How to remove switch cluster

[SAR41]

I'm trying to remove the 4 switch cluster above the glove box and below the handle bar. I'm installing the BPR Bluetooth dongle so I have all the Tupperware removed from the right side and now some from the left side, I have removed the pop in plastic keepers on both sides. I can lift both sides but there seems to be something holding it down the middle of the switch area. I removed the blank plug in the middle of the switches and can not see what's holding it down. I have a switch on order to hook up two garage door openers and plan on installing it in the blank spot in the middle but I need to get the panel removed so I can rewire what's there to power the new switch. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Four bolts into the frame below the center unit. The pop rivets help to take it apart after you have it off the frame.

 

[NautiBrit]

The wiring to those switches comes out on the left side and is held in place with a tie. Cut the tie and push as much slack as you can get up towards the switches. It's tight but you should get enough to unclip the switches from the plug end.

 

[SAR41]

Thanks

That gives me a couple things to try in the morning.

 

[Doc - Riverside]

2014 Glove box removal

These pictures should help

Right Side





Left Side




How to remove the connector body.



Any questions see PM

 

[SAR41]

WOW Thanks Doc

This will make it easy. Headed out to get started on it in a little while.

 

[Cruzr Joe]

Good job, Doc

Cruzr Joe

 

[zuni]

You would think that there is an easier way for them to have attached the switch cluster by itself. Why not just make the switch panel snap into the rest of the cover plate. Would have made it much easier to replace or change the switches. The other photos show how to remove everything as a unit. Unfortunately the switch panel is attached to the rest by a hidden pop rivet that is only accessible by removing everything else.

 

[Highwayman2013]

I had mine apart in the spring that is a weird place for that pop rivet, it did not go back in.

 

[SAR41]

Thanks Again!!!

Once I saw the pictures it was easy. I was trying to remove just the switch panel, which as mentioned above should have been how it was designed. But NO WHY MAKE IT EASY!!:banghead:

 

[BernardD]

I had mine apart in the spring that is a weird place for that pop rivet, it did not go back in.

I am trying to remove this. Unfortunaltely I do not find any video on how to do this.
What do you mean by « it did not go back in »?
is it because you did not put it back or it was not possible to put it back?

 

[zuni]

I think he just decided not to put it back. I did after I put in the new switch.

CJ JAX

I am trying to remove this. Unfortunaltely I do not find any video on how to do this.
What do you mean by « it did not go back in »?
is it because you did not put it back or it was not possible to put it back?

 

[Highwayman2013]

I am trying to remove this. Unfortunaltely I do not find any video on how to do this.
What do you mean by « it did not go back in »?
is it because you did not put it back or it was not possible to put it back?

I didn't put it back in.

 

[INfox]

I know this is an old post, but today we tried to remove the switch cluster panel, but ended up with the same problem. It looks like it would come off, but the switches or something in that area holds it up. Also, the Glovebox compartment won't let the bottom part to come off as well.
Do you remember what was on the pictures posted by Doc - Riverside? They are no longer available.
Thank you in advance

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

See following post. It has more info than the original one in this spot!

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I know this is an old post, but today we tried to remove the switch cluster panel, but ended up with the same problem. It looks like it would come off, but the switches or something in that area holds it up. Also, the Glovebox compartment won't let the bottom part to come off as well.
Do you remember what was on the pictures posted by Doc - Riverside? They are no longer available.
Thank you in advance

Do you have a service manual? If not you really need to get one. Jobs like this are much easier when you can refer to the manual.

As I remember from taking mine off a couple of years ago, there are four screws and six rivets holding the glove box/cluster assembly on the frame. Two of them are back up under a ways and hard to see. One on the right and one on the left. You need a light to shine under the glove box from the side to see them. IIRC the switch cluster is fastened to the glove box with some screws that you can't get to until you lift the entire unit off and turn it over. You have to disconnect the harness going to the switches. I think it's on the left side. It's not real difficult once you find and remove the culprit screws! You also need to disconnect the glove box latch release cable.

 

[INfox]

Thank you IdahoMtnSpyder. I found the screws, removed them and also the glovebox latch (very carefully). Snapped couple zip-ties on the left side and disconnected couple wires on the right side - I found a video Spyder RT Triaxis Handlebar Install - Part 1 of 3 by Finless Bob - I made sure I don’t make any mistakes. The Glovebox compartment with the Switch cluster panel came off nicely.
With this I would like to thank Finless Bob as well.

Some pictures I made today while removing above mentioned.

PS: I do have the service manual, but searching through 1579 pages without a properly working word search is very time consuming. I do have the latest and greatest Win10 and AdobeAcrobat Reader. We were looking for some scheme with the wiring identified to no avail.

 

[LeftCoast]

Great stuff thanks for sharing with the community!

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

PS: I do have the service manual, but searching through 1579 pages without a properly working word search is very time consuming. I do have the latest and greatest Win10 and AdobeAcrobat Reader. We were looking for some scheme with the wiring identified to no avail.

Sometimes you have to be ingenious in pulling words out of the air to use in the search! BRP tech writers don't always adhere to convention when naming objects. I don't remember right off hand what they call a microswitch, but it's not microswitch. Then the name is different between the service text and the parts list! I usually find a chapter title in the first go at a search, and then go from there in a series of word jumps. In this case I used glove box as the search term.

 

[Revalden]

I had mine apart in the spring that is a weird place for that pop rivet, it did not go back in.

Same here, I now another extra PPR.