Subject: Switch on brake cable
Author: Giller,Bruce C.
Date: Aug 16, 2005, 5:46 AM
Post ID: 1719303481
My Eldo has the 2-shoe front brake with an inline brake light switch
in the cable. I've always believed that the give in the switch has
attributed to the 'soft' feel of the brake - I can pull the lever all
the way to the handle. The cable is routed from the lever thru two
guides: the first guide is on the left fork top clamp bolt and then down
to the 2nd guide on the fender. The switch unit is between the first
guide and the lever. Is this the typical setup ?
My thought was to re-route the cable with the switch unit between
the first guide and the 2nd guide. Thus when the brake is used, the
switch unit will stop against the first guide which might reduce the
amount of give in the cable. Has anyone tried this ?
Bruce
'72 Eldo