Brake light stays on

[Glorian]

Noticed this morning my brake light is staying on permanently. After a quick investigation it's the rear brake thats doing it. my dad sprayed some stuff (WD40? didn't see) but still doing it. so i left it disconnected

Can anyone suggest anything to look for? Otherwise i'll just go digging around on saturday with my haynes manual

[Bogof]

Noticed this morning my brake light is staying on permanently. After a quick investigation it's the rear brake thats doing it. my dad sprayed some stuff (WD40? didn't see) but still doing it. so i left it disconnected

Can anyone suggest anything to look for? Otherwise i'll just go digging around on saturday with my haynes manual

 

Brake light switch which is usually connected to the pedal and might need adjusting or reconnecting or a spray with switch cleaner

[mealexme]

Brake light switch which is usually connected to the pedal and might need adjusting or reconnecting or a spray with switch cleaner

 

^This.

Have you changed the pads recently? If so, this may be why. Simply adjust the switch.

[Glorian]

Adjusted the height of the lever as it was to high. Will have a little play around see what i can find.

[Fozzie]

I noticed this on the rideout, your rear brake was on so I got awfully close behind you a few times as I relied on depth perception to tell if you were stopping or accelerating

It's the brake switch, it's either badly positioned or faulty, an easy cheap part if it's broken. Just mess with it and when it switches the brake on/off and reinstall.

[Glorian]

Think i remember you or someone else mentioning it actually. I checked it seemed alright, evidently not ha. WIll have a tinker on saturday see if i can spot where its going wrong =) Gotta do maintenance on chain etc anyhow.

[Stu]

if you have adjusted the height of the lever then your switch needs adjusting

its very easy to do