My 98 vfr800's tripmeter keys no longer work reliably.
Sometimes, after much pushing, something registers.
Firmly, gently, quickly, slowly, the buttons do or
(mostly) don't register the presses.
The keys feel like they're flexible rubber, probably with
a conductive pad that makes contacts on a circuit board.
Mechanically they feel basically ok.
Does anybody know if it's possible to open up the keypad
and clean the contacts?
bob prohaska <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:Same here....
My 98 vfr800's tripmeter keys no longer work reliably.
Sometimes, after much pushing, something registers.
Firmly, gently, quickly, slowly, the buttons do or
(mostly) don't register the presses.
The keys feel like they're flexible rubber, probably with
a conductive pad that makes contacts on a circuit board.
Mechanically they feel basically ok.
Does anybody know if it's possible to open up the keypad
and clean the contacts?
I have successfully cleaned similar keyboards on remote controls a few
times.
No idea whether the VFR800 instrument panel is easy or difficult
to disassemble for cleaning, but if it were mine I would attempt it.
On a whim I just looked at http://www.servicehonda.com/oemparts/a/hon/506c2b0cf870023420a30f30/speedometer
No price for the LCD given, so it's NLA. I'll wait a bit to see if anybody chimes in with more information.
Thanks for posting!
bob prohaska
Aye, there's the rub. I wouldn't mind taking the dash apart if I knew
the keypad could be (reversibly) disassembled.
On a whim I just looked at http://www.servicehonda.com/oemparts/a/hon/506c2b0cf870023420a30f30/speedometer
If the drawing is representative of fact, the switches aren't the sort of rubber pads I expected, but rather standalone switches mounted on the board. It's unclear if that augurs well or ill for my enterprise but I fear ill.
No price for the LCD given, so it's NLA. I'll wait a bit to see if anybody chimes in with more information.
On 10/11/2017 06:44 PM, bob prohaska wrote:
On a whim I just looked at
http://www.servicehonda.com/oemparts/a/hon/506c2b0cf870023420a30f30/speedometer
...
No price for the LCD given, so it's NLA. I'll wait a bit to see if anybody >> chimes in with more information.
Thanks for posting!
bob prohaska
I added the part to my shopping cart here
<https://thumpertalk.com/shop/oem.php?manufacturer=1&part=37230-MBG-671>
Just $434.31
I would actually be encouraged by that drawing. It clearly shows
two miniature mechanical switches soldered to the printed circuit
board. Since #16 was made to be a replaceable part, it should be
relatively easy to remove it, and replace those switches. Sure,
you'll have to find a suitable part, but Digi-Key should have an
exact-fit replacement, for not more than a buck or two each. Their
website is right up there along with McMaster-Carr for ease of use
in part selection.
Mark Olson <olsonm@tiny.invalid> wrote:
I would actually be encouraged by that drawing. It clearly shows
two miniature mechanical switches soldered to the printed circuit
board. Since #16 was made to be a replaceable part, it should be
relatively easy to remove it, and replace those switches. Sure,
you'll have to find a suitable part, but Digi-Key should have an
exact-fit replacement, for not more than a buck or two each. Their
website is right up there along with McMaster-Carr for ease of use
in part selection.
Perhaps you're right. It'd be more complicated that just cleaning
a conductive rubber mat and a circuitboard, but in the worst case
wires could be soldered to a switch that didn't quite fit. I'm
still hesitant to take the dash apart, but am warming up to the
idea.
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