Wires stuck inside bars
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Wires stuck inside bars
lol so today was the day to do my internal wiring into those hard angled zbars. I attempted all 6 at once and now they're snagged in there. Any suggestions?
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disregard. just got em out
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disregard. just got em out
Road Warrior
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From: Bossier City, LA
Use something like a coax cable and try to push them back from the other side. You can you grease to help get them through too. I just did my t bars and it was a pain. You got more bends, I don't envy you.
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This Forum is a wealth of knowledge, a veritable cornucopia as it were.
Someone posted using a length of chain, the type you have on your ceiling fan or on your bathtub plug, with a piece of string tied to it. Drop it in your bars, pull the chain out, then SOME of the string. Tie your wiring to the other end of the string. Use electrical tape to try to achieve a tapered point where you tied the string on. Use the lube of your choice.
I know your OP was how to get them out and you succeeded, but when all else fails an oxy/acetylene torch usually does the trick!
Jim
"The cornucopia (in Latin also cornu copiae) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form."
Someone posted using a length of chain, the type you have on your ceiling fan or on your bathtub plug, with a piece of string tied to it. Drop it in your bars, pull the chain out, then SOME of the string. Tie your wiring to the other end of the string. Use electrical tape to try to achieve a tapered point where you tied the string on. Use the lube of your choice.
I know your OP was how to get them out and you succeeded, but when all else fails an oxy/acetylene torch usually does the trick!
Jim
"The cornucopia (in Latin also cornu copiae) or horn of plenty is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form."
Road Warrior
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From: Bossier City, LA
I use chain tied to a boot lace. I wrap a piece of tape around the bundle of wires so I have something to tie to on the wires. I pull the wire sheaths past the wires and tape the hell out of them. The newer bikes have a plastic sheath that slides pretty good. If you tape them closed past the wires, they can't slide back. I kept getting the wires through and the sheath was getting hung up so I came up with this.
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