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Title: brake light switch
Post by: batista on 02 April 2008, 19:36:56

pardon me for being thick but does anyone know how to get the brake light switch off the pedal bracket.bloody haynes manual waste of money.... :-[

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: Paulus on 02 April 2008, 19:56:19

I'd like to know that too  :)

BTW batista, I used to live in Yardley Wood too.

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: batista on 02 April 2008, 20:07:53

where about ,whats your name :y

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: TheBoy on 02 April 2008, 20:08:33

From memory (been a while since I've done one) there is a coloured insert - to need to move this first, which allows switch to come out

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: batista on 02 April 2008, 20:14:08

how do you remove it,ive pressed pedal down as far as it will go ,there is some clearance between switch and pedal but the red plastic insert will not come out,as it got to be turned with a spanner say clockwise  :-[

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 April 2008, 20:20:22

No, there is a collar which needs to be pulled out (white I think but, could be red), it takes quite a bit of force to shift it.


Then the tabs can be pushed in on the sides and it pops out.

Two things to watch.

1) Unless the collar is pulled all the way towards the pedal then the tabs cant be pressed

2) The brake pedal needs to be pressed slightly to get the collar all the way out.

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: batista on 02 April 2008, 20:30:48

cheers,i thought that but didnt want to break it :y

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 April 2008, 20:32:09

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cheers,i thought that but didnt want to break it :y

I normaly use a pair of pliers and lever the dam thing out, quite often it ratchets the brake switch plunger at the same time (these self adjust when first fitted)

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: magnul on 02 April 2008, 20:33:08

The collar is white, but it didn't help me when I tried. After several hours of blood and swearing I concluded that it was impossible to remove it non-destructively. If it's broken anyway brute force is the easiest way.

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: batista on 02 April 2008, 21:13:19

cheers Mark,just done what you said,took me less than a minute,and even got it off without damaging it.thanks buddy :y

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 02 April 2008, 21:14:48

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cheers Mark,just done what you said,took me less than a minute,and even got it off without damaging it.thanks buddy :y

Good stuff.....I normally get them out in one piece to.

Before fitting, make sure the plunger is all the way out.

Title: Re: brake light switch
Post by: Paulus on 03 April 2008, 09:37:45

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where about ,whats your name :y

I used to live on Goodrest Croft, right at the bottom. It's been 20 years since then though.