WANTED starter button assembly for maxim.

my starter button is missing, so i'm looking to replace the assembly. if anyones got one let me know.

 

Contact chacal.

I bought a new one from him earlier this year.

Rusty

 

This may be a bit late but I was looking for a button too and couldn't track down one without buying the whole switch-block so, what the heck, time to make one with the rudimentary lathe(aka drill, vice, hand-files and the bench-grinder) and some old bits and pieces. It worked out much better that I expected so here are some pics of the process.
Original button is from the horn, size and idea of parts from here.
Plastic is from an old socket hand tool that I have no idea where it came from or what I would use it for but it was in my toolbox, so fair-game.
Spring was made from a short length of high tensile wire... I can't really say where that came from but maybe it was picture hanging wire?
Horn Button.

Horn Button dis-assembled.

What was left of the socket hand tool after the rudimentary lathe work on the end of it.

Making the spring into a cone shape after fashioning it around a screwdriver shaft. (lots of tweaking and two sets of long-nosed pliers involved)

The button put together, I swapped the horn button to the starter and used the new one as the horn button.

How it looks in the switchgear.


Just have to work out how to fix the original stickers or find new stickers to suit now and a bit of a clean up, but the button works a charm and... ok it took little while to achieve and if I would have known it was going to actually work out I would have chosen a better piece of plastic to work but all in all I think it will last the distance and it looks pretty nifty being red too!

 

Nice work CDS!

Rob

 

I haven't tried it for the faded stickers on my bike yet, but I've replaced labels on other things using only a black and white laser printer this way...

1. Get some transparency film.
2. Print the design in reverse. (so the toner is on the back side)
3. Spraypaint your background color onto the toner side. (so that anywhere there wasn't toner is now the color of your choosing)
4. Cut to your desired size.
5. Mount with spray adheasive.

The reason I don't use a color laser printer is because a. I don't have one, and b. no way to make white.

I'm not real sure what the lifespan is on these, but it's cheap and relatively easy.

 

hey, just to make that button look even nicer, hit it up with some 2500 grit sandpaper, and some plastic polish

 

Thats a great idea!
Chacal just let me know that he has the decals for the old switch gear and I ordered most of them but I think the police switches may be a problem still so I will definitely buy some transparency and give it a go.
Thanks a heap for the directions on making replacement stickers.
I will have to buy some 2500 sandpaper and laser transparency tomorrow I think Thanks frogbutter and schooter.
Did you notice how dirty and rough everything looks when you do take a pictures using the macro? Or is that just me putting glasses on to use the computer hehe, since I was sure it was looking beautiful before I clicked the button!
Just as a side-note, I bought a white paint pen to touch up the raised lettering around the dash as mine was pretty much worn off and couldn't look much worse... well after much trial and error and paint running and problems it came up pretty good but one thing I have found out is that white paint-pens only write vertically so the trick is,
1. have a piece of plastic to scribble on vertically to keep the pen primed.
2. when the pen starts fading, using it horizontally, stop and quickly scribble on the piece of plastic to keep the pen primed.
I know it sounds obvious but, I wish I knew before I ran into a few problems with trying to re-prime the pen and running paint on the dash etc!
Mind you, since I did take the dash off later to re-weld and straighten the frame I could have just done it flat then too... aah hind-sight :roll:

 

very nice improvement.

so you can read other people's speeds when they're going by?

also, do the police models have a "spiced up" engine... I know they make their cars faster than stock...

 

Hehe I haven't seen a radar attachment anywhere?! But I think it calculates its reading from the tachometer somehow, I haven't actually had the bike on the road as yet so, it is a mystery although I know the patrol switch locks the gauge when you get the offender at the right maximum speed to book him!
I can see myself pulling up beside people shaking my fist and pointing at that gauge saying slow down damnit! :wink:
As far as the engine is concerned the same thing applies but my neighbor did think that I was having trouble starting a lawn mower up until recently when I managed to get all '4' cylinders firing hehe so I'm happy no matter what but if I find out I will let you know

 

The paint came out nice on those raised letters. I've always used an old rubber eraser with a thin layer of paint, kind of like using a rubber stamp. I'll have to give your method a try next time, sounds easier for the tight areas.

You could always just park on the side of the road and point a hair dryer at people...instant break lights.

 

Hahahaha ... and hopefully with all 4 firing still I can make a quick get-a-way when they come back to give me curry!

 

Love it! Once again...nice work on the details.. The lettering came out great... I was wondering what I was going to do with mine.. Got some options now I guess..

Rob

 

I've got the whole assembly, just attach the two half to the handle bar, hook up your throttle cable and you're done.
PM me if you still need it.
thanks,
baz