What to do when your brake lights wont turn off?
You need to disconnect your battery while the car is off or until you resolve this issue. The most likely cause for the brake lights staying on is the brake light switch sticking closed. You can disconnect the plug from the brake light switch at the brake light pedal to see if the lights turn off.
What to do if your front brake light does not work?
If that doesn’t fix it, take the switch off the lever and you can pry open the front of the switch with a knife. Spray some WD-40 in there and then cycle the clicker switch a couple hundred times or so. Doing that got mine working again. The inside of the switch becomes pretty corroded over time, especially if the bike is outside a lot.
Can a negative brake light trigger a positive brake light?
If one was positive and one was negative, you would have one big short when the brake lever was pulled. Yes. Well technically they don’t have polarity at all until the switch is closed, but at that point they become positive. If one was positive and one was negative, you would have one big short when the brake lever was pulled.
How does the front brake light work on a bike?
It is activated when you press down on the brake lever, a spring will pull down on a switch which activates the light. I bought my bike new and the dealer just didn’t hook up the front brake light. I saw a loose wire under the seat plugged it in and the brake light started working.
Is there a brake light on a Kawasaki?
If that doesn’t work, find a motorcycle junkyard and grab a used one. Most every Kawasaki (and a few Suzukis) since the early 80’s has used the same switch. If all you want to do is test if it’s the switch or not, short the two wires going to the switch and the brake light should illuminate.
Why is my front brake light not working?
-I checked the front brake switch with a multimeter, activating it still completes the circuit. -There is power coming from the positive wire to the switch, but if you remove the switch and touch the two wires leading to the switch together, there is still no illumination. -That leads me to believe there is a bad ground somewhere in the system.
If one was positive and one was negative, you would have one big short when the brake lever was pulled. Yes. Well technically they don’t have polarity at all until the switch is closed, but at that point they become positive. If one was positive and one was negative, you would have one big short when the brake lever was pulled.
It is activated when you press down on the brake lever, a spring will pull down on a switch which activates the light. I bought my bike new and the dealer just didn’t hook up the front brake light. I saw a loose wire under the seat plugged it in and the brake light started working.
If that doesn’t work, find a motorcycle junkyard and grab a used one. Most every Kawasaki (and a few Suzukis) since the early 80’s has used the same switch. If all you want to do is test if it’s the switch or not, short the two wires going to the switch and the brake light should illuminate.