Neutral switch connection.

[colebrooker]

This is just a small problem. How to diconnect the wire from the neutral switch on the top of the gearbox area. The manual says it is held with a spring clip. The cover on mine is quite hard and I can not feel a clip in it. It,s got to be easy, I just need someone to tell me how.

 

[5twins]

I think most use a set screw, at least the newer ones anyway. You'll have to pop the rubber cover off and see.

 

[vr3506]

with some heat, you can make this cover soft for a short period (boiling water or hot air)

 

[rebel542]

That rubber gets as hard as Chinese arithmetic. Pry it up with a screwdriver to get to the wire. Mikes has those covers for next to nothing except high shipping cost.

 

[weekendrider]

The top of the switch has a small phillps head screw. The wire has a forked metal piece.
I can see where they might call the metal piece a spring clip.

 

[colebrooker]

Thanks all, I did need the hot air blower to soften the cap and found the set screw. Easy when you know how.

 

[XSLeo]

Some of the earlier bikes did not have the screw in the neutral switch. It had a peg sticking up with a spring around it. The wire was just a had a bit of the outside stripped off. You pushed the spring down and slipped the bare wire throgh a hole in the peg. The spring held the wire in the hole.
Leo