Grounding Your Electronics
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Florida
You kill me dude lol. The primary reason a ground strap exists on a car (which is between the engine block and the chassis) is because the engines are rubber mounted. The reason they don't exist on our bikes and the reason Harley joins the battery direct to the chassis as opposed to the engine block is because the engine is mounted directly to the chassis.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2016
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From: Manitowoc county
different scenario...same theory
ive been a lifelonng welder/30+ years
ive seen people take shortcuts grounding work and have seen more **** get fried then i care to remember
simply put, direct ground is the only way
ive been a lifelonng welder/30+ years
ive seen people take shortcuts grounding work and have seen more **** get fried then i care to remember
simply put, direct ground is the only way
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Tourer
Joined: Aug 2017
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From: The Falls
And I was under the impression that an engineer named Eric Buell designed a rubber mount system for the MOCO in the early '80's a variant of which is still in use on our baggers. Man I have been misinformed for 30+ years, I thought my Shovelheads were the only rigid mounted motors in my garage.
I'm with ya now... still trying to figure out where the engine grounds lol
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