Rebuilding wiring harness (electrical tape)

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Re: Rebuilding wiring harness (electrical tape)

21 Jan 2023 14:05
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jwfels wrote:
pic includes a mosfet hookup for my 650, got entire harness and reg/rec for $55, from a 2011 or so zx14, have a nice day kids

Is that R/R a SH775?  Hope so anyway...
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Re: Rebuilding wiring harness (electrical tape)

21 Jan 2023 17:07 - 21 Jan 2023 17:08
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In my experience, self-vulcanizing rubber tape apparently looks good but does not resist mechanically as PVC or Vinyl do. I rebuilt part of the wiring with this and it looks very good, but some time later it was beaten and ruined. The problem with PVC/Vinyl is the adhesive, we'll see if this 33+ works better on that.
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Re: Rebuilding wiring harness (electrical tape)

22 Jan 2023 07:22
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Feanor_twh wrote:
In my experience, self-vulcanizing rubber tape apparently looks good but does not resist mechanically as PVC or Vinyl do. I rebuilt part of the wiring with this and it looks very good, but some time later it was beaten and ruined. The problem with PVC/Vinyl is the adhesive, we'll see if this 33+ works better on that.

>>>> Self vulcanizing tape is always covered with electrical tape afterwards.
Make sure your wires (and hands) are free from grease and dirt before applying the tape, otherwise it’ll unwrap. And be careful not to stretch it too much or too little when wrapping.
Too much pull and it’ll pull itself loose at the ends.
Too little pull and it will unravel.
And have patience and preferably a warm area to apply it.
 
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