1400 brake light switch.

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PrinceMo
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1400 brake light switch.

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Ok silly question but does the brake lever switch have a fuse or a relay.

I tried jumping the switch and got nothing.
No brake lite and no sparks.

Am i missing some thing.
There is a "u" shaped piece of copper and a spring in a holder. Should it have a little ball too.

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Re: 1400 brake light switch.

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PrinceMo wrote:Ok silly question but does the brake lever switch have a fuse or a relay.

I tried jumping the switch and got nothing.
No brake lite and no sparks.

Am i missing some thing.
There is a "u" shaped piece of copper and a spring in a holder. Should it have a little ball too.
No the "U" shaped piece make 2 contacts.

If you have no light when jumping the switch, but the rear brake switch works I would say that one of the connectors, probably inside the headlight housing, has come loose.
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Re: 1400 brake light switch.

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The foot brake lights work fine.
The hand brake does not.

I will try again.
Does the u shaped thingie go long ways in the slot or
sideways?

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Re: 1400 brake light switch.

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Does anybody have a picture of the inside of the switch showing how the u shaped thingie gos in?

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Re: 1400 brake light switch.

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I don't have one, took it off years ago and the wiring into the head lamp.

If some one is close and I want to use a bit of front brake I dab the foot brake to give them a bit of brake light.

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Re: 1400 brake light switch.

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I don't have a picture of it, but the U shaped piece goes so that the curved sides of the U are moving side to side, if it is installed the other way the edge will catch on the 2 contacts that stick down.

On my 87 the plastic pin that the U shaped piece sits on broke and the thing never moved. Never worried about it.
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Thanks

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I am tired of messing with it.
I ordered a new switch

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It never showed up. ...Grrrrr!

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