GT750 horn /Starter button removal

[speedblock]

I've started to restore the switches on my '75 Buffalo and I can't figure out how to get the horn and starter push buttons out. I can see the switch assembly slides into the groove in the housing, but it won't slide out with the button in place. What's the secret to getting these out? I fooled with them a bit but don't want to break them - any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Chris

[kettle kid]

Hello, Yes i have been there, but now i do 4 a day, Takes me no time to get out.
Right, you will need,

1 small very tiny screw driver (something a watch maker would use)
1 long nose pliers, http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CHEQ8gIwAQ#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's 3 types of horn button. small push, longer/ long.
1, you can get, some out with just the screw driver. Get the screw driver, right in by the brass, down on the back of the spring, and move, the spring (compress) it towords the face, and pull out the wire.

2, move the brass piece out of it's cutaway,( at the top,) and the pull the back piece up with the pliers.
Use a take out plastic base container (black ) so you can see the small parts)

3 I use a small jar, with, some paint thiners in, put all the bit's you can inside, put the lid on,( tight) and shake, to clean all the parts.
Don't forget to put the button back in, the right way up, (see the TR, right way up, the flat part of the button at the top)


On the horn button, Take off the cable clamp, then remove the indicator button, (a screw at the back) then lift out the indicator switch, and angle out the button, with it's wires.

[speedblock]

Thanks for the super detailed reply!

I actually got the horn apart yesterday - it was much easier than the starter button.

The starter button gave me fits until I saw your post. I was pushing the spring the wrong way, thinking that the "post" was part of the switch and not the button. Once I saw what I needed to do it came apart in no time.

That's also a great tip on cleaning the small parts - I'll try that as well.

Thanks again !

Chris

[MikeH1A]

This is such a timely thread, thank you. My problem is the reverse with the starter button. I got it all apart and painted the casings BUT I can't get it all back together - spent an hour getting increasingly grumpy today

What am I doing wrong please? I put the button through it's hole (the correct way up - thanks for clarifying that small detail), have the spring over the "stem" out the back of the button but can't get the rest to sit in there. Please direct me here: there's a brass plate with a hole in the centre (presumably for the button's "stem" to fit through) and then a squarish plate - these two seem to fit together (correct?). But if I slide them both down into the cutaway I can't get them down past the "stem" which therefore can't fit into the hole of the brass plate.

What am I doing wrong and what is the trick here please??

Thanks, Mike

[kettle kid]

when refitting the start button, you must make sure, that the eath (yellow with the green stripe at the back ) is sitting right in at the bottom (and exta hand would help) a very small screw driver, pushing the bottom in, then your moving the spring on the shaft back (compressing it) and then (this is the good part) push down the brass, and don't move till you have put the small, fixing tip( the small part that holds the part in place see photo bottm right, with screw) with the screw in, to hold it in place. or it will all pop back out, and it's start again time.

[SClubSuzuki]

when refitting the start button, you must make sure, that the eath (yellow with the green stripe at the back ) is sitting right in at the bottom (and exta hand would help) a very small screw driver, pushing the bottom in, then your moving the spring on the shaft back (compressing it) and then (this is the good part) push down the brass, and don't move till you have put the small, fixing tip( the small part that holds the part in place see photo bottm right, with screw) with the screw in, to hold it in place. or it will all pop back out, and it's start again time.

Kettle Kid, hope it’s not too late to say THANK YOU for the invaluable instructions on how to re-assemble the starter button, you saved me perhaps hours of frustration

Chris