Started doing maintainence on my OL's 2002 Suzuki VS800 Lehman trike. She mentioned that the foot brake wasn't engaging until the foot pedal was pushed forward near the end of it's travel by the pedal stop.
Did the oil and filter change, topped off the fluids in the clutch reservoir and both front and rear brake reservoirs. Noticed that her rear brake light switch spring was broken and chalked it up to normal wear. Have since ordered and installed the new brake light switch spring.
When I crawled under the trike to locate the rear brake adjuster, found something that has been bugging me and wanted to ask those who know more about these trikes to see what Y'all think. The rear brake cable rod has the brake rod barrel (some call it "pin") and then the adjuster nut behind that. When I first located it, the threaded brake rod end was flush with the outside edge of the adjuster nut, meaning absolutely no threads showing beyond the adjuster nut. Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure seems like there should have been some threads extending beyond the adjuster nut, yes ? Using the 20-30mm free play measurement for the foot pedal adjustment, ended up turning the adjuster nut in and now there's 5/16" of thread showing beyond the adjuster nut and she's got better rear brake action.
The broken brake light switch spring didn't bother me until I saw the rear brake adjuster nut at the very end of the threaded brake rod. Broken spring = no brake lights from the foot brake. Brake rod adjuster nut at minimum setting = very little braking action from foot brake.
Am I being paranoid or would others suspect foul play ? Your input would be much appreciated.........Thanx.......