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Front Brake Switch sensor

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I am working on getting my gs 850 able to be inspected and was troubleshooting an issue where my front brake would not light up the brake light. I took the sensor out and basically I have the sensor mount, wiring with 2 copper contacts(on pc board, copper is separated by a gap)...and thats all. Does anyone know what the missing piece would be called / where I could order one / do you have one you want to sell?

Thanks,

Elk.
 
Thanks; I missed that link on the site. Need to pay more attention.
 
mike_of_bbg said:
This is a very common issue. Search will reveal lots of information. Here's a link from BassCliff's website showing all the parts and the repair.

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/front_brake_switch_repair.pdf

CRC2onlinecatalog.com has the part for $9 + shipping. Partsnmore.com has it pretty cheap too as I understand. Probably still available from Suzuki.
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I was just doing that last night. The spring was in about 6 pieces. I tried a pen spring, but it was barely too big. So I used my pocket knife and performed some surgery on a mechanical pencil this morning to get the spring out and it's noticeably smaller than the pen spring. I'll find out tonight if it works.
 
If you don't care about having the safety on the clutch lever (which prevents starting the bike while in gear), you can steal some parts from that switch - it's the same as the brake switch.

Just follow the 2 wire lead into to headlight bucket, disconnect from the harness side & plug the 2 harness leads into each other. Now the bike will start without holding the clutch lever in - which can be both good and bad!

Mike
 
There was a dude on ebay selling thise switches for around 7 bux, shipped.
 
It may be that you're just missing the contact pin, part #257465-18601, about $2. Then you don't have to replace the whole switch.
 
I threw that troublesome piece of crap in the dumpster and installed a hydraulic actuated one for $32.00. No more brake light switch problems with the front brake handle.:D
 
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