Depinning fuse box connector

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Great, very helpful, Thank You. Everything is working now but I will be redoing the connections between the Stator/ SH775RR, RR / battery, and Fuse block / ignition in the very near future. I need to take my ignition switch apart and clean everything well in there. Probably sooner than later, I'll get to all the plastic connectors in the headlamp bucket that won't come apart. They don't look melted on the outside, but at some point, I believe excessive resistance heat has fused them together and they will not pull apart.

 

[Steve]

A small blob of solder at the end of the wire is excellent strain relief and keeps the wire from being pulled out of the crimp. I don't really mean a blob because that implies a cold joint. Just touch the end of your solder wire and it will melt and flow into the crimp. Don't keep feeding it as it will try and flow up into the wire and make it stiff and subject to work hardening. One small drop of solder does a good enough job to block out corrosion in the crimp and not is not enough to flow all the way back up the wire.

This is the most important part to remember about ANY soldering project. :encouragement:

Solder is not the "glue" that holds everything together. You need to make a good mechanical connection, that is the purpose of the crimp. A THIN coat of solder can almost be thought of as a "paint" that will protect the joint to keep it from corroding. In a proper solder joint, you should still be able to see individual strands of the larger wire.

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