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Rwven
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 08:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ground wire broken off at the lug on the steering head. Buell's electrical engineer wouldn't happen to be surnamed Lucas by any chance...?
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Xbimmer
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 10:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Fixed my cheesy steering head grounds:


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Rwven
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 06:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Xbimmer,

That's more like it! Last night I just crimped and soldered all four wires on to a big ring terminal. I'm going to do a similar solution to your's over the winter. Good job!
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 08:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Have any tech info on that cute curly wire?
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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I didn't get a picture of mine, but there were two ground wires on the bolt with the two throttle cables routed right between them. Somehow it made it about 8,000 miles.
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Pso
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 03:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rwven
I one owned a British sport car.
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Rwven
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 07:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Pso,

So, you've personally wrestled with the Prince of Darkness.
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Xbimmer
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 09:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Have any tech info on that cute curly wire?

Yep. A piece of 10awg stranded wire about 8" before coiling, the insulated connectors are the usual 10-12awg crimp type, the copper terminals are 8awg (smallest I could find, bought them from NAPA from a bulk box, that's what I like about those guys...), with the hole reamed just a tad for the 1/4-20 bolt. Good crimps with a Conduct-Tite ratcheting crimper from Auto Zone, strong enough to crunch down the terminal shank too. Double shrinkwrap on the ends.




Made a couple spares too.

The whole idea was to make a piece that moved as a unit with the steering, instead of the ground wires pivoting at the ring terminals since the main harness was locked down by that POS pre-'07 harness guide.

Now everything under there moves back and forth w/o binding or stressing, works great.
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