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I managed to remember to pick up a brake light switch for the 851 at PJ's when I returned the 750 (a tale for another post). The terminal set up on the new switch was a little different than the old one, but it looked like the holes were in the right place.
This morning, it was off with the old and on the with the new. I noticed in the box the new switch arrived in a small plastic cylinder. Not knowing what it could possibly be, I left in the box. I replaced the switch, but the same symptom appeared (brake light mostly on). So I decided to see if perhaps the switch could be installed wrong way around. Looking behind the lever, I saw a small plastic circle that the lever pressed against to activate the switch. Aha! The cylinder! The white plastic one that came off the bike was substantially misshapen. I got a piece of baling wire behind the lever just enough to make the cylinder grabbable with my finger tips. Once I put the new black one, all worked just fine. Problem solved.
Posted by Underblog at April 19, 2008 7:39 PM
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