| Author | Message | ||
     Mac_inger |
Changing the voltage regulator on my 07 Firebolt (connection melted) and i dont have a crimping tool. Let alone the HD ones recommended in the manual. What kind of crimper should i get ? Any other advice from you who have done it before is appreciated. Cant wait to put the bike back on the road,..now more then ever. F*** HD.  | ||
| Hughlysses |
Someone posted a while back- this sounds pretty good to me. Get your soldering iron out and tin all the wires, crimp them on the best you can with small pliers, then solder the connectors in place. It's impossible to make a good crimp on those things without the factory tool. DAMHIK | ||
| Deanbush |
I agree with Hughlysses, if you have a vise use the vise to squeeze the crimp area on the wire and solder and solder as suggested. The main thing with DC type connections is that the connection with the wire needs to be as tight as possible. Any type of connection that is loose with DC will in time melt, arc & can lead to fire. Another suggestion is get some "conductive grease" and lightly coat each pin on the connector this will provide an even better connection and add corrosive protection. You can do this for all of the connectors but be very careful because if you put to much grease on and it gets between any of the pins it will cause "shorting" between the pins. I would also recommend this for your battery connections and all of the connectors in front of the drive belt pulley. Remember "very thin coat on pins in connectors". | ||
| Iamarchangel |
I sometimes end up building electrical motors at work. We use several crimping tools. They're not HD. Try a specialized tool store or an electrical supplier. I think you're looking for the Packard 115 or 271. Double-check the manual. | ||
| Mac_inger |
Dean,..my understanding is dielectric grease is non-conductive...? Archangel: They are indeed 115 and 271. I will see if i can find them. Thank you. | ||
| Deanbush |
I could be mistaken but when we were doing High Voltage Switch Gear maintenance and calibration, the calibration tech's said they use a special conductive grease. They gave me a tube of it and I use it all of the time. Possible that it is only conductive in High Voltage Applications, the grease was made by Siemens do not know type or number because sticker is gone. I have never done a conductivity test but these grease is much thinner than Allen & Bradley dielectric grease. | ||
| Court |
THIS is what I use. | ||
| Rsh |
Doesn't the latest voltage regulator version have a new style connector and it also comes with a replacement connector kit to upgrade the the mating connector. This combo is supposed to cure the melting #77 connector issue. | ||
| Hughlysses |
I think that's what started this. He got a new voltage regulator which comes with a matching plug for the bike's wiring harness. The old plug has to be cut off and the new connector crimped on to the wires. | ||
| Mac_inger |
Just finished it. Was pretty easy. Did not use any dielectric grease since i wasn't sure (i forgot to buy it also and was itching to get the bike running). Bought two different kinds of cheap crimpers (all they had) and a good pair of thin nose pliers. Almost perfect crimp. Thank you all guys. Now i'm going for a ride and to buy some Buell paraphernalia at the HD dealership. |
