Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Anyone have any idea how I'm supposed to get the wires into this new switch when the screw heads are under the chrome cover and inaccessible??

Thanks.

There are two pieces to the switch.

As they say, Bob's Your Uncle! Nice!

nebseyer wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:26 pm

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There two pieces to the switch.

Holy s%^$t!! You're a genius!! Popped right out . . . .

Thanks!

Just did mine yesterday
Bought the same switch from Kassic cycle

Push down and out on the high low button
Before you connect the wires insert the switch into the housing a few times to see how it fits
copy of nebseyer pic with wire placement

1- power for headlight #56 on ignition switch
2- headlight high beam
3-horn HO on ignition switch
4-headlight low beam
Note the h/l switch must be in the low position to insert the switch (opposite the position in this pic)
Tommy

wa1nca wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 06, 2021 1:06 pm

Just did mine yesterday
Bought the same switch from Kassic cycle

Push down and out on the high low button
Before you connect the wires insert the switch into the housing a few times to see how it fits

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copy of nebseyer pic with wire placement

1- power for headlight #56 on ignition switch
2- headlight high beam
3-horn HO on ignition switch
4-headlight low beam
Note the h/l switch must be in the low position to insert the switch (opposite the position in this pic)
Tommy

Thanks for the diagram Tommy . . .

Is there a way to tell which wire is which from color-coding? I have a red wire (I assume power for headlight); a blue wire; a blue wire with a white stripe and a blue wire with a red stripe.

those are not the original bmw colors
just look at the ignition switch board and see what wire is connected to #56 and connect it to #1 on your new switch
next see what color wire is connected to #HO on the ignition switch board and connect that to #3 on your new switch
then see what colors are connected to the headlight socket and connect them to #2 and #4 on your new switch
I wire mine for high beam when the switch is up and low beam when the switch is down
If they are backwards, just swap the 2 wires on the headlight socket

In addition to what Tommy said, once you find the colored wire on the terminal board, I'd put a multi meter to the ends of the wire to check for continuity...that way you know for sure that you have the right wire at the right spot.

did you fix your headlight issue with the new switch
Tommy

I'm wondering about this, too, as I also have a non-functioning headlight that seemed to fail at the same time as the horn. Just starting to get into the switch and headlight bucket today, and would like to avoid spending silly money on a new switch...