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rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:37 pm
by V8Bikers
My wife noticed the other day that coming to a slow stop the rear brake lights did not come on. However, when I press hard on the pedal they do. Looked for an adjustment to increase the sensitivity but found none.
- is there a way to adjust?
- could the rear switch be going out?
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:08 pm
by V-MAN
Bill -
BH uses a pressure type rear brake light switch. There is no adjustment that can be made. If it is working with heavy pressure I would guess either it is starting to go bad or maybe you have some air in the line? I know you were talking about bleeding brakes in another post ... or I think you were anyway?
I replaced mine once, bought the switch from Napa, I"ll look and see if I can find a part number ... not 100% I will find it?
Don
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:33 pm
by V-MAN
Bill -
The part number for switch is SL134 (Napa). They're cheap ... I paid $11.34 with tax!
Maybe Jack will jump in here, I remember he changed his pressure switch to an electrical setup ... I think it was a Honda setup but don't remember exactly. I think it worked real well for him.
Don
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:02 pm
by Carl La Fong
I changed mine to a mechanical switch. It came off of a Honda Helix. I just made a little "L" shaped bracket that bolts to the lower frame using one of the bolts that holds the two halves together. the stock Honda spring goes from the switch to the pedal. I don't have any pix, but it's a pretty simple deal
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:09 am
by hogv8
Carl La Fong wrote:I changed mine to a mechanical switch. It came off of a Honda Helix. I just made a little "L" shaped bracket that bolts to the lower frame using one of the bolts that holds the two halves together. the stock Honda spring goes from the switch to the pedal. I don't have any pix, but it's a pretty simple deal
I did basically the same thing except I used a Goldwing mechanical switch . Has been working for at least 10 years .
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:50 am
by V8Bikers
Thanks for the suggestions, part #'s guys. I'll look into
them.
Re: rear brake light adjustment
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:11 pm
by Imzz4
Painless makes a low pressure 20 amp brake switch. I had to replace the front micro switch in the Joker switches after not having brake lights when using it. It was tough solderinging in the new one. Its only rated at 3 amps so I added a relay (like i should have done in the first place).. jeff
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