Over time electrical connections corrode which can lead to a greater load on your electrical system. Sometimes, water can find its way into a connector, producing a temporary short circuit which will then give an error code to your bikes computer. A loose plug or connector, while riding on a bumpy road or such, won’t make a good contact and will eventually produce heat which will then melt plugs and connectors (one of the rectifier/regulator cause of failure). Dielectric grease will help prevent these type of problems.

Here is a fairly quick and inexpensive way of preventing electrical problems and other miscellaneous diagnostic codes on your bikes.

Every owner should take the time to buy a tube of silicone “dielectric grease” and go through the entire wiring on your bikes. All plugs and connectors should be serviced. It is quick & easy to do. If you are doing any wiring mods for tail integrators or flushie signals, take the time to squirt some on your connections before you crimp. You can pick up a can at an automotive parts outlet, or go over to GrayBar & get No Ox in a ketchup type tube. No Ox is a bit more industrial to some of the stuff sold at Pep Boys. I usually coat the male & female connectors, T-taps, battery terminals, etc.

Now, you won’t get false error diagnostic codes just because you simply washed your bike. No loose contacts will produce heat and eventually melt the connectors, well, at least not as easily.


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