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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Falcon / November 2003EF brake switch
I'm a spirited driver, and i'm going through brake switches about once a month. They are of shithouse construction and only designed for sedate driving. Slamming the brakes on regularly destroys them fast. Genuine Ford and aftermarket, no difference. Is there a decent alternative or is it possible to install any other kind of brake switch because it alone is really starting to give me the sh.ts. I don't want to sound anal but why don't you just drive a bit more like Miss Daisy. I am sure you will save time and money. so your confirming the believe that fords have to be treated gently and cant take a beating ? > I don't want to sound anal but why don't you just drive a bit more like Miss > Daisy. I am sure you will save time and money. > so your confirming the believe that fords have to be treated gently and cant > take a beating ? Fords can take a beating, mine has done just on 500000 kilometres and the brake switch is still working. > > I don't want to sound anal but why don't you just drive a bit more like > Miss > > Daisy. I am sure you will save time and money. >so your confirming the believe that fords have to be treated gently and cant >take a beating ? brake light switches are a problem, but nowhere to the degree you are experiencing. Mine was replaced once at approx 145,000 on my old EF XR6. Maybe something has gone missing or put back incorrectly, I vaguely recall it is easy to put the nylon spacers in wrong? if you hit the brake pedal hard, the nylon bush crushes and it damages the brake switch, an obvious solution I think is a brass bush. Any volunteers? > >so your confirming the believe that fords have to be treated gently and cant > >take a beating ? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Maybe something has gone missing or put back incorrectly, I vaguely > recall it is easy to put the nylon spacers in wrong? >if you hit the brake pedal hard, the nylon bush crushes and it damages the >brake switch, an obvious solution I think is a brass bush. Any volunteers? A brass bush sounds a good solution. But I would still question why its chopping out the nylon bush. Isn't there 2 nylon bushes, a left and right? no, they are spacers, a blue on the right, and a green on the left. there is a nylon bush thats inserted into the brake booser plunger to lessen the looseness of it, when on the brake pedal shaft. basicly, this nylon bush is what f.cks up the brake pedal switch. Tisnt the contacts burning, not ware or tare, eventualy it bends the metal sprung plate in the switch and gets the contacts out of whack. If this bush was brass and couldnt compact this would never happen and the brake switches would last a very long time as they are supposed to. > >if you hit the brake pedal hard, the nylon bush crushes and it damages the > >brake switch, an obvious solution I think is a brass bush. Any volunteers? > > A brass bush sounds a good solution. But I would still question why > its chopping out the nylon bush. Isn't there 2 nylon bushes, a left > and right? An obvious solution is to remove the nylon bush. I've done that and not had a single issue with the switch in my EL. Prior I'd had 2 switched die in 180,000's. Brenden > if you hit the brake pedal hard, the nylon bush crushes and it damages the > brake switch, an obvious solution I think is a brass bush. Any volunteers? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Maybe something has gone missing or put back incorrectly, I vaguely > > recall it is easy to put the nylon spacers in wrong? I ripped apart my brake switch and bent and twisted the contacts so there's only a 1mm gap now, just breathing on the brake pedal makes the lights go on now. Its worked well now for 2 weeks, and has not died yet. The worst part about a screwed brake switch is that the cruise control doesn't disengage, the car accelerates to maintain speed when you put the brakes on, pretty dangerous really. > An obvious solution is to remove the nylon bush. I've done that and not had > a single issue with the switch in my EL. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > Maybe something has gone missing or put back incorrectly, I vaguely > > > recall it is easy to put the nylon spacers in wrong? >The worst part about a screwed brake switch is that the cruise control >doesn't disengage, the car accelerates to maintain speed when you put the >brakes on, pretty dangerous really. That sounds odd, my EF XR6 didn't even let the CC engage when the brake switch failed, there is a pressure switch on the master cylinder thats used to detect brake application iirc. thats right, but it takes significant pressure on the pedal before that cuts it out. > >The worst part about a screwed brake switch is that the cruise control > >doesn't disengage, the car accelerates to maintain speed when you put the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > brake switch failed, there is a pressure switch on the master cylinder > thats used to detect brake application iirc.
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