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Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:35 pm
by Jeppo
Got a new brake light switch off a zx7-r which im pretty sure is identical. Tried to hook it up and nothing....light not working. Any way to test if the switch works? Or if the other half of the circuit is working? I went down pretty hard and it ripped the switch straight off the bike so the contacts are a little crooked, but surely as long as they touch then it should work?
Cheers
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:08 pm
by lewisdale
have you checked the bulb? you dropping the bike could have broken the filiment inside
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:57 am
by masterofinsanity
disconnect the wiring from the switch there is 2 terminals, bridge em with a paperclip or something metal and the light should come on, if it does your switch is buggered.
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:26 pm
by Jeppo
Its not the bulb as the front works. Cheers baz i'll give that a try when i get home.
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:28 pm
by lewisdale
lol the front will still work if the bk dont
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:26 am
by cargo
lewisdale wrote:lol the front will still work if the bk dont
He means that the front brake still illuminates the bulb therefore the bulb is not broken,.................................
Re: Brake light switch won't work
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:38 am
by zxr_oli
It's not the most complicated circuit in the world... Just trace the wires to find the fault.