to solder or not to solder, that is the question (dynatek)

[J-HILT]

do you know if they gave any reason not to?

Well I really didn't get a reason from Dyna but I know that Kenny was a ol school car stereo guy and I told him I was getting ready to solder and he said not to.

[Krandall]

Hmmm,  I'll have to give that hillbilly a call. 

[J-HILT]

Well I did just talk to a guy at Dyna and he says you can do it but its a permanent connection (obviously) and he did not reccomend it as most people that do mods move it allot and are taking it on and off. So there you go, you can do it!

[double06]

So there you go, you can do it!

Sweeettt !!         

[Kamakazi]

when you solder a connection, the wire is no longer flexible where the solder is.  this is especially true with novice solderers.  with vibration, the wire may brake at the point of solder.  now if you take the wires and interweave them in a continuous line and then use double wall shrink tubing, the glue in the shrink tubing will seal the wire from the elements, and still allow the wire to flex.

[double06]

when you solder a connection, the wire is no longer flexible where the solder is.  this is especially true with novice solderers.  with vibration, the wire may brake at the point of solder.  now if you take the wires and interweave them in a continuous line and then use double wall shrink tubing, the glue in the shrink tubing will seal the wire from the elements, and still allow the wire to flex.

urgghhhhh.. Good point.  Back to the drawing board...   To tell you the truth though, I just looked at the t thing they sent last night and it looks a whole lot better than the ones that I saw when they first came out.  I might just use it after all. 

[Kamakazi]

or just use a 25 cent piece of double wall shrink tubing.  when you heat the shrink tubing a glue inside melts and flows out to seal from the elements.  trust me this is the best way to go, and its cheap and easy.

[double06]

Excuse my ignorance but how do you get the shrink tubing over the wires?   Does the heat shrink come with a cut down the middle to put over the wires?

[preddy08]

Put it on before you crimp the wires in place.

[double06]

Put it on before you crimp the wires in place.

Dang Preddy, I'm not that ignorant!     I was talking about getting the heat shrink over the tps wire that is already connected to the plug.  That way, I won't have to cut the wire etc.

[RaptorDuner]

Does anybody know if Yamaha offers a "pin popper" for the connectors on the Raptor? This way you could pop out the pin, crimp both wires into a new pin and reinstall. It would look factory and reversable. Also, at work we have heat shrink butt connectors with solder inside that melts when you heat it to shrink it.

[Kamakazi]

you should be able to get a multi tool for weatherpak connector at almost any electronics shop, or maybe you can borrow a tool from any car dealer ship.

[ThisGuyAlex]

or get a nice set of waterproof connectors....