| Author | Message | ||
     Shot_gun |
I may be nit picky but I'm going to be on my fourth rear brake switch in 10 years. I have tested for 12 volts to the brake switch and I do. If I jump the switch the brake light comes on. With the Pedal pressed down I have 28 ohms resistance. With it up I have infinity ohms. I guess is there a better substitute for this critter out there? If anyones been down this road before feel free to chime in. Thanks in advance. | ||
| Ebutch |
Hi Chris.No trouble with switch.But I went though 3 front pulleys too.Found out bad mettle in pulley. (Message edited by ebutch on April 12, 2009) | ||
| Ratbuell |
No issues on mine....what fluid are you using? Contaminated/incorrect fluid could cause switch failure through seal failure and electrical contact submersion.... | ||
| Essmjay |
Mine is out right now, passes voltage but too much resistance to do the lights. I just replaced the front brake switch as it was in pieces, so at least i have brake lights most of the time. I may not replace the rear, sometimes it is helpful to have a stealth mode for braking. | ||
| S2pengy |
Have the same problem on my S2t but not on my S2.. After 4 switches I gave up and just figure I always use the front brake anyway except for gravel.... | ||
| Shot_gun |
I'm using dot 4 in it this time. My book says to use 5 but the cap says use dot 4. I'm not if there is a big difference but I guess we'll see. Shane that is what happens to mine all the time. I get between 25-30 ohms of resitance in the switch. I picked up a new switch today. It's built different so hopefully that is better than the old ones. The HD dealer I went to to get it said that they had some problems with the old switches but haven't had any issues lately. I got other fish to fry right now: Headlights out, I'm running lean and my timings a tic off. To the Garage! Thanks for the input Chris | ||
| Kmbuell |
To my knowledge ALL S-2's were built using only DOT5. If you are mixing the two, switch failure will be the least of your worries! Flush and rebuild may be the answer. | ||
| Shot_gun |
I have been using dot 5 the last 10 years. the result in eating the switches. I rebuilt everything over the last year and that is when I noticed that the brake resivor cap said use only dot 4 so I'm going to try that and see how I make out. I would definetly not mix them but I want to try something different. | ||
| S2pengy |
I always figured it had something to do with air getting stuck in the switch, since it is the highest point in the system.. Even removing the caliper, placing a c clamp to hold the piston and holding it up higher than the switch and bleeding it that way did not help.... If I remember correctly the deal with the DOT 4 was Brembo recommended DOT4 which is a high temp DOT 3 for their caliper/master cylinder but HD/Buell used DOT 5 in the rear brake system... |
