ok i know everyone says that it takes time to get the wiring through the yaffe bars, but im going on 3 hours now and i still can not get the wires through the side of the throttle. i can get the throttle wire through but then i cant get the other wire harness through that is on the same side. i have been using wire lubercant and ive had to try several times because my feed rope has even broke trying to pull the wire through. does anyone have any advise or tricks that helped them out getting both sets of wires through the right side of the bars? thanks
yaffe handlebar wiring advise
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Yes... I used weed Wacker line... two pieces..one for the tbw and one for hand controls. I pulled them at the same time. Using a round plastic hanger... cut just above the upswing and round it to cup the wires... push this under the wires up to the transition of the bar with connectors right at the tip of it and help them over the edge... worked like a charm on 3 sets for me
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Is this what your talking about spazz? And what do you meen by cupping the wires? Did you just wrap your pull cable in electrical tape to hold it to the wires? Thanks
You almost got it! Cut it back about another 1/2" ... then at the top of the upsweep... make a U groove in the end to hold the wires in it... connectors in the front and assist the connectors over the lip inside the bars.... takes two people... but you got it!
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Does this look any better? Did you tape up your connection ends when you pulled them through?
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Yes... tape the tbw connectors nice and tight so they will not pull apart. When you have the connectors at the end of the hanger... the upsweep allow you to push up over the hump in the bar... after that it's cake...
Don't tape too high up from the hand control connector... you need about 1" only.. nice and tight
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Don't tape too high up from the hand control connector... you need about 1" only.. nice and tight
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Just wanted to say that I wired my bars this week and was pleasantly surprised. I read all the information here and on a couple of other forums compiled it all together and it was much easier than I thought.
Here's what I did. After removing the connectors and pulling the wires out of the stock bars, I removed all the sheathing except for the top two inches. I then put heat shrink from the top all the way to about 4 inches from the end of the wires. I tucked the sheath in then heated it all the way down for a good compact bundle of wires. Then I took some 25lb masonry string and ran it thru the bars first. Use a air compressor to blow it thru or tie a small nut, drop it in and move the bars around till it comes out the center. I took the other end of the string and using a criss-cross pattern wrapped it around the exposed wires and used electrical tape to cover starting where the shrink wrap ended and spiraling down to only the string. I bought some conduit wiring lube from Lowes. I put some in the end of the bars and began feeding the bundle thru. I asked my wife to help. She began pulling the string as I pushed the wiring thru the end of the bars. Note: I started with the TBW wiring first and taped an extra length of string to pull thru with the bundle so it would be there for the controls.
When the TBW wiring got to the first sharp bend, a little tug as I pushed moved the end around the corner. Using the push/pull method, the TBW wiring was done in about 5 minutes. Right before the TBW cylinder went into the bars, I put some more lube on it, cut the second string and used a pick to pull the string out the cutout where I would start the control wiring. Then I finished seating the TBW.
Now for the hard part. I connected the string to the right control wiring as described above, put lube in the cutout for the control wiring and started pushing the bundle thru as my wife pulled using the string. Took a couple of minutes to make the sharp bend but worked as before. After making the bend, I got my wife to push the wires as I pulled the string. It takes good firm tugs to pull the second wire thru. Working together we got the right side done. It took about 20 minutes to do the right side and 10 more to repeat the process on the left. 30 minutes to wire both sides wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Hope that makes sense and helps someone else out. It is much easier with 2 people and being prepared makes all the difference. I believe using the heat shrink made the bundles smaller but also made them firmer allowing you to push past that first sharp bend. Using tape on the end made that part flexible to begin the bends.
Good luck but it can be done! Thanks to all who posted their experiences before.
Here's what I did. After removing the connectors and pulling the wires out of the stock bars, I removed all the sheathing except for the top two inches. I then put heat shrink from the top all the way to about 4 inches from the end of the wires. I tucked the sheath in then heated it all the way down for a good compact bundle of wires. Then I took some 25lb masonry string and ran it thru the bars first. Use a air compressor to blow it thru or tie a small nut, drop it in and move the bars around till it comes out the center. I took the other end of the string and using a criss-cross pattern wrapped it around the exposed wires and used electrical tape to cover starting where the shrink wrap ended and spiraling down to only the string. I bought some conduit wiring lube from Lowes. I put some in the end of the bars and began feeding the bundle thru. I asked my wife to help. She began pulling the string as I pushed the wiring thru the end of the bars. Note: I started with the TBW wiring first and taped an extra length of string to pull thru with the bundle so it would be there for the controls.
When the TBW wiring got to the first sharp bend, a little tug as I pushed moved the end around the corner. Using the push/pull method, the TBW wiring was done in about 5 minutes. Right before the TBW cylinder went into the bars, I put some more lube on it, cut the second string and used a pick to pull the string out the cutout where I would start the control wiring. Then I finished seating the TBW.
Now for the hard part. I connected the string to the right control wiring as described above, put lube in the cutout for the control wiring and started pushing the bundle thru as my wife pulled using the string. Took a couple of minutes to make the sharp bend but worked as before. After making the bend, I got my wife to push the wires as I pulled the string. It takes good firm tugs to pull the second wire thru. Working together we got the right side done. It took about 20 minutes to do the right side and 10 more to repeat the process on the left. 30 minutes to wire both sides wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
Hope that makes sense and helps someone else out. It is much easier with 2 people and being prepared makes all the difference. I believe using the heat shrink made the bundles smaller but also made them firmer allowing you to push past that first sharp bend. Using tape on the end made that part flexible to begin the bends.
Good luck but it can be done! Thanks to all who posted their experiences before.
Hi everyone I'm new to this site and I just installed yaffe bars on my 2014 street glide everything went smooth got them installed and hooked up. I tried the hand controls and nothing from the hand controls work. I checked all the wires for continuity on all the wires to make sure I didn't snag any wires and everything seems good. Any advice on where to go from here would be great.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
well I got the cable through and now are working on putting everything together. I got the new brake lines and clutch cable installed but stupid me I didn't pay attention enough to the route the clutch cable took and now looking to see if anyone has pics or a good description following the cable through the fork and into the fairing into the hole leading to the bars, thanks