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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: Zork on May 17, 2021, 12:15:14 PM
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Short of hiring a German midget, what is the best way to get to that tiny bulb holder over the headlight that holds the parking light? :idunno:
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You can grab the very back of it with a finger and thumb and turn it about 1/6 of a turn CCW. Then it pulls straight back.
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Not with my big redneck hands I can't...
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Not with my big redneck hands I can't...
Clearly, the authors of the K1100LT/RT riders handbook were unaware of Massachusetts' diverse gene pool. :laughing4-giggles: I'd be looking for needle nose pliers, slip-joint pliers or some other gadget I could modify into a dainty finger prosthetic devce, if I wasn't on speaking terms with small-handed friends.
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...except I'm Puertorican. Oh well. I'm going to ask my wife to take a whack at it, but I am going to have to bribe her, which means food or shopping. I think she's on the hunt for plants for the garden, so maybe I'll use that. If that doesn't work, I have new tires and valves coming on Wednesday, maybe the shop where I will take them to be installed has someone I can borrow. Haben Sie jemanden mit kleinen Händen und einem Berliner Akzent? :laughing4-giggles:
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...except I'm Puertorican. Oh well.
If you live in Massachusetts, you're a Massachusettsan. You can't hide from it. ¡Qué lástima! :laughing4-giggles:
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No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.
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No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.
Marines are called Rednecks now? Is that an attempt at moving away from leather references to attract vegan recruits and broaden diversity in the Corps? :laughing4-giggles:
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Huh? I said redneck hands.
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Clearly hands and necks have been getting confused in transmission through the fiber network but it's all clear now. 112350
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No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.
Do you have any spare Crayons? I'm out and need a snack.
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Marines are called Rednecks now? Is that an attempt at moving away from leather references to attract vegan recruits and broaden diversity in the Corps? :laughing4-giggles:
Maybe, but the latest possible diversity broadening technique is to ban any possible recruit that voted for The bad orange man. But we digress from the PBR question. sorry.
BTW I made it back from CT on the Orka.
BTW2. I'm really unqualified to answer this question as I didn't even know I had a parking brake bulb. I guess I was too preoccupied with getting it to run to noice.
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BTW I made it back from CT on the Orka.
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Hmm. I posted this once already and it never made it online. Weird. After noodling the issue and greasing the gears with cheap Puerto Rican beer, I figured out we are all doing it wrong. Correct way:
- Carefully remove windshield
- Remove cover behind windshield (six screws in front, another four on the other side, top of the fairing) and disconnect windshield motor connector.
- There's the damn parking bulb holder. In plain sight, no hobbit hands needed. Turn clockwise (as viewed from the front) to remove. Change bulb. Test parking light. Reinstall.
- Reconnect and reinstall front cover and rear screws.
- Carefully reinstall and test windshield mechanism.
- Admire your work with a fresh Puerto Rican beer.
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I figured out we are all doing it wrong.
We, Ke-mo sah-bee? That must the royal "we" in usage. :laughing4-giggles:
Congrats on a job, well, done and your procedure epiphany. 112350