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Just a note on the NAPA/Auto Zone/Advance pressure switch. In my experience they don't seem to last as long as the HD switch which doesn't cost much more.
Well, the reason I am replacing it is because mine failed just as I approached a stop sign. The switch failed at the seal and all of my brake fluid hit the ground and I went right through the sign with no rear brakes!
OK. Didn't realize you had a catastrophic failure. Glad you made it through. Guess bleeding the system is a priority now too.
Hey, best wishes to you getting back on the road safely.
OK. Didn't realize you had a catastrophic failure. Glad you made it through. Guess bleeding the system is a priority now too.
Hey, best wishes to you getting back on the road safely.
Yeah, thanks! I didn't realize that such a cheap, plastic infused part with a plastic seal on metal could cause a complete loss of braking! It was not a gradual loss, just like you described, a complete catastrophic failure that lead to having no brakes at all on the rear. Luckily the front and rear systems are not linked like on some other bikes or I would have had no brakes at all. I still had the front, so I made it home, very carefully.
As for bleeding the brakes, that's a given for sure. Thanks for the heads up though!
Yeah, I know this is an old thread (THC wasn't even shaving yet), and it was resurrected more than once, but I just had to comment on the fact that djbiker blew through a stop sign when his rear brake switch failed and he lost his rear brakes.
He should have spent the extra money on front brakes.
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