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10-06-09, 10:20 PM | #1 |
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Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
The front brake lever on the SV took a bit of a knock last week when I dropped it during an altercation with some chavs.
Following some testing on the advice of Paul the 6th and Dave20046 in this thread http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=133570 I am posting this to find out if anyone knows how to correct or replace the offending item to get it sorted for the time the MOT comes round. Thanks |
11-06-09, 12:10 AM | #2 |
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Re: Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
Maybe damaged the switch when you dropped it?
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11-06-09, 08:36 AM | #3 |
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Re: Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
Is the lever a Suzuki part or a pattern one? It can affect it.
You can get a new brake light switch from wemoto for about £8 and they're easy to change, if you look at the underside of the lever and perch you should see it
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11-06-09, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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Re: Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
The switch works by pushing in the little plunger on the switch unit to switch off the brake light and this is actuated by the 'L'-shaped casting to the left of the pivot (looking as sat on the bike). The problem with pattern parts (i.e not genuine Suzuki) is that they can be slightly out of tolerance and so not push the switch in far enough.
So to fix..
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11-06-09, 06:18 PM | #5 |
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11-06-09, 06:19 PM | #6 |
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Re: Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
The lever is a pattern one but so was the previous one which I had to replace when I got the bike. I will have a look on wemoto and get one ordered if I can;t get one locally
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11-06-09, 06:20 PM | #7 |
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Re: Brake light switch sticking on with front brake
Cheers Luckypants - I will give those a go
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