i bought my 2005 ST in March this year and repaired a number of cosmetic issues with it at the time. i gave the bike a good going over changing fluids, filters plugs and the bike was running really well. Last week i discovered that the rear brake pedal was not operating the rear brake lights, the front brake light switch was working without issue.
Fast forward to tonight and i finally get some time to look in the rear switch thinking it was most likely needing adjustment as others here have reported. I then discovered that the rubber shroud over the switch had been peeled off and i could see that one of the two wires had been neatly cut rendering the switch useless. Clearly i've been riding it with a dead switch since i got it and had no idea.
I'm making the assumption that the PO may have found the switch to be permanently on and he cut it because he was too lazy to either adjust it replace it.
As a precaution i've ordered a new one from partzilla but i'd like to try and get the old one out to see if it is either functional or repairable. I can see the pigtail of the switch disappearing in to the innards of the bike but i cannot see further than that. I removed the saddle hoping the connector was there but no such luck
Can anyone who has had to remove/replace the switch tell me two things?
1) i've got the aluminum plate that the peg and switch attach to loose but not free, there is another part of the brake system that attaches to it and prevents it from having any great level of free play. How do i get that plate off to get clear access to the switch
2) where does the connector end of the rear brake light switch go? how does it route from the end of the switch? Under the gas tank?
i have the service manual but it's not been much help this time.
thanks in advance
Fast forward to tonight and i finally get some time to look in the rear switch thinking it was most likely needing adjustment as others here have reported. I then discovered that the rubber shroud over the switch had been peeled off and i could see that one of the two wires had been neatly cut rendering the switch useless. Clearly i've been riding it with a dead switch since i got it and had no idea.
I'm making the assumption that the PO may have found the switch to be permanently on and he cut it because he was too lazy to either adjust it replace it.
As a precaution i've ordered a new one from partzilla but i'd like to try and get the old one out to see if it is either functional or repairable. I can see the pigtail of the switch disappearing in to the innards of the bike but i cannot see further than that. I removed the saddle hoping the connector was there but no such luck
Can anyone who has had to remove/replace the switch tell me two things?
1) i've got the aluminum plate that the peg and switch attach to loose but not free, there is another part of the brake system that attaches to it and prevents it from having any great level of free play. How do i get that plate off to get clear access to the switch
2) where does the connector end of the rear brake light switch go? how does it route from the end of the switch? Under the gas tank?
i have the service manual but it's not been much help this time.
thanks in advance
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