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Is this ok

#1 PostAuthor: swampy » Sun May 21, 2017 8:27 am

Refitting the front brake switch it wouldnt go on any further. Is this ok as it has a tapered thread or am i missing somthing.
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Re: Is this ok

#2 PostAuthor: floydsz1 » Sun May 21, 2017 9:05 am

Mine looks the same.
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Re: Is this ok

#3 PostAuthor: swampy » Sun May 21, 2017 9:27 am

im just worried about it possibly leaking, its in there effing tight. like a fool i dindnt take a pic of it before i stripped the brake system.
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#4 PostAuthor: DavidZ1R » Sun May 21, 2017 10:03 am

I believe it has a tapered thread, mine looks the same.
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#5 PostAuthor: Steve Cooke » Sun May 21, 2017 2:44 pm

That looks quite normal to me.
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#6 PostAuthor: chrisu » Sun May 21, 2017 3:04 pm

looks fine to me.
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#7 PostAuthor: swampy » Sun May 21, 2017 3:10 pm

thanks chaps for the reassurance.
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Re: Is this ok

#8 PostAuthor: paul doran » Thu May 25, 2017 10:49 am

Its normal unlike most of Us on here :biggrin
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Re: Is this ok

#9 PostAuthor: FER » Thu May 25, 2017 4:01 pm

It doesn't look fine to me , you didn't put thread tape on it .
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#10 PostAuthor: tlc » Thu May 25, 2017 7:29 pm

FER wrote:It doesn't look fine to me , you didn't put thread tape on it .
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Re: Is this ok

#11 PostAuthor: swampy » Thu May 25, 2017 8:05 pm

well it didn't have ptfe tape on it when it came out so its not getting it on the way back in.
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