Quick fix on a repop brake switch

Farrell In Vancouver

Farrell In Vancouver

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While on holidays and parked at a Motel the wifey notices the brake light is on and tells me so.:confused: I rattle the pedal and it goes out like its supposed to. This occured about five or six times to point that when I am driving I start tapping the pedal to make sure I am not running down the road with it stuck on (Drivers would not notice me braking if the light has been glowing at them at all times):mad:
Last night I pulled this ****** mounted switch and took it to the bench. The two pieces of the switch are held together with four bent tabs like a Tonka toy. Straighting these tabs allowed me to pull the switch apart and admire the internal craftsmanship. Awesome! :eek:
The problem is the return spring mounted on the rod is soft and compresses over use/time. If you remome a circlip from the rod the rod can be pulled free and the insulater removed along with the afore mentioned spring.
At this point its a matter of stretching the little bugger a bit and reinstall in reverse order.:rolleyes: Now the switch stays off until I put my foot down.......as Henry intended!
Cheers!:cool:
 
I had my crusty original apart to clean the contacts... surprisingly robust housing for "tin"... and a clever piece of engineering too...

Works a treat now !
 
That spring will only fatigue again and put you in the same spot you were in. You need a new spring. I had the same problem and it worked for awhile until the spring went back to being where it was before I stretched it. Just my 2 cents.
 
Vanspeed said:
That spring will only fatigue again and put you in the same spot you were in. You need a new spring. I had the same problem and it worked for awhile until the spring went back to being where it was before I stretched it. Just my 2 cents.
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"The problem is the return spring mounted on the rod is soft and compresses over use/time"

Gee, we agree.
 
I hooked up my origonal it was a little tempermental but it worked after about 40 years of not being wired in. It lasted two days when it died. I came out from friendlys and my battery was dead. is there any thing elce besides the spring that could make it die. ( havent opend it yet).
 
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