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Message started by icochrane10 on 07/27/07 at 01:49:50

Title: Rear brake switch
Post by icochrane10 on 07/27/07 at 01:49:50

Hi guys,Really struggling with trying to put on new spring for rear brake light,the one between the cable and the switch cable,the holes are tiny and a job to find the right spring leangth,anyone got any ideas to make this easier,do you need to use a spring?or would something else work,any ideas gratefully received,Ian.
p.s.putting the savage on the road after a long layoff and finding this site a big help.I was a member of the old Bert Haise forum which was very helpfull but seems to have dissapeared which is a great pity as there was some great info on there as well,many thanks,Ian

Title: Re: Rear brake switch
Post by Unicorn on 07/27/07 at 02:28:36

Hy,

Theoretically, you could use any plain piece of wire, but because the brake lever has a greater movement range than the little switch has inside its plastic coverage, after an impulsive brake, you could end up braking that plastic switch. That's why the spring is intended to be there for, to avoid this situation.
The right spring would be about 4-5 cm long (this can be ajusted with the brake switch itself), not so strong but also not so soft.
I also haven't got the original spring on my Savage and I'm sure you could find one easily in a bike scrap yard or something like that.

Title: Re: Rear brake switch
Post by justin_o_guy on 07/27/07 at 02:52:52

I'll bet you a dollar I could swipe the spring out of a ball point pen & grab a paper clip & be on the road in less than 20 minutes, provided I had a pair of needlenose with small wirecutters. I would rather have 2 small needlenos for bending the wire & not hurting my finger, but I could make it with 1 I think. Might not last forever, but I bet I could get down the road a good ways before I had to do it again. May not use the whole spring, may have to double it to get the strength you need. But, its a spring.. easily available. Also, small springs can be bought at hardware stores & small wire to install is available lots of places. Electric fence wire is good for small applications. You need all of 2 inches, max. Wire from a flower shop would do that job.

Title: Re: Rear brake switch
Post by Max_Morley on 07/27/07 at 09:04:33

Radio shack, ACE hardware, Home Depot, Lowes, and others have lots of spring choices if you ask the right person. i take it you do not have the broken original for a sample. If so the previous post is a great idea, Max

Title: Re: Rear brake switch
Post by pgman on 07/27/07 at 20:00:17

If you're not in an extreme hurry, you can get the exact part from bikebandit online for just a couple dollars. My brake light cable siezed up on my Marauder (it uses the exact same brake light switch and spring) and the previous owner just removed the spring and threw it away (no comment about that). In the process, he broke the brake light switch plunger and so I had to replace the whole shebang to get it working again. I bought the whole deal (cable, switch and spring) for less than $15.