Mushy turn signal button?

Anyone else noticed the VFRs turn signal button is a little imprecise? My last 2 bikes, the switch engaged pretty crisply and canceled right away with a push. On my VFR it feels gummed up or something and to cancel I often have the move it towards the center a bit and push to get a consistent cancel, otherwise I push in a it may take a few to cancel. Not a big deal but after about a year with my VFR the only niggling issue...not sure they are all like that or mine needs cleaning or something?

 

Mine is crisp and works well maybe yours is full of anti-corrosion type electrical grease that has dried up and is causing the "mushy" feeling

easy enough to take apart and clean with electrical cleaner

 

Gotta agree with above. I don't think that is a common complaint. No problems with mine which is very high mileage. Now the 4ways don't work but the switch is not mushy.

 

Sure, enough - the grease or whatever they have in there turned into gummy mess. Hit it with the contact cleaner and it froze almost solid; soaked it a bit with q tips and IPA and got most of it out. Much better now - I was thinking my 2008 was too new for this - my last bike was 10 years older and original and it was just fine.:confused-new:

 

Exactly why hitting the switch through the slot--without taking anything apart--with WD-40 once in awhile is good maintenance.

 

Wasting a good IPA like that'll earn you a hefty fine around here. (Completely kidding of course, just couldn't help myself.)

 

I had the same problem with 2 of my past viffers, on my 2001 it was so badly corroded i decided to simply replace the switch since it was cheap, on my 2002 i took it apart and dabbled a little dielectric grease and it got real smooth.

 

Think I am facing same situation with mine. High beam switch not working good so I sprayed cleaner and then some other teflon lube stuff in there few months ago wherever I could find opening since in a hurry. Have noticed switch not crisp now and seems "gummy". It works fine but just feels wrong. I can turn it on and off and never feel anything click and it operates slow feeling...or gummy. I figured the combo of items I sprayed in there gummed it up and now that you mention, realize my intuition is probably correct. Dupont teflon lube is wonderful but does not work on all things. I have noticed this same thing when using it on other items as well. Means another weekend project and beer drinking I have to do now. Damn!

 

Another one from the things I should have done 9 months ago list.

I had both the gummy turn signal and laggy hi beam switch, pretty annoying actually...

So got the left side split, and happy to see no corrosion after 13+ years. Light coat of sticky grease of course but got it out with just dry q-tips.

Applied dielectric grease to contacts and all other moving parts... then got into the killswitch and starter button on the right.

Huge difference, switches definitely have that factory fresh click now!

It is worth the time to split them open and clean the gunk, spray lube is not the way to go IMO...