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a "sometimes" neutral light

stuartmcivor

stuartmcivor

Husqvarna
AA Class
The Bike is a SMS630 and has 19000kms. It starts and runs as it has since the day I got it at 1500kms. I can cycle through all the gears without a hitch. The issue I am having is that when in neutral, running or just with the ignition switched to on, the neutral light isn't always on. Wiggling the gear change lever might turn it on and maybe it will even stay on maybe it will go back out. Once in gear during normal riding the neutral light never comes on as it shouldn't. Sometimes after coming to a stop and putting the bike in neutral the light comes on but when the clutch is released the bike jumps and stalls because, surprise, it was in gear.

Anybody else have this happen to them. Searching around on this forum I am tempted to remove and clean the "Idle transponder assy" but am worried when I remove it springs and such will pop out and I will never get it back together.
 
Yes, my 610 does it sometimes...I just really make sure it is in neutral...

I think that anything street legal on the Italian huskies is an afterthought, made as cheap as possible...It used to drive me crazy looking at the shifter, or the dash, or the turn signals, but now I'd like to think that if Husqvarna had a budget of $100 to make a bike, they spent $98 on the motor, chassis, suspension and wheels...thinking this way makes it easier to overlook the dash that does not work, the signals that melted, etc...
 
Yes, similar thing on my bike, TE630.

What often happens is the neutral light turn on when the bike is in second gear. But only when up shift from 1st gear to second gear.
This has caused me to put the bike in wrong gear several times. I shift to second gear, and I thought I didn't shift properly, that the bike was in neutral cause the neutral light was on, so I up shift to what I thought was 2d gear, which was actually third gear. Happened several times.
Also, finding neutral was not easy when at stop.

Any fix to these problems?
 
It's a common issue- my TE has always done this and all checks out on iBeat, all runs fine, etc. Just has always done this and it doesn't bother me anymore. Do a search and you'll see some where it's just that way, and perhaps a minority of instances where there was a cause. Personally I wouldn't sweat it if all functions normally.

Bob- if I'm understanding you correctly (and please don't misunderstand as criticism) you're looking at the dash while moving through the gears. You needn't do this- it's a feel thing...the solid click of a good shift is your best indicator of, well, a solid transition and you'll just get to know what gear you're in by speed/revs/torque. Now maybe you're describing your exp w/ finding N- if so then all good. On that, though, it's been the experience of many that it helps to do the slight uptick out of 1st into N as you approach full halt of the bike.
 
EricV said:
Now maybe you're describing your exp w/ finding N- if so then all good. On that, though, it's been the experience of many that it helps to do the slight uptick out of 1st into N as you approach full halt of the bike.
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This.

I've had the selector sensor apart once, it's no surprise that contact is inconsistent. The contact is a tiny spring and a tiny brass pin, and it's not very well protected from contamination.
 
Yea, mine does it too, and I just had it apart to rebuild the engine, so it's clean. The bike shifts smooth, the transmission is a treat, and I can feel when it's not in neutral, but the light is on, most times, and let the clutch out a slowly to confirm. There is a clutch actuator shaft updated part number that is supposed to help with finding neutral from a stop.
 
EricV said:
It's a common issue- my TE has always done this and all checks out on iBeat, all runs fine, etc. Just has always done this and it doesn't bother me anymore. Do a search and you'll see some where it's just that way, and perhaps a minority of instances where there was a cause. Personally I wouldn't sweat it if all functions normally.

Bob- if I'm understanding you correctly (and please don't misunderstand as criticism) you're looking at the dash while moving through the gears. You needn't do this- it's a feel thing...the solid click of a good shift is your best indicator of, well, a solid transition and you'll just get to know what gear you're in by speed/revs/torque. Now maybe you're describing your exp w/ finding N- if so then all good. On that, though, it's been the experience of many that it helps to do the slight uptick out of 1st into N as you approach full halt of the bike.
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Hi Eric, thanks.
As a matter of fact, yes sometimes I look at the dash. Several months ago I had blinking neutral light problem (water temp sensor problem) the problem is fixed, but up to now I'm always a bit worry that it might happen again..so when ever the neutral light turn on when I'm moving, I'm worry that it happens again. I can't help it but to look at the dash :D
 
Just a follow up. I took the "Idle transponder assy" off. Some oil came out the holeo it. Cleaned up the part with a dry rag. Not much else can be done to it so put it back together. Neutral light is much better. Almost always on when it should be now vs less than half before. Could be coincidence.
 
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