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Post by rs1boy on Jan 10, 2011 20:06:31 GMT 1
hi all,does anyone know if there is a relay for the brake lights? i've got no brake lights off either front or foot lever and the bulbs are good and i cant see any fuses blown. i've only just got the bike running after being abandoned for 6 months but before that it was riddden daily. i cant imagine the previous owner riding with no brake lights (i hope). what are the chances of both switches being fcuked otherwise?
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norfolknchance
Sheene Gold rider. Nuff said
15967 mile & climbing
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Post by norfolknchance on Jan 10, 2011 20:48:30 GMT 1
test the swithes
easy first.........pull both wires off the front switch & join together........brake light should come on
if it does replace the switch...........& do the same with the rear
ive had to replace both of mine in the last 2 weeks.........switches dont like road salt
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 10, 2011 20:50:48 GMT 1
Are the contacts corroded. Are the switches that temperamental Norfolk?
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norfolknchance
Sheene Gold rider. Nuff said
15967 mile & climbing
Posts: 783
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Post by norfolknchance on Jan 10, 2011 20:56:09 GMT 1
YES
but i an out in all weathers & the switches are not water tight
they can be striped down & cleaned ..........
also this is me second front bake switch in 12 months
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Post by rs1boy on Jan 10, 2011 22:33:12 GMT 1
would you adam and eve it!! both switches dont work. touched the contacts together and it works fine,plug em in and nowt. seeing as its been neglected i'll treat it to a pair.
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Jan 10, 2011 23:09:42 GMT 1
top marks Norfolk. "out in all weathers"  lots of evidence on the forum. Welcome to the club Rs1boy. |
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Post by rs1boy on Jan 11, 2011 0:10:05 GMT 1
nice one! thanks very much people!!
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ED-CASE
All Weather Rider, well hard
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Post by ED-CASE on Jan 11, 2011 18:17:19 GMT 1
Not trying to show off what a cheapskate I am, Honest, BUT.......
The brake-light micro-switches on my revived-scrapper were u/s on arrival
I removed the levers, applied a drop of ACF50, and flicked them repeatedly with a bit of 10mm alloy bar, to get the tiny pistons to punch through the crud on each spring-back stroke
Worked OK since (oooooh, tempting fate!!, all present PLEASE cross fingers)
All the best
Ed
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Post by McF on Jan 11, 2011 23:25:05 GMT 1
Yep, the switches are notoriously unreliable.
As described, give them a good clean up, then I'd pack them with vaseline, or better still, silicon grease
They aren't especially expensive, but that's not the point!
Ed, here's hoping yours last out a bit longer
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Post by smartiedarkblue on Jan 12, 2011 9:38:15 GMT 1
hi all,
it sounds like you have all had really bad luck when it comes to these switches,
i have had my old girl for 6yrs now and up until this year she was ridden all year round it all weathers, i have not had a problem with the switches at all.
I have found the cooling fan mount and earth to be a very boring repetitive fault but that is about all. that is now sorted though.
ed
p.s. of course having said this they will now both bugger up but hey ho its part of the fun.
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lots of evidence on the forum.
