getting heated grips off -more help please!!

just found my reciept and i fitted them well over a year ago, doesn't time fly lol

anyway northy, if i can be a pain...what sort of thing did you get from hafwits??? can you send me a link/ pic of the sort of thing you mean?

[northwind]

It's basically one of these:



They sell a range of 2-pole switches, including some that light up, some push switches too (if you get a push-switch, it has to be latching not interrupt- an interrupt switch would stay on only when you held it down) They've a small range that's usually in with the cable ties and suchlike, or you can get similiar in loads of car parts places, or Maplin probably.

Woo, one of these!

so i have the day off and i thought id give it a go.....


and i'm stuck already!! do i just cut the switch box off and forget about it- then bypass it by linking the wires???


i think i'm being daft but its scarey lol...

There's some connectors that should just disconnect neatly for most of it, but trace the wire back to the fusebox or battery (it'll have an inline fuse).

If it's like mine, it's soldered into the fusebox, and you'd need to cut it then wrap in insulation tape(or de-solder). If it's wired to the battery (or spliced into the ignition wiring), then it should be easier to take off.

If you've got a digital camera, upload a pic, as it's easier to tell how it's wired on your bike

are you removing them completely? or trying to by pass?

Ill help where i can jenni

lol thanks guys but i was panicing over nothing

i bypassed the switch with an electricans conducting block and lo and behold i have heat. I popped back to maplin and showed then by handiwork and they suggested a simple switch i can hide somewhere. I am now covering everything in electrical tape.

Many thanks everybody

Please to hear its sorted,

Strange the switch should break, how many miles have you done with them on the bike?

Hot glue gun is a good way to seal things.

just past 10,000 miles today

so thats probably about 8000,

to be fair its all my own fault. the box came off the fairing due to the sticky stuff not sticking and i left it hanging

lesson learnt i suppose

Originally Posted by 454697819

Please to hear its sorted,

Strange the switch should break, how many miles have you done with them on the bike?

I left mine parked outside for two months. Not impressed.