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I get quite a lot of butchered looms, switches, etc, which require repairs and, inevitably, joining of wires!

I am unhappy about soldering joins in a bike loom as it makes a very solid and unforgiving joint from which wires can break. Bullet connectors and the like are OK for joining a couple of wires but are very bulky for more than that.

My current challenge is to extend the wiring on a light/horn/indicator switch. 8 wires involved and a bundle of 8 bullet conectors would be too fat so I am probably going to have to solder the joins and support the joins with heat shrink tubing.

I am trying to source a supply of simple crimp connectors as used by Mr Yamaha in the TTR looms as per pics below. Yamaha don't sell them and all the vehicle wiring product suppliers I have contacted can't help.

Any ideas folks?

If anyone knows of someone that could make up a few hundred then please let me know.

Brian

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Brian, if you find some, why not put together a little package of crimps, plus some normal "Yamaha suitable" undo-able (eg bullet) connectors of various configurations, and sell it to us to amortize your own purchase costs. They would surely sell like hot cakes.

This sort of stuff is an incredible nuisance to find when needed.

And I agree completely (from experience) that soldering makes the wire too rigid in certain circumstances and concentrates any bending (and so breaking) onto the part of the wire adjacent to the joint. Also I have found that detachable connectors from the scrap box don't always fit well - so it would be nice to have some that are guaranteed to work on Yamaha wires.

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Sorry I was a bit vague with my recommendation, flat out atm. RS in Australia provide a great service in situations like yours. I'm sure their techs should be able to help you out in Ol Blighty! With those particular crimps you may need to spend some cabbage on a new set of crimpers to suit.

-- Edited by JuJu on Monday 23rd of April 2012 10:23:05 AM

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JuJu wrote:

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 Thanks JuJu. I have spent quite a while ploughing through their catalogue - over 5,000 items appear if you search for crimp terminals - but can't find anything similar  cry

Do you know for sure they stock them and, if so, do you have a catalogue number please?

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Brian



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Try these, Brian:-

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/crimp-terminals/6691914/

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/crimp-terminals/4445665/  the extreme r/h item

 

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/crimp-terminals/6805441/

And, as you say, they have M-A-N-Y more crimp splicers/terminals/joints.

Martyn

 



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Thanks Martyn!

Items 2 and 3 might do ther job but it is difficult to say without seeing the real thing.

I have emailed my pics and some measurements to a technical support person at RSC and hope that will narrow things down.

It would be good to find an "off the shelf" product that does the business!

Brian



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Just had reply below from RS - sadly no go but I may have to invest in a small pack of each of Martyn's possibles before giving up with them!

 

Hi Brian 

 

Thank you for the photos.  We have had a look through our range but unfortunately we do not stock these connectors or anything similar.

 Sorry we are unable to help you in this instance.

 

 Kind regards

 

 Elaine Conlin| RS

Customer Services Representative
RS Components Ltd, PO Box 99, Corby, Northants NN17 9RS
Tel:  +44 (0) 845 850 9922 Ext 3156
Fax: +44 (0) 1536 401588
email: elaine.conlin@rs-components.com
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why not do a google image search for crimp splice?

results are heaps of images of electrical terminal connectors. you can see what they look like and click on them and then google gives you a bigger image and the page containing it (probably some catalog page).

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brindabella wrote:

why not do a google image search for crimp splice?

results are heaps of images of electrical terminal connectors. you can see what they look like and click on them and then google gives you a bigger image and the page containing it (probably some catalog page).

 Thank you for that. As an amateur it is difficult to know what these things are called disbelief

A search on "crimp splice" has certainly pulled up some new possibilities wink

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