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Fujisawa Rob Junior Member Offline We got the thump! Posts: 85 Fort White, FL Gender:	Rear brake light switch adjustment 04/06/11 at 06:57:49 My brake pedal is adjusted to the spec height and freeplay. I'd like my brake light to turn on sooner though. I can adjust the switch cable, but I run out of thread on the switch before it's where I want it. Can I swap the small spring for a shorter/stiffer one? I imagine after 24 years it's stretched a bit!
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Fujisawa Rob Junior Member Offline We got the thump! Posts: 85 Fort White, FL Gender:	Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment Reply #2 - 04/06/11 at 18:23:42 thumperclone wrote on 04/06/11 at 14:43:53: sure Is the the right fix, or is there something else wrong perhaps?
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Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment
Reply #3 - 04/06/11 at 19:00:45

You should have plenty of threads on the adjuster unless someone already replaced the spring with one that is not correct size.

It should be adjusted so that you can tap the brakes and light the brake light without applying the brakes (remember turn on the IGN when checking..... trust me). And, it's actually easy to do.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment Reply #4 - 04/07/11 at 03:58:28 maybe a touch of W-D on the switch would help ?
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Fujisawa Rob

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Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment
Reply #5 - 04/07/11 at 04:11:59

T Mack 1 - FSO wrote on 04/06/11 at 19:00:45:

You should have plenty of threads on the adjuster unless someone already replaced the spring with one that is not correct size.

It should be adjusted so that you can tap the brakes and light the brake light without applying the brakes (remember turn on the IGN when checking..... trust me). And, it's actually easy to do.

That's my goal. I wanna say the spring is about 1" long but I'll check.

The switch doesn't appear to be sticking.

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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment Reply #6 - 04/08/11 at 07:59:42 The spring is there only to give stretch when the switch hits it's end of travel. The switch travel is less than the brake travel..... Sorry, should have said that in my earlier post.
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Fujisawa Rob Junior Member Offline We got the thump! Posts: 85 Fort White, FL Gender:	Re: Rear brake light switch adjustment Reply #7 - 04/12/11 at 12:20:22 I replaced the spring with a slightly shorter one (about 1/4" or so). It's has about the same stiffness as the stock one, which I kept just in case. I now have enough threads to adjust the switch either way. The brake light comes in just a tad past the 'free play' of the pedal, right where I wanted it.
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