Grover Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 ive installed a new topbox with intergrated brake lights, and the wire powering these is left bare in the kit, so i chopped the existing line, and chock-blocked the three bare wires together. a few days ago, i found that my brake lights weren't working at all, so i investigated and found that i'd gone over a bump too fast and one side of the chock block had lost its wires, not hard to fix, but i had no idea how long i had no brake lights for does anyone know a better way to secure the wires so that i don't have to worry about the speed humps on the way to work? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 Solder and shrink tubing ideally. Crimps fitted with a PROPER rachet crimping tool. Choclate blocks are for easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 i dont have a soldering kit, or a crimping tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 Then beg borrow buy or steal one as those chocolate block connectors are crap. They will suffer from vibration temperature and corrotion. You would be better off twisting the wires together with some pliers and wraping with tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 fit bootlace ferrules to your wires they will stop the screw in the block from cutting the wire, I'll send you some if you PM me an address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 Ewww they are still mains electrical fittings and will still suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan09 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 As said already, ideally crimping the cables and heat shrink would be best. Crimp kits arnt very expensive at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator mervin Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 Get proper connectors , I cannot beleive how much better my RD400 wiring is since i ripped out all the red and blue bullets and replaced them with the proper things. the headlight was forever going out and i had to open up the headlight and twiddle the spaghetti inside to get it working, not any more, and the bike looks better for not having them on it http://kojaycat.co.uk/epages/950000457.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950000457/Categories/Connectors_Bullet/39mm_Japanese_Bullet_Connectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted November 22, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2012 Aldi have soldering iron kits for £7 ATM no contest really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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