A2 brake pedal swtch

[erasedhammer]

Installed my A2 brake pedal switch today but the stroke of the pedal doesn't activate the switch. It appears that the switch only activates when it's half way through its total stroke but the actual pedal doesn't ever make it this far.

I'm not sure what to do about this besides shortening the linkage.

 

[Action]

the 4 mounting holes on the switch are slots for sliding the switch front to rear. try moving it closer to the seat. I dont know if you need the a2 pedal.

 

[TedG]

Need a2 pedal and a2 link. You may get away with old pedal but it is your brake lights and tc disconnect that you are dealing with. Getting rear ended and a burnt up tc are not fun.

 

[erasedhammer]

Need a2 pedal and a2 link. You may get away with old pedal but it is your brake lights and tc disconnect that you are dealing with. Getting rear ended and a burnt up tc are not fun.

By TC do you mean torque converter? And what's different about the a2 pedal?

Also when it's all hooked up, and I press on the pedal, the lights come on, but when I release they turn off but then come back on. It takes some willing to make the lights turn off. Would an a2 pedal solve this?

 

[erasedhammer]

Need a2 pedal and a2 link. You may get away with old pedal but it is your brake lights and tc disconnect that you are dealing with. Getting rear ended and a burnt up tc are not fun.

I just looked at the manual and it looks like the a2 pedal requires a complete overhaul of the panels on the cowl to mount the pedal. I think there is an easier solution than doing unessesary work

 

[Augi]

The A2 pedal looks way different, but the hole for the linkage for the brake light switch is in the same location in space so you'll do a lot of work for nothing. I don't know why they redesigned it. Maybe to make it cheaper?

Try lengthening the slots to move the switch around. Or maybe you have the wrong link.

Here's some more info:
http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=206078&p=1296294&hilit=A2+brake

Augi

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

The old pedal works fine, the new pedal is centered differently...I compared them one day and found IIRC, the radious is different as well as where the pedal itself is, in the holes are all the same.

 

[erasedhammer]

Solved the problem
I secured the linkage at both ends with the clips and then adjusted the switch itself in its slot until the alignment was just right.

 

[Action]

So you just had the linkage stuck in the holes before? nothing holding it in?