front brake and brake light question

my front brake does not turn my brake light on, the wire to the brake housing is good and has power, but i took the wire off and looked in there where it plugs into and there is nothing in there , whats suppose to be in there ? to turn on the brake light, and does anyone know where i can gert the whole mount cause mine looks like its been laid down by a p.o.

 

Not sure exactly what you are describing. There should be a brake switch in the handle - the wire from it should go into the headlight bucket and plug in.

Which end appears to have no connection? For the whole unit you need a new Master cylinder as it is all built together. PM Chacal I think he has some - you can also find them on ebay.

 

well it's the insides of where the wire coming from the headlight bucket to the brake lever is, inside of where the wire connects to the lever itself

 

Nope. Switch is removable, it just snaps in. Chacal should have them.

 

I believe that pictishusa means that the metal piece inside of the plastic housing, which attaches to the brake lever, is missing.

Am I correct?

 

On a 650 Maxim there is no plastic housing. There is a hole in the casting the switch snaps into. When the lever is released it depresses the plunger in the switch.

 

Sounding like your switch is gone or broken - Carl posted a pic.

Yup Carl - I know about the switch - he said the "mount" was buggered by possible laydown and wanted to replace...

 

I guess I didn't read that far.

 

by the looks of the picture i just may need that hole switch, how does that mount into the lever, and do you think chacal has them?

 

It just snaps in.

That's a silly question. :wink: Of course he has them.

 

ok Carl, i tried getting the end of the old switch out and it doesnt want to come out it seems like it will snap if i force it, not that it matters much cause its allready toast but for future reference is there like a way that it comes out other than just prying it?

by the way, thanks for the info!

 

anybody run into this situation? the last switch was toast for me as well so I just broke it out but this time I am in the process of replacing the sight glass for the MC, so I'd like to keep everything else. any suggestions?!

 

There is a hole in the bottom of the housing that a tab on the switch grabs into. You can push a punch (nail, screwdriver etc.) in there and release the tab.

 

Thanks MiCarl! I was fortunate enough to run outside and check things over one more time. found this on my own, but I appreciate the fast response. again, thanks!