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RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - DaSwami_imp - 04-14-2016
I guess I'm still confused. If the OEM wires have enough slack to relocate the turn signals, why do you even need to disconnect them in the first place?
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - kennyw - 04-14-2016
The OEM wires do not have any slack in them and require disconnecting in order to pull them out of the trim pieces that they are mounted on.
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - DaSwami_imp - 04-14-2016
Gotcha, and so the wires do not remove from the base of the turn signal itself???
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - kennyw - 04-14-2016
(04-14-2016, 02:01 PM)DaSwami_imp Wrote: Gotcha, and so the wires do not remove from the base of the turn signal itself???
Only if you have the special tool.
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - DaSwami_imp - 04-15-2016
Haha, good one. What type of connector would you recommend to reconnect cut wires (I am an idiot when it comes to electrical stuff)
Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - kennyw - 04-15-2016
In this case, I would just drop the fender and pull the wires loose. It only takes a couple minutes. Splicing wires is another opportunity for corrosion to sneak in.
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - DaSwami_imp - 04-15-2016
Eh, you lost me again. Maybe I will just get a tailbag and call it done.
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - Cormanus - 04-15-2016
kennyw, I'm also a bit confused by 'just drop the fender and pull the wires loose' too. What happens then?
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - kennyw - 04-15-2016
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6737
I took pics when I relocated my turn signals.
Dropping the rear fender down makes it easy to move the taillight wires.
RE: Hepco and Becker c-bow mounts and street bags - Cormanus - 04-15-2016
kenny, looks like your final mod used replacement indicators that had wires long enough to run all the way back under the seat. So, I guess, pulling out the original wires and replacing them makes sense.
What did you do with the original mod? It looks like your first signals may not have had wires long enough to reach back to the battery.