Author Topic: Uhmmm wires...wtf..how do I get this out!!! (Read 3586 times)

messeduptriple · « **on:** February 04, 2012, 12:20:42 AM »

K so I wanted to re guide the wires out of the clubman bars. The guy that I bought it from had the clubmans drilled in the middle of the bar unit ....fed wires somehow through to the end of the clutch and brake and fed back out. I now have disconnected all wires from headlamp and now am stuck. Like wtf. They won't budge for anything. I don't wanna cut through cause I might splice wires. Can someone help me here. I'm kinda nervous now...what do I do? Can I just say f it and look for the wiring harness to the two?

If so what are they called? This is nuts...it won't budge either way.

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:25:54 AM »

I'm really pissed off right now...I'm going back in the house . Like why is this so fukn hard. I think I'm gonna just say #$%* it and look for the replacement wiring harness...there's no way its coming out. Anyone have a set?? I'm so pissed off

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:35:38 AM »

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Danno · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:45:20 AM »

hey bud when I try to get wires out of bars I use either dish soap or gun oil I recommend the dish soap it is a nasty mess to get the oil off them if you are going to reuse them however tight bends sometimes make it so you have to use the oil steady pulling and sometimes pushing with a stick from the other end at the same time and they should come out I change all the handlebars on my GL's to something lower and not pushed in so I have been through this a bunch of times

messeduptriple · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:48:31 AM »

Won't the soap n water mess up the wires if wet???

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Don R · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:55:27 AM »

Electricians use soap all the time. it will dry out but may get gummy. Keep after it. A wire pulling helps them go back in.

messeduptriple · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:24:38 AM »

So just dawn dish soap

No water right ?

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ekpent · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:28:14 AM »

A little water also to make it even more slippery. Seems like they should come out easier than they went in from experience.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:35:33 AM »

You might try wire pulling gel. Something like Clear Glide.
They sell it at Home Depot although you'd probably have to buy way more than you'll ever need.

Ernest T · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:36:38 AM »

Coming out always seem easier than putting them in, especially on old bars with rust inside. It's hard to check with the wires in already, but I had a hell of a time putting a set of wires through a set of bars and it turned out there was an obstruction in the bars I couldn't see. Does it feel like the wires are hung up on something or just tight. Also, you can clamp the bars in a vice and use something to get some leverage. You can pull a lot harder than you think.

messeduptriple · « **Reply #10 on:** February 04, 2012, 07:41:21 AM »

So just tip the bars down and pour it in right?

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #11 on:** February 04, 2012, 08:31:18 AM »

I tried the soap.... It moved about half way down and now it won't budge...I think that electrical tape budged up inside there. Wtf. The otherside isn't budging

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seanbarney41 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2012, 08:35:14 AM »

yeah dude...definately can be one of the biggest pita's in this business...whatever you do, DON'T USE HEAT, or rather, too much...ask me how I know

Bodi · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2012, 08:39:38 AM »

pouring really hot water in the bars and on whatever wires you can get at will soften the plastic and make it more flexible. You will have trouble at the bend. You should have a pull string on the end coming through so you can get it back for another try if it gets really stuck. soap is a good lube and washes off a lot easier than oil.

mrrch · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:12:20 AM »

I can't tell from the picture but the hole the PO cut looks big, hopefully it does not compromise bar strength.

754 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 04, 2012, 09:23:47 AM »

Keep them warm, I mean 100F is way better than 60F.......

messeduptriple · « **Reply #16 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:12:44 AM »

Ok...well this one I'm gonna have to throw in the towel and bring to my local vintage Honda shop. He told me how to but he said he can do it..he's done it a lotta times. I just don't wanna #$%* anything up and this is just to much patience I don't have. Sux I let the wires win but I just had enough.

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Kong · « **Reply #17 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:23:23 AM »

Pull all the wires back out. Then string them out straight and make sure they are laying all parallell to each other. Get as much tape off of them as you can first and then only hold the bundle together with two or three wraps of tape spaced every six or eight inches. Then squirt some liquid dish washing soap on the wires, and attach your pull wire with electrical tape but use as little as possible, substituting a hook bent into the wire for additional tape. Now, get someone to hold the bars for your or put them in a vice and start pulling. Pull hard and do not quit until the wires emerge from the center hole and if you can't pull hard enough put a come-along on the pull-wire. And while you're doing all of this keep one thing in mind all the time; if you take it to the dealer to pull the wires for you because you couldn't virtually all your friends and your old lady will think you're a wimp. This will cause your friends to abandon you and perfect strangers to laugh at you in parking lots; needless to say your old lady will leave you and hook up with a Republican, a hard-headed breed well known for their own sets of loose wires.

