callison Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 I was bleeding the rear brakes on my V11TT because they were starting to go soft. Then I discovered that the rear brake wouldn't even bleed and was bubbling at the shaft seals. Definitely bad with only 12,000 mile on the bike. I yanked the one off of my Sport 1100i (which isn't in running mode at the moment) and put that on the V11TT. What I found though, was kind of disturbing. The rubber cover for the stoplight switch was completely full of rusty water! I suspect that water eventually migrated into the rear brake cylinder causing it to fail. Or not. Either way, if you're going to ride in the wet, or wash your bike a lot, it would probably serve you well to pack these covers with silicon grease or something. The photo shows the assembly after cleaning.
jrt Posted March 7, 2003 Posted March 7, 2003 Weird. Thanks for the heads-up- I'll check mine when it warms up a bit. Cheers, Jason
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