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PostPosted: 17:18 - 02 Nov 2010    Post subject: Having difficulty replacing indicators, help please? Reply with quote

OK having broken the left front indicator last week on my 03 SV650 I picked up a set of 2nd hand minis off here for a tenner. (Have also posted this topic on the SV650 board just now too)

I though having had a look at how they fit it would be a simple 15-20 minute job to exchange them out. I thought it would just be unscrew the bolt holding the original in, screw the new one, and unclip the old ones connector and clip the news one. It was bloody hard to get to the bolt holding the originals on so I took the black plastic part of the fairing off the front underneath and that gave me a lot more space.

I've attached a few photos, (sorry they're pretty big) of the indicators I've got. Each one has two wires coming off it (one a blue and black, the other a brown and black) and there were 2 other wires supplied each with two connectors going into a single connector. This single connector looks like the one that plugs into the connector currently on the bike. But I'm not sure which wire from the indicator plugs into which one of the 2 connectors on the 2 into 1 wire.

https://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6216/newindicators.jpg

https://img40.imageshack.us/img40/3208/2into1wires.jpg


Then when I've been trying to take the old ones off, have had no problem unscrewing the indicator attachment, but the electrical connector (which I've taken a picture of) doesnt pull apart, am I doing something wrong here? Is this the wrong connector, should i be twisting and pulling or flicking a clip on it and pulling or something, should it come part easily? The connector looks the same type, but different ages on each side of the front (they're different colours) suggesting someone has changed one of them in the past.

https://img28.imageshack.us/img28/503/connectorinside.jpg


Finally the last photo, shows the old plate in the indicator space (from the inside), the old wires go through one hole and the screw the other, (the new ones I've got have a slightly larger screw and bolt than this. The new indicators the screw and wires both come off the one point, rather than two seperate points with 2 holes to go through, so I was thinking I could just route the screw and bolt through the wire hole on the left, or do I need a new spacer plate?

https://img199.imageshack.us/img199/305/plateinside.jpg

Or have I got the wrong type of indicators completely? (I think they came off a curvy, but was told that they should fit a 2003 pointy no problem without the need to change spacers or anything like that)

Any help/guidance is much appreciated!

Thanks
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