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?
rear brake light adjustment
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Re: rear brake light adjustment
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
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
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Re: rear brake light adjustment
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
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
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Re: rear brake light adjustment
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
I did basically the same thing except I used a Goldwing mechanical switch . Has been working for at least 10 years .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
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Re: rear brake light adjustment
Thanks for the suggestions, part #'s guys. I'll look into
them.
them.
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Re: rear brake light adjustment
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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