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WilliamGLX81
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Howdy folks.
Today, I pulled my coils off my bike and replaced the wires and wire-ends. First of all, WOW. I bought an electric impact wrench for work, and WOW. It's the best tool I never knew I needed before.
Anyway, there is an epoxy or glue that holds the original wires into the coil. The guides for it I've seen say to chip or scrape away the epoxy, but I found that made it easy to cut the plug wire, which made it quite hard to get ahold of it to pull it out.
Here's my method:
Rather than using a knife on the expoxy, grab it with a pair of flatnose (or needle-nose) pliers and twist around 2-3 turns. It should all come off pretty much in one piece.
Then pull the wire core out. A thin layer of the wire's outer sleeve will be left in the coil. This is easy to remove with a long thin knife (like 3"x1/4") or something else to pull the sleeve loose.
Once the sleeve is loose, push one side of it into the center so you have a shape like (< and grab the < portion with needle-nose pliers. Twist and pull firmly and slowly and it should come out in one piece.
When you reinstall, the easiest way to do it is to apply a bead of silicone around the coil end of the wire about 3/8" from the end and spin the wire as you insert it. This will give you a bit of adhesive to hold the wire in, and also will waterproof the outside. Note that the two different wires on each coil insert different lengths.
Hope that helps somebody!
Today, I pulled my coils off my bike and replaced the wires and wire-ends. First of all, WOW. I bought an electric impact wrench for work, and WOW. It's the best tool I never knew I needed before.
Anyway, there is an epoxy or glue that holds the original wires into the coil. The guides for it I've seen say to chip or scrape away the epoxy, but I found that made it easy to cut the plug wire, which made it quite hard to get ahold of it to pull it out.
Here's my method:
Rather than using a knife on the expoxy, grab it with a pair of flatnose (or needle-nose) pliers and twist around 2-3 turns. It should all come off pretty much in one piece.
Then pull the wire core out. A thin layer of the wire's outer sleeve will be left in the coil. This is easy to remove with a long thin knife (like 3"x1/4") or something else to pull the sleeve loose.
Once the sleeve is loose, push one side of it into the center so you have a shape like (< and grab the < portion with needle-nose pliers. Twist and pull firmly and slowly and it should come out in one piece.
When you reinstall, the easiest way to do it is to apply a bead of silicone around the coil end of the wire about 3/8" from the end and spin the wire as you insert it. This will give you a bit of adhesive to hold the wire in, and also will waterproof the outside. Note that the two different wires on each coil insert different lengths.
Hope that helps somebody!