messeduptriple · « **Reply #18 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:37:33 AM »

Quote from: Kong on February 04, 2012, 10:23:23 AM

Pull all the wires back out. Then string them out straight and make sure they are laying all parallell to each other. Get as much tape off of them as you can first and then only hold the bundle together with two or three wraps of tape spaced every six or eight inches. Then squirt some liquid dish washing soap on the wires, and attach your pull wire with electrical tape but use as little as possible, substituting a hook bent into the wire for additional tape. Now, get someone to hold the bars for your or put them in a vice and start pulling. Pull hard and do not quit until the wires emerge from the center hole and if you can't pull hard enough put a come-along on the pull-wire. And while you're doing all of this keep one thing in mind all the time; if you take it to the dealer to pull the wires for you because you couldn't virtually all your friends and your old lady will think you're a wimp. This will cause your friends to abandon you and perfect strangers to laugh at you in parking lots; needless to say your old lady will leave you and hook up with a Republican, a hard-headed breed well known for their own sets of loose wires.

lol... Thanks. I wish I would have known to take the tape off before. I think its few inches inside the bars... Do I need to buy some sorta extended needle pliers??? This is probably the most unfun part of my project so far.

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #19 on:** February 04, 2012, 10:59:29 AM »

I guess I'm just confused...I thought I shouldn't get wires wet?? I just thought hot water on wires isn't a good thing?

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DH · « **Reply #20 on:** February 04, 2012, 12:35:26 PM »

If you arent gonna re use the bars, just cut them up in s
several places carefully and remove sections of bar...
just a thought..

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #21 on:** February 04, 2012, 01:06:16 PM »

No harm in getting the wires wet as long as they are dry before next use.

messeduptriple · « **Reply #22 on:** February 04, 2012, 01:47:13 PM »

Quote from: DH on February 04, 2012, 12:35:26 PM

If you arent gonna re use the bars, just cut them up in s
several places carefully and remove sections of bar...
just a thought..
[/quoti know I was gonna try that..but was afraid I might cut the wire.

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #23 on:** February 04, 2012, 11:34:47 PM »

Guess after Kong told me to step up and do it I said I had to. Got a grinder and cut the #$%*es up. Now I won't be laughed at and my gf will stay with me! Thanks Kong!

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messeduptriple · « **Reply #24 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:01:16 AM »

Question now... What are these dark blue wires for??

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MoMo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:07:03 AM »

Dark blue on a Honda is headlight, but that looks like home brewed electronics. If you have to remove wires from handlebars, try either silicon spray lube or WD40....Larry

messeduptriple · « **Reply #26 on:** February 05, 2012, 12:22:46 AM »

Quote from: photolar on February 05, 2012, 12:07:03 AM

Dark blue on a Honda is headlight, but that looks like home brewed electronics. If you have to remove wires from handlebars, try either silicon spray lube or WD40....Larry

lol...yea they were just hanging out in the pack.

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Spanner 1 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 05, 2012, 09:02:53 AM »

' Hey, I have a Blue wire here what's it for ? ........ hold on a minute and let me get my crystal ball

You can't be helped until;
A. You tell us what bike this is,
B. Whether it is the right hand or left hand control and
C. What color the other wires with it are......

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #28 on:** February 05, 2012, 09:05:35 AM »

Quote from: Spanner 1 on February 05, 2012, 09:02:53 AM

' Hey, I have a Blue wire here what's it for ? ........ hold on a minute and let me get my crystal ball
You can't be helped until;
A. You tell us what bike this is,
B. Whether it is the right hand or left hand control and
C. What color the other wires with it are......

I thought the pictures covered that.

messeduptriple · « **Reply #29 on:** February 05, 2012, 09:45:23 AM »

Sorry....totaly forgot to put the most important part.
76 550k Honda

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Spanner 1 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 05, 2012, 06:37:02 PM »

Huh?... Piglet, look at Reply #24.... what color are those wires ?, what do they go to ? and was that 'blue' wire with them ? I, for one, dunno....... ! That was my question for the OP.

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #31 on:** February 05, 2012, 07:02:00 PM »

Quote from: Spanner 1 on February 05, 2012, 06:37:02 PM

Huh?... Piglet, look at Reply #24.... what color are those wires ?, what do they go to ? and was that 'blue' wire with them ? I, for one, dunno....... ! That was my question for the OP.

I apologise if I was a bit curt. I do know that dark blue is high beam and I have read some of the OP's other posts and know what bike he has. Not thinking, sorry.

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Author Topic: Uhmmm wires...wtf..how do I get this out!!! (Read 3586 times)

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