Clarifying front brake lever switch position

[DaveWatts]

Hi,


I just want to clarify the front brake switch position. Is it position 1 or 2 in this picture. From the pdf document, it looks to be position 1, but then 1 looks far too shallow for the pin to fit.
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brake swich.jpg


Thanks


Dave

[Steve]

Hard to tell from that picture. Move the lever while looking into that space. The "hole" that moves is the one you want.

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[DaveWatts]

Thanks, I'll check that when the part arrives.

[DaveWatts]

The right position is position 1 in the picture, but it doesn't look anything like the picture in Bass Cliff's document, there's a very definite slot over to the left. Then at this position the contact should be positions so that the insulating bump is under position 1 therefore when the lever is at rest the circuit will be open. Strange thing is that when I did it all correct the brake light stayed on. Took me a while of pumping the rear brake before the front brake lever switch started behaving itself, weird!

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Did you clean the little circuit board and the spring loaded copper contact well? Also, there is a bit or adjustment there by just loosening the 2 screws that hold the switch cover in place and ever so slightly sliding it left or right to find the correct contact point of the sliding switch.

[DaveWatts]

Hi, it was brand spanking new so didn't need cleaning, all I did was bend out the copper U piece as it wouldn't sit straight. It seems to work ok now. It worked perfectly when I had the multimeter on it.