rear brake switch removal dumb question...

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  • le_bucheron
    XSive
    • Sep 2012
    • 45
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    #1

    rear brake switch removal dumb question...

    Ive tried to remove my rear brake switch but I think the lower plastic nut is stuck... I don't want to break something so do you have any tips? How you remove this nut?
    83 XJ1100
    06 FZ1 naked abarth
  • DGXSER
    Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
    • Nov 2008
    • 12001
    • Cincinnati, Ohio

    #2
    It should just un thread off of there.
    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

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    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • dpotter58
      XS-XJ Guru
      • Aug 2004
      • 1833
      • Southern Maryland

      #3
      Are you pulling it because it's not working? Buy a new one on ebay for $10 and it comes with a metal nut
      "If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut." - Albert Einstein

      "Illegitimi non carborundum"-Joseph W. "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell



      1980 LG
      1981 LH

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      • Gallaecus
        XStremely XSive
        • May 2011
        • 251
        • East Haven Connecticut

        #4
        you could try unbolting the rear master cylinder and letting it hang so you can get better access to the switch ???
        Steven


        1981 XS 1100 LH
        1979 XS 1100 SF

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        • Ken Talbot
          XS-XJ Super Guru
          • Jun 2002
          • 4251
          • Revelstoke, BC

          #5
          First, reach in with some bent-tip needle nose pliers and disconnect the lower end of the spring from the brake lever. After that, the switch assembly should just lift straight up from its mount, and the plastic nut will spin freely.
          Ken Talbot

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          • skids
            XS-XJ Super Guru
            • Jul 2002
            • 5046
            • Florissant, CO, USA

            #6
            Welcome back Ken!
            Skids (Sid Hansen)

            Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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