any body have trouble with there brake light staying on .my wife had a 2001 250 A-cat and her brake handle was sloppy had good brakes had to push forward on handle to get it to go off then some time it would vibrate back and come on again. has about cause many wrecks .she sold it and she got a 2002_375 2wd ARTIC CAT and it seem to be doing the same thing .help please[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img]

 

I can't help but I have the same problem.Anyone out there know how to fix this problem?

 

We have an '03 400 4x4 and an '03 300 4x4 (both manuals) and we've found the
brake light doesn't come on unless the handle is really squeezed. If you press the
foot brake, just lightly, it comes on though. We haven't seen the problem you are
describing.

Dave

 

The fix to this is easy,,,take off the bake lever and drill a small hole in the lever section that pushes the contact that turns off the brake light.It is a small push button,then put a small rounded screw into the drilled hole,have the screw big enough to grab some bite.You may have to file flat the head of the screw a bit if it is to big,,I used a grinder.I did both machines in 15 mins,so it is not a big job.Hope this helps,,,also you can pump the brakes to get the lever back to full extension.

 

check the rear brake cylinder itcould be seize i notice that a machine that doesn,t run al the time has a tendency to seize if it,s gone through the mud and waters compared to a machine thats run everyday and also the cable for foot leaver this has happened to me

 

I fixed this problem the same way "roys" did. Simple, easy solution[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

i don't have a cat, or this problem for that matter, but i can tell you that a brake light is a normally open switch, when you push in your brake contact is made and this closes the switch (circuit) allowing current to pass. does this happen with only the front brake lever or is the foot lever also doing this? if just the handle, then you need to adjust it to get the play out of it so the brake light circuit is not closed.
later sparx