Rear Brake Lever Wont Return!

[jaifresh]

Hey Guys,

In the process of modifying my XS!

We pulled apart the swing arm and all of the rear end but don't remember pulling out any spring or anything from the rear brake lever for the rear drum.

Anyway something is obviously missing because it wont return when pushed down.

Does anyone have a picture of what is meant to go in there? Where i can get a new one from? or if there is any other way I can redo it to work?

I have already tried an sr500 spring but its too big.

Remember this is for the brake lever itself and not the brake switch!

Cheers

Jai

 

[XSLeo]

The stock spring is a coil spring that hooks to the arm that pulls the rod to the drum brake, the other on the frame.
Part #35 in the diagram.
Leo

 

[jaifresh]

I definitely thought that spring was for the brake switch! I think i still have that somewhere

 

[gggGary]

I was doing swing arm bushings on the 79 tonight...

 

[jaifresh]

Perfect, thanks so much!!

 

[abyssmaltailgate]

Thanks for the pics. It would seem Haynes omitted a lot of pages from the shop manual