battery connection

[spyderpoop]

I tried to install my heated vest wire connection to the battery snaked the wire under seat area connected the positive side with eyelet connectors and then the problem starts I unscrewed the negitive bolt to slide my connector under it and it just turns for 3 hour I tried and it just turns and wont loosed up to get the connector under it then it took a hour for some reason to tighten it back up ?? so i got to find another place to ground the wire to any sergestions as I a big DUMMY when it come to wireing but it seemed so easy a monkey can do it but guess I,am not a money as I could not do it just a dummy ?? haha Rich​

 

[gnirtsnod]

I just read a thread on the same thing that happened to you, so you are not alone. Apparently, the negative side terminal has a nut on the back side. The poster ended up using a 10mm crow foot wrench to hold the bolt while tightening the terminal end. I hope I got this right and I'll try to find the thread.

 

[JJW SpyderRider]

I think there are several current threads about this. NEVER try to hook anything to the jumper terminals go directly to the battery.

 

[spyderpoop]

battery

I think there are several current threads about this. NEVER try to hook anything to the jumper terminals go directly to the battery.

Ok how do I get to the Battery its under the seat I think under the panels ? sign dummy

 

[bluestratos]

Remove the battery cover, it has one screw a the back if you have already removed the left hand side panel. You can see the negative post there. Be sure to tighten the negative bolt you losened up, I took a cheap 10 mil wrench and gave it a bend. You can work out where to bend it by olding it on top of the bolt and measuring back to the opening to the back of it. All you need to do is to lock it down, the tightening is done from above. Most everyone that ever does their own wrenching makes the same mistake.

 

[spyderpoop]

thanks

will try to see if I can find the terminal on my day off sunday as I,am not too good at disecting the bike to find the negitive terminal and worried I,ll short the bike and wont be able to use it ? but the bike must have a negitive terminal on it I would think

 

[fispyder]

When I installed a plug adaptor for my gps I hook the pos wire to the pos termial of the batterywith a inline fuse. I grounded the neg wire under the seat latch. works fine

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: Hang in there, and Good Luck! :thumbup: