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Master Brake Cylinder-Where Do These Wires Go?

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by dandrewk, Dec 8, 2007.

  1. dandrewk

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    I am replacing my front master brake cylinder. Seems pretty straight forward, but I can't see where the wires in the picture lead to. From the bike, it appears they will disappear into the headlight assembly. But before I go tearing things apart, I thought I'd ask.

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    BTW, it cleans up pretty well, and the screws to the reservoir are not frozen.
     
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    Looks like the front brake light switch.
     
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    Yep, front brake light switch. Look in the headlight case for the same color wires. Wiring diagram shows a bullet connector for each with the brown wire going to a brown wire and the green/yellow into a green/yellow.
     
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    Thanks Blue.

    Do I have to remove the headlight to get in there? I am a bit hesitant at trying to realign the beam afterwards.
     
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    You need to pull the light out, but won't need to readjust.

    The screws you want are in the headlight can, just behind the trim ring at 4 O'clock and 8 O'clock. Just remove those 2 phillips screws and pull forward on the bottom of the trim ring. The ring and headlamp will drop into your hands.
     
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    Or... You could pull aside the little rubber dust booty where the wires hook to the brake lever mechanism. There's a little hole there. Push the catch tang in with a small screwdriver and pull the switch out. That way you don't have to do any unnecessary dismantling (assuming your old switch still functions).
     
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