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Brake Failure Light on after Bleeding the Brakes 200

posted by  Jessie on  Mon Jul 14 15:25 CST 2003
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The brake failure light is triggered by a balance valve between the 2 brake circuits. If there is a significant difference in pressure between the 2 the light comes on. You probably tripped it while you were bleeding the brakes. The bad part is that it will not reset on its own. You have to take the plunger/switch out of the distribution block to let the valve rebalance. It is a threaded plastic plug on the block with a wire on it. The challenge is to get it out and put it back in without destroying it. also keep track of the parts when you take the plug out.
As for driving it, if you have a firm pedal I would not worry about the light. It does not really tell you that much anyway. It comes on at the same time the pedal sinks to the floor, so its kind of redundant and a pain to reset.






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