Brodie
Darksider #16 - and Proud of it !
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the FJRForum
There has been a lot of bandwidth used lately concerning what Yamaha has done to make the recall ignition switch more robust.
Nobody has actually opened one up to have a look...
Untill now.
This is The Recall Switch from Yamaha that was installed in my bike yesterday...
I took my bike to OTD Cycle Sports in Burlingame, California. The service manager, Shawn, was very accommodating. When I contacted him last week he said to wait to make an appointment until he had the recall kits in hand. This being the early stages of the recall, he could not make any promises concerning the availability of the parts. Yamaha delivered in a timely manner and he had me come in when convenient to me.
Shawn was up to speed on the procedure for the recall work and assured me that the original key for the bike will be retained. They had serviced a handful of bikes before me, and when I was there I saw he had a list of over 100 owners he was attempting to contact for the recall. The mechanic, Scott, who did the work on my bike did a fine job with it. I had asked for a Throttle Body Sync while the tank was up and the bike runs great!
The following are the pictures I took before I brought the bike in for recall work. I was up till 2am that morning getting the bike back together so i could ride it in.
The wiper contact plate.
The solder contacts, mine were intact, although the red and tan wires did get awfully warm...
The contact carrier, note the melted area...
The failure mode, why I sometimes had to turn the key on and off a million times to start the bike...
The following are the pictures I took after I drove the bike home, removed and drilled open the recall switch.
Drilling out the security screws...
Uncapping the recall switch...
The recall switch wiper plate and carrier...
The recall switch solder contacts...
The recall switch harness connector...
As you can see there is definitely a change in the design.
There are more contact points on the wiper plate. There is another wire in the harness. The way the redesign works is it splits the electrical load between two sets of contacts thereby cutting the resistance in half. The goal is to keep the switch contacts cool enough by doubling the contact area and avoiding any possibility of a thermal runaway.
My conclusion...
Get the recall switch!
It will cost you nothing.
It will work as advertised.
If after all this is done to your bike and you are still unsure with this recall fix, I will continue to make the Ignition Switch Relay Harness. My price is still $50.00 plus shipping for FJRForum members. Click here for details... Ignition Relay Harness
Now go out and enjoy this fine product that Yamaha has brought to market.
As for me, I have to get back in my garage to put my bike back together.
Brodie
There has been a lot of bandwidth used lately concerning what Yamaha has done to make the recall ignition switch more robust.
Nobody has actually opened one up to have a look...
Untill now.
This is The Recall Switch from Yamaha that was installed in my bike yesterday...
I took my bike to OTD Cycle Sports in Burlingame, California. The service manager, Shawn, was very accommodating. When I contacted him last week he said to wait to make an appointment until he had the recall kits in hand. This being the early stages of the recall, he could not make any promises concerning the availability of the parts. Yamaha delivered in a timely manner and he had me come in when convenient to me.
Shawn was up to speed on the procedure for the recall work and assured me that the original key for the bike will be retained. They had serviced a handful of bikes before me, and when I was there I saw he had a list of over 100 owners he was attempting to contact for the recall. The mechanic, Scott, who did the work on my bike did a fine job with it. I had asked for a Throttle Body Sync while the tank was up and the bike runs great!
The following are the pictures I took before I brought the bike in for recall work. I was up till 2am that morning getting the bike back together so i could ride it in.
The wiper contact plate.
The solder contacts, mine were intact, although the red and tan wires did get awfully warm...
The contact carrier, note the melted area...
The failure mode, why I sometimes had to turn the key on and off a million times to start the bike...
The following are the pictures I took after I drove the bike home, removed and drilled open the recall switch.
Drilling out the security screws...
Uncapping the recall switch...
The recall switch wiper plate and carrier...
The recall switch solder contacts...
The recall switch harness connector...
As you can see there is definitely a change in the design.
There are more contact points on the wiper plate. There is another wire in the harness. The way the redesign works is it splits the electrical load between two sets of contacts thereby cutting the resistance in half. The goal is to keep the switch contacts cool enough by doubling the contact area and avoiding any possibility of a thermal runaway.
My conclusion...
Get the recall switch!
It will cost you nothing.
It will work as advertised.
If after all this is done to your bike and you are still unsure with this recall fix, I will continue to make the Ignition Switch Relay Harness. My price is still $50.00 plus shipping for FJRForum members. Click here for details... Ignition Relay Harness
Now go out and enjoy this fine product that Yamaha has brought to market.
As for me, I have to get back in my garage to put my bike back together.
Brodie
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