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I have to step really hard on my rear break pedal before my brake light turns on. How can I adjust this?

The rear brake light does turn on properly for the front brake, but I have to shift quite a bit of weight on the foot pedal before it lights up.

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Look at pedal there is adjuster there on back of it

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  • Posted on Jun 16, 2009

SOURCE: Rear brake light will not come on when rear brake is applied

If your brake lights are not coming when pressing the foot brake this means that there is something wrong with the switch..Have a closer look near the brake lever and you will see a spring attached to it which in turn is connected to the brake switch..Try to pull it down and if you see your brake lights working then you only need to adjust the spring setting..Else try to make a manual close connection and if it goes on then replace the switch..

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  • Posted on Aug 20, 2009

SOURCE: 00 CBR F4 brake lights dont come on when applied

Have you tried powering the brak circuit itself at bulb. If it comes on then you need to find broken wire between light and switches. Since neither work if you can trace to where they meet break should be behind that.

A Miller

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  • Posted on Oct 02, 2009

SOURCE: My rear tail light does not work when the front

You should have two filaments in the reat taillight lamp, one for tail light and one for brake light. You are not confusing these filaments/functions are you?

What you seem to be saying to me is that you have a lamp that had no tail light filament (burned out) but does have a brake light filament still intact.

Remove the light and check it visually and/or with a contunity tester.

I hope this helps you ...

If I misunderstood your question, please ask me again

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  • Posted on Dec 16, 2009

SOURCE: My 2004 gsxr 600 turn signals don't work. I have

have you changed the flasher relay to run led indicators if not you will need to you cant run standard bulb indicators and led together. and with the brake like sounds like pulling on the cable when on lock causing switch to stay on check that location of the wiring is correct and sufficient freeplay

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 13, 2010

SOURCE: No rear brakes, pedal goes all the way down and

You need to check you rear brake master cylinder. Something is wrong with this as your rear brake is not working. The brake light for the rear brake is activated by a pressure switch whereas your front brake light is activated by an normal push/release switch. Fix your rear brake problem and the brake light problem will be repaired as well.

It may be time to rebuild your rear brake master cylinder.

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