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Boney95
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Anybody have some tricks of the trade to get it back on? I knew it was going to be a bitch to strap back on when I took it off. I just put the entire tail back on and the damn strap is holding me up.
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Nillaice
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

angle needle nose pliers and a spare pair of hands it what i used the last time i decided it was a good idea to remove my battery.
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Metalstorm
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use long skinny needle nose pliers to push (stretch) the strap down and a long skinny screw driver to coax the metal loop end onto the catch.

It is a PITA but thankfully it isn't needed to be done often.
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California69gs
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Curse and pull for all your worth LOL.

I despise putting that thing on. Last time I was at the dealer, THEY didn't even put it back on.

Seriously, I've got tooth pick arms, I use one hand to grab mid strap and pull for all it's worth, with the other hand I guide and just angle either the top or bottom edge on, then adjust it once it's there.

I always tell myself at least I know it's not going anywhere.
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buy a smaller battery, the replacement I got is half the size of the stock one : )
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Hammer71
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 04:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

warm the strap a bit then hurry up and stretch it
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Its_a_buell
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i got an egotistical friend over and told him there was no way that strap was gonna fit back on...NO WAY. i had a beer while he found a way. then he rubbed in my face how lame I was for not being able to do it...boy if he only knew.
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Slaughter
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It might be a PITA - I'd bet you could rig up a different cinch-type steel strap... or just dust off your unused profanity and GIT ER DONE. (or those long-nosed pliers)
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Etennuly
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm with Hammer, warm it up.
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Teeps
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 07:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Froggy Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Buy a smaller battery, the replacement I got is half the size of the stock one

Smaller, as in less weight too?
Care to share the part number?
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 07:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Coming soon to a EBR near you. (I hope) : )




I got a non-EBR version a little over a year ago, half the size, weighs a little over 2lbs vs about 12lbs for the stock one.



I got it from Josh, www.speedcell.org
It was only $375.

Note: There is a knockoff site (speed-cell.com) selling an inferior version at a higher price.
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Al_lighton
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 08:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It is actually not hard at all if you use the right technique.. Stretch the crap out of it with one hand, then pinch it hard against the battery near the corner where it goes down to the bracket with the other hand, which leaves a fair amount of slack that is pretty easy to hook back on.

If you try to stretch it and hold it with one hand and hook it with the other, your fingers on the underside take too much of the slack. The key is to push it hard against the battery to hold that slack.

Works for me, anyway.

Al
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Boney95
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 09:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow, using all of you suggestions, one should work for me.

Thanks!
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Billyo
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 09:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You're going to call its_a_buell's egotistical friend? I'd try that suggestion first-sounds easiest.
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Mikef5000
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

In the 16 months I've had my XB-S, I've never had this strap attached.
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Lonexb
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 for what Al said. worked for me.

brian
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Its_a_buell
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 09:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

billy, that method is super easy. works good for all kinds of other stuff too. like when your truck gets stuck
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Sifo
Posted on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 10:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+2 What Al said. Piece of cake!
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