F**king Molex connectors!
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Tourer
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F**king Molex connectors!
Swapped my stock 07 RK bars for WO518 yesterday. Think I'm going to like them. Anyway...
Spent 2 hours pulling the wires from the Molex connectors (to extend wiring). I know the process - pull the secondary lock, stick a pin down in that little hole, wire comes right out, right? That worked for 15 of 17. I screwed around for two hours trying to get the other 2. Just wouldn't come. Finally cut and spliced.
Anyone have any experience at these? Any advice? I tried different pins (paper clip, drill bit, rigid wire) , playing with the secondary lock, forcing pin further into hole... I tried everything.
Thanks for any help. Would be good to know a trick.
Spent 2 hours pulling the wires from the Molex connectors (to extend wiring). I know the process - pull the secondary lock, stick a pin down in that little hole, wire comes right out, right? That worked for 15 of 17. I screwed around for two hours trying to get the other 2. Just wouldn't come. Finally cut and spliced.
Anyone have any experience at these? Any advice? I tried different pins (paper clip, drill bit, rigid wire) , playing with the secondary lock, forcing pin further into hole... I tried everything.
Thanks for any help. Would be good to know a trick.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Livermore, CA
I was in the same boat as you my friend! I just got done doing a bar swap on my RK to WO513's.
I screwed with those connectors, but didn't last as long as you did. Finally went to the extreme and forked out about $40.00 for a specialized tool to remove them. Ordered it through my dealer. It was in the Drag Specialties book, don't know the part number.
Anyway, best $40.00 I spent on the project. Made removing those pins sweet and simple.
Now I know that I could have done it many other ways, but you live and learn. I have since heard that a very small allen wrench will work, a drill bit will work, but the key is to have something rigid and the tip should be rounded off a bit. I don't know why, but this is what that tool had going for it.
Hope this helps.
I screwed with those connectors, but didn't last as long as you did. Finally went to the extreme and forked out about $40.00 for a specialized tool to remove them. Ordered it through my dealer. It was in the Drag Specialties book, don't know the part number.
Anyway, best $40.00 I spent on the project. Made removing those pins sweet and simple.
Now I know that I could have done it many other ways, but you live and learn. I have since heard that a very small allen wrench will work, a drill bit will work, but the key is to have something rigid and the tip should be rounded off a bit. I don't know why, but this is what that tool had going for it.
Hope this helps.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Deep South Texas
I just took the whole damn connector apart, it will snap back together. Once you pull the secondary lock up, you can slip a thin flat strip (one down each side) in to release the pin alignment piece. Don't get me wrong, it was still a pain in the *** but at 2AM you will try just about anything.
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From: Vermont
I had a bunch of those crappy little silver screwdrivers laying around (pic of what I'm talking about attached) and I took one and ground the flat blade off on a bench grinder. This worked awesome for the pin tool. I've done a bunch of bar swaps now and once you get the hang of it, it goes pretty quick.
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Tourer
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From: iowa
I used a paper clip and it worked sweet. I had a couple of stubborn ones, but I got them out. You will know when you get it as it makes a "click"
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