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Old 10-16-2009, 10:21 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Brake liight not working off front lever

My brake light works perfectly when the foot brake is activated but not when the front brake lever is pulled. I guess there is a switch on the lever somewhere to check. Will this circuit have a seperated fuse to the rear brake? Anything else that needs to be checked?
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Not much to it, really. There's a switch under the brake lever perch that's held on by a Phillips screw and connected to 2 wires. IIRC, it doesn't even matter which way the wires go. Same switch for most Triumphs and lots of Kwaks as well.

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Old 10-17-2009, 03:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Not much to it, really. There's a switch under the brake lever perch that's held on by a Phillips screw and connected to 2 wires. IIRC, it doesn't even matter which way the wires go. Same switch for most Triumphs and lots of Kwaks as well.

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Thanks for that. Had a fiddle with the switch and it works now. I guess I knocked it when I fitted my muffs a few days ago.
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Old 10-17-2009, 03:29 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Same happened to me on the day before my MOT I took the old one off and the prong snapped off in my hand. New one was £7, screw in and bingo!
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