 

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:20:24 -0000, "David Thomas"

[the case of the Phantom Spring]

[disclaimer] I've not got a Bandit6, nor have I looked terribly
closely at this area of one.

However, I did have a Bandit12, and I now have an RF900 which are out
of adjacent parts bins down at Hometown Suzuki.

I reckon what you have there is one of the two sidestand return
springs. They carry two concentrically (as it were), a thick one and
a thin one, and I think one of yours has snapped and done a partial
runner. Don't worry about it unless your bike starts cutting out and
back in again when you go over bumps in the road.

 

Why not send it to each of us, we can each take a look ...

You can send to me first ...

Wayne Dye
46-62 Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9XF

http://snurl.com/2rpi

 

Hmm, just checked and both the concentric side stand spings are in place,
but nice thinking though.

Think I may have to start offering a prize of a pint to the first person to
correctly identify this spring.

Do you think my neutral light switch spring (if there is one) is a non
starter ?

Hey, since the spring broke I've been posting at the bottom at last...
wonder if there is a connection, it's a "top posting spring"

D

 

It is a return spring for the clutch actuation lever which is inside the
aforementioned cover. Used to make sure that the actuation lever does not
exert pressure on the clutch release pushrod when the cluth lever is fully
release. I know cos mine was broke and the other day when I took the cover
off to inspect the front sprocket it just fell out. Just hook it up from the
hole it was dangling on to the spare hole on the clutch release lever and
all will be well again.

 

No, what colour is the bike.

 

Go here:

http://www.sukbog.co.uk/tech/fiches/bandit600.html

Third row down, middle frame, item 25. It keeps the tension on the
clutch cable/pushrod interface mechanism thingy. And no, you can't
have mine.

 

Many thanks, oh go on... pop it in the post to me,

I have repaired (when I say repair, I mean bodged) mine now so hopefully I
can fit it back tomorrow.

D