Turn signal Relocation Help !!!!
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RE: Turn signal Relocation Help !!!!
Dude, I found an AMP crimp tool at the local hotrod shop for for 60 dinero. It is not the professional 300 clam tool, but it works just great for those small jobs you will be doing to your bike. The trick is to route the wire through the rubber grommet and connector housing before crimping the pin. Unlike the professional 300 dinero tool, the crimp doesnt come out has smooth with the low buck gadget. You will also have to order the special AMP jaws when you order the tool.
I got my MSD Pro-Crimp tool from Summit racing. They also have the dies you need. Pick up the new pins from the dealer, cause they will be easier to get there than having to buy 100 each from an electrical parts supplier. I might add that if you will be relocating goodies and messing with the wiring on you bike every so often, it's handy to have in your tool box. You will also want the Deutcsh crimp dies and the packard style crimp dies also. There will be times when that investment will save your ****.
I got my MSD Pro-Crimp tool from Summit racing. They also have the dies you need. Pick up the new pins from the dealer, cause they will be easier to get there than having to buy 100 each from an electrical parts supplier. I might add that if you will be relocating goodies and messing with the wiring on you bike every so often, it's handy to have in your tool box. You will also want the Deutcsh crimp dies and the packard style crimp dies also. There will be times when that investment will save your ****.
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RE: Turn signal Relocation Help !!!!
I faced the same situation as you, with having realized, too late, that I should have left the terminals alone and just cut a pigtail long enough to splice under the fender, wouldn't even have to mess with removing the terminals from the plug. I also had a problem of my wires being a bit too short to go through the new turn signal mount bar as they had already been cut and spliced before when I installed the detachable side plates kit. So, what I did, was run all new wires thru the new bar (like 20" long) and then went to the Harley shop and they crimped the terminals on for me at no charge while I waited. Then, I ran the bare ends of the new wires through the turn signal housing, clipped the old wires from the bulb holder short enough to where I could solder the new wires to the bulb holder assembly and leave that connection inside the turn signal housing. When you measure the length of the wires before you clip them to solder, keep in mind that the right side wires need to be a bit longer than the left, as they cross over to the left side, and back under to enter the tail light. Hope this helps you and may help anyone else from getting in this bind.
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RE: Turn signal Relocation Help !!!!
Thanks for everyones help. I was able to crimp the connections together with a good needle nose plyer's. It was a royal pain, but it worked and everything went back together. Next time I will use common sense and not read the instructions First.
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