As I said in a previous post I most likely will not be riding this season do to family illness. That being said I was taking my yuasa battery out of my bike figuring I am not riding and figures I will be putting it on a charger. After removing the battery I went to put the screws back in only to find that the block that slides in to the terminal cage slid out. The block holds the screw to the battery therefore the screw can not tighten down without the block that the screw goes into. I looked all over, on the ground in the bike, it is gone. I am hoping the dealer has some blocks from old batteries. If not does anyone know where I can get a block?

The other thing is when riding the bike home from the dealer I noticed that the signal indicator was flashing fast. When I got home I looked at the signals. The left front signal had some water in it. It was barely lit. I took the lens off and dried it out. I saw slight rust on the contact of the bulb so I removed it. I figure there is corrosion in the socket as well tried some sand paper but there was not enough room to rub the connection so I stuck a screw driver in the socket to scape the connections.

Would the corrosion cause the bulb to barely light I thought it would not light at all? If when I get the battery taken care of I will see if this worked .
can't understand how the water got in I stored the bike at a shop and my cover was on. Perhaps it was when I washed it before I put it away.
I do hate the yamaha passing light set up they let in water and humidity the brackets break etc.
Ron

Turn the bike upside down and give it a shake .... it should drop out.

Take the bolt to the hardware store and pick up a nut ... it's not a special nut. You can even use a hex nut but it may move if you try to tighten it too much.

Yes the corrosion causes a bad connection. You can try painting the socket with some CLR (it's corrosive). Use some dielectric compound in the socket when you plug the bulb back in.

Doc

it is a problem with the left signal light ..water runs down the supports and into the light

Drill small weeping holes in the bottom of the signal light housing

The dealer should have some of the square nuts for your battery kickin around

A pencil eraser works great for cleaning corrosion......especially in tight spaces.

My turn did that once...My left front was a little loose on the bar. I moved it a little to get a better ground and tightened it up...worked fine so far. knock on wood

Cruiser I know this is late but it's in the same black hole that mine fell into never to be seen again. I went by a bike shop and they gave me one. to this day it still is missing,that was two years.

Greysnake wrote:
Cruiser I know this is late but it's in the same black hole that mine fell into never to be seen again. I went by a bike shop and they gave me one. to this day it still is missing,that was two years.

right, whist we´re on the subject of black holes, excuse me while i shout this out.

IF YOU DROP SOMETHING INSIDE THE BIKE, GET THE BLOODY THING OUT!

i dropped a bolt from the sidepanel into one of the black holes. on the floor of the garage was a bolt of the same type, so i fitted it and took no more notice.

2000 miles later, i park up and notice a hole in the middle of my belt.

when i changed the belt, i took the pulley cover off, and out dropped the missing bolt looking a bit poorly. no pulley damage luckily, but it could have cost me a pulley as well as a belt.

lessons learned

- drive belts are TOUGH
- a small bolt can cost you money
- clean the garage floor more often

even mechanics cock up occasionally