Houston: We've got a Problem!

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: My Brakelights aren't going out...
I installed Spyderpop's heat shields, and now the brake pedal doesn't seem to move quite high enough to deactivate the brakeswitch... :yikes:
I haven't been able ot find any interference that is keeping the pedal from moving upward; yet it still sems to just need another eighth of an inch for the lights to go out...
I can shove the pedal upward and everything goes dark...
What the heck did I do wrong up under there???:dontknow:

 

[Jeriatric]

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...ATALYTIC-CONVERTER-SHIELD&p=632473#post632473

 

[Bob Denman]

Thanks Jer!
I reae through that thread quickly;
I did jack my bike up...
I did get that first tab on the outside edge of the casting...
The pedal seems to move freely; it just stops right before that :cus: clicks...
Some trimming of the shield was mentioned; does anybody have a description of where to cut? (Besides my own throat? :shocked

 

[Jeriatric]

Thanks Jer!
I reae through that thread quickly;
I did jack my bike up...
I did get that first tab on the outside edge of the casting...
The pedal seems to move freely; it just stops right before that :cus: clicks...
Some trimming of the shield was mentioned; does anybody have a description of where to cut? (Besides my own throat? :shocked

Did you drop and reinstall the brake rod?

 

[Bob Denman]

Yes I did...
Well... I dropped the front half of it anyway...
The Missus will be home any minute now; my time is growing short on this Planet... nojoke

 

[Jeriatric]

Yes I did...
Well... I dropped the front half of it anyway...
The Missus will be home any minute now; my time is growing short on this Planet... nojoke

It's been fun! :roflblack:


Hey!!! Did ya hear about Bob D. :chat:


:chat: Really?

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked:not funny...
I'm about as sure as I can be that it's properly siturated...
Up front; the tab is between the casting and the Tupperware that catches that allen bolt :thumbup:
Next; there' that hunk of it that slides to the outside and away from the brake rod :thumbup:
Then it comes back inside, and theres a slot in it that engaged a tab on the casting
:dontknow::dontknow:
I took a close look up at the pivot for the brake pedal; a piece of the the shield almost reaches up to it... almost! :shocked:
From there to the back of the shield; it completely clears the brake rod and pivots with lots of room...
I'm stumped!

 

[Jeriatric]

:shocked:not funny...
I'm about as sure as I can be that it's properly siturated...
Up front; the tab is between the casting and the Tupperware that catches that allen bolt :thumbup:
Next; there' that hunk of it that slides to the outside and away from the brake rod :thumbup:
Then it comes back inside, and theres a slot in it that engaged a tab on the casting
:dontknow::dontknow:
I took a close look up at the pivot for the brake pedal; a piece of the the shield almost reaches up to it... almost! :shocked:
From there to the back of the shield; it completely clears the brake rod and pivots with lots of room...
I'm stumped!

Back off on the front screw where it's sandwiched. Wiggle the shield around some to see if it finds a more comfortable home and allows the brake to fully return. Just an idea?

 

[Bob Denman]

Well now we're really greeting worried...:shocked:
I pulled the shield off of the bike...
No CHANGE!! :gaah:
The brake rod would seem to be the only other involved part...
What can you screw up on that?:dontknow:

 

[Bob Ledford]

Brake pedal return spring hooked up?

 

[Jeriatric]

Well now we're really greeting worried...:shocked:
I pulled the shield off of the bike...
No CHANGE!! :gaah:
The brake rod would seem to be the only other involved part...
What can you screw up on that?:dontknow:

One...the pin is not all the way through...you can get it in far enough to get the clip back on without it being all the way through. That would shorten the brake rod.

Two....and I can't visualize this part. But, did you twist the adjuster rod even one turn?

 

[Bob Denman]

I put the cotter pin back in it; it's in... :thumbup:
I didn't touch anything else; cross my heart and hope to croak! :shocked:

 

[Jeriatric]

I put the cotter pin back in it; it's in... :thumbup:
I didn't touch anything else; cross my heart and hope to croak! :shocked:

Cotter pin? OK

hmm? Anyone else got any ideas. Bob's soon to be toast........or worse :bdh:but honey!!

 

[Bob Denman]

I've worked out a plausible tale of woe for the Missus... I might survive this yet! :thumbup:
In the meantime; I've hooked my Battery Tender up so as to try and preserve the Battery's innards...
Anybody else have any ideas?

 

[Jeriatric]

I've worked out a plausible tale of woe for the Missus... I might survive this yet! :thumbup:
In the meantime; I've hooked my Battery Tender up so as to try and preserve the Battery's innards...
Anybody else have any ideas?

Did you somehow bend the brake light contact switch.

If you can't wedge the brake pedal up enough to turn the brake light off. It's gotta be switch related. I would think.

 

[bruiser]

Pull the plug on the brake switch until you can finger things out.

 

[Jeriatric]

Pull the plug on the brake switch until you can finger things out.

He better pull a plug. Before his wife pulls the pin.........:roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Pull the plug on the brake switch until you can finger things out.

how do I get to that???? :shocked:

 

[JCSMOKE]

Um, would this be helpful?

CHAINSAW!!!!!!


sorry Bob, I had nothing else to add

 

[Bob Denman]

Well I have to admit that I might have had a stray thought pass by that involved burning the garage and blaming it on my truck... :shocked: