Battery Removal ?
Grand HDF Member
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From: Bay Area
My 12 OM says theres a lifting strap on the battery but I havent looked yet. Suggestion before reinstalling the battery again is put a larger tie strap around the battery and reinstall the battery with the tie strap left on it, so in the future you just grab the tie wrap.
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
it is tight, a thick tie wrap, one strong enough to take the weight, may not easily fit
you'll see if/when you ever get in there.
mike
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I wish I was as smart as you guys!! (Except for the guy that said to hook wires to the terminals. That could be a shocking experience.)
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Over the years I have fought with a battery or two. Anyone ever use something like these?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battery-Lift...-/281038215736
http://www.grainger.com/product/QUICK-CABLE-Battery-Carrier-5NEG0?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/5NEG0_AS02?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrier-1EFZ2?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFZ2_AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrier-1EFX3?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFX3_AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrying-Strap-1EFY7?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFY7_AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battery-Lift...-/281038215736
http://www.grainger.com/product/QUICK-CABLE-Battery-Carrier-5NEG0?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/5NEG0_AS02?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrier-1EFZ2?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFZ2_AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrier-1EFX3?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFX3_AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/WESTWARD-Battery-Carrying-Strap-1EFY7?s_pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/1EFY7_AS01?$smthumb$
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: South Carolina
put a $100 bill in a sammich bag under the battery and when you need to remove it tell your wife she can keep the money. It'll be out in a sec and you'll have a few minutes privacy to reinstall the new one.
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I just changed my battery last weekend and had the same issue. Took a while to be able to get a grip on the battery to get it out but once I went around to the other side of the bike from where I was standing I got it. And I put the strap back where it is supposed to be this time as whoever took the battery out last (it was the original battery) didn't make use of the strap.
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From: Bay Area
The other thing i did on my 07 rg is i cut a length off the end of a tiedown strap and laid it in the box and just folded it over after installing the battery. Remember that the battery sits on a rubber pad that a tie wrap or strap will embed in the rubber pad and not raise the top of the battery to be a cause of hitting the bottom of the seat.
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If i let my wife do it i would need a new battery lol
The other thing i did on my 07 rg is i cut a length off the end of a tiedown strap and laid it in the box and just folded it over after installing the battery. Remember that the battery sits on a rubber pad that a tie wrap or strap will embed in the rubber pad and not raise the top of the battery to be a cause of hitting the bottom of the seat.
The other thing i did on my 07 rg is i cut a length off the end of a tiedown strap and laid it in the box and just folded it over after installing the battery. Remember that the battery sits on a rubber pad that a tie wrap or strap will embed in the rubber pad and not raise the top of the battery to be a cause of hitting the bottom of the seat.
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From: Bay Area
Heres my update. I changed the battery in my 12 CVO, it had a lifting strap under the battery, I saw it in my parts book, the battery came out with 1 finger. I dont see why that strap couldnt be installed on any model. Part # 66051-08