Hand Brake Question
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Tourer
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From: Illinois
Hand Brake Question
I have a 99 Dyna WG that I purchased and when I hit the front brake the brake lights stay on until I push the handle forward. I already tried adjusting the cable.
Any advise on how to fix this?
Thanks in advance
Any advise on how to fix this?
Thanks in advance
Road Warrior
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From: Cranbourne, VIC Australia
It sounds like you either need to rebuild your front master cylinder (most likely, super cheap and easy), or your front caliper piston/s have built up a layer of crap and are sticking a little bit (even cheaper and easy to fix if this is the case). Or possibly you just need to bleed the brakes (also cheap and easy).
Road Master
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From: NoVa
It sounds like your brake lever is not returning all the way.
Given the age of the bike, the first thing I would do it flush the front (and rear!) brake system with new brake fluid. You may want to rebuild the master cylinder.
Also, remove the front brake lever, clean it and add a thin smear of grease on the pivot point and reinstall.
Given the age of the bike, the first thing I would do it flush the front (and rear!) brake system with new brake fluid. You may want to rebuild the master cylinder.
Also, remove the front brake lever, clean it and add a thin smear of grease on the pivot point and reinstall.
Road Warrior
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From: Cranbourne, VIC Australia
To check/clean your calipers pistons, remove the caliper from the bike, and place something thinner than the rotor in between the brake pads, like a paint stir stick, or my favorite an old butter knife. apply some brake pressure by squeezing the handle in order to extend the pistons out a little. And then if you have a grove of crap exposed on the pistons this was likely you problem, but regardless now if the time to clean these off, with brake cleaner and a nylon brush. Then gently pry the pads back apart, pushing the pistons back in, reinstall and reseat the pads on the rotor.
Bleed the brakes, either pay, or you already know how to do this.
Rebuild the master, either pay or follow the easy to understand directions that come in the kit, as well as the maintenance manual.
Bleed the brakes, either pay, or you already know how to do this.
Rebuild the master, either pay or follow the easy to understand directions that come in the kit, as well as the maintenance manual.
Road Master
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From: Northeastern Indiana
"Also, remove the front brake lever, clean it and add a thin smear of grease on the pivot point and reinstall."
if you remove the front brake lever be VERY careful you don't break the end of the brake light switch as you put the lever back in it is very easy to do you will know if you break it cause the brake light will be on all the time
if you remove the front brake lever be VERY careful you don't break the end of the brake light switch as you put the lever back in it is very easy to do you will know if you break it cause the brake light will be on all the time
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I don't know if it is the same setup on your bike, but when this happened to my sportster, I loosened the screws on the throttle and master cylinder and pushed them together so it made better contact with the switch, and that fixed it.
Last edited by frankjc; Feb 19, 2019 at 07:18 AM.
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Brake lamp switch cleaning. (Probably the plunger is fouled.) It's inside the perch. And, there's NO cable.
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on my 2008 softail had same problem, there's a little danm wedge in lever housing that can get outta place,,, 50 cents at dealer
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