Hello, Mike here again.
I just picked up this '99 Savage. Niether beam of the headlight illuminated, so naturally my first thing to check was the headlight itself, even tho it's fairly UNLIKELY both beams would burn out!!!
Well they both worked... so on to the switch... power at yellow wire into switch (if I remember correctly!)
Well I took the turn switch out to access the high/low switch and as I got to that point, I turned the key switch back to the on position. As I WRESTLED the hi/low switch out of the handlebar housing the headlight flickered!! Well to make a long diagnosis short.... I TOTALLY disassembled the switch itself, and I THINK I remedied the problem! "Knock on wood" I ever so gently stretched the spring, and cleaned those 3 "pucks" up on the contact areas. It's been working ok since. I was wondering if any one else ever experiance this trouble? ie is this another Savage weakness???
Glad we have this group of people to share and learn from!!
Mike

I have a shelf dedicated to lubricants.
WD40 isn't among them. WD stands for
Water Displacement, and it was the Fortieth attempt that worked. My boss told me to buy a few cans and load the parts of a transmission with it. A few months later I was up where the parts were. All rusted. In West Texas,  

Electrical contact cleaner, for switches, is available. When WD is gone, whatever lube Was there is gone, too.
Will it clean up a switch? Better than lots of stuff, but it's not the thing that will make a switch last. I'd use it, to get me home or to troubleshoot. . Then I'd get the right stuff.
Watching people squirt WD into the spring and rotating star in a car door hinge is just funny. Works great, for a few days..
If they had a can of white lithium grease, things would be a lot better.

Well the switch is working, the only other thing that would stop both beams from working would be the ground which they both share , you might check that if you have further trouble .

Well, as an Electrical Engineer for over 25 years, I gotta tell you, in industrial / weather settings, WD40 works great as an electrical contact cleaner.  True, when it's gone in a few days the lube is gone, but for most  switches, you just need the contacts clean.  WD lasts longer than most contact cleaners, and gives you a chance to work the grime out of the contact surfaces.  Not a cure all, but works.  It does not eat plastic, it's cheap, available anywhere, anytime.  I agree Justin, no sub for grease, but good for what its good at.