Broken connectors

sk10 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 09 May 2020 Karma :

Been riding on 125 Sinnis Apache(2014) for 2 years on a CBT.
The Battery needed charging and when I took it out the wire ends were so corroded that two of them came off.

Am best buying a new wire harness or can I easily find the correct ends and replace them myself? Bear in mind, I have no experience besides just doing oil and fluid checks.

The green wire had a gold end but the red had a silver. I found one that looks similar to the red wire on amazon but does it have to be a specific type? A specific power or current rating? Will it not work if I just use some generic similar looking type? And for the green wire, could I just replace it with a silver one aswell as Im finding it hard to find?

https://i.ibb.co/f2x5ygS/20200307-164350.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/r6KDWKS/20200307-160544.jpg

The green end should look like this.
https://i.ibb.co/dG70Y0C/green-wire.png

Nobby the Bastard · Harley Gaydar Joined: 16 Aug 2013 Karma :

Any connector that will attach to the other side will do.
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Riejufixing · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jun 2018 Karma :

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

They're called ring terminals or lug rings. Various sizes. The hole needs to be big enough to fit your bolt through and the crimp needs to be big enough to hold that fairly large bundle fo wires.

The colour is largely irrelevant.

It'll be electric start so they will need to be faily heavy duty ones. Which they will be if they are big enough to hold that diameter of wire.

Cut the damaged end off the wire, strip the insulation and apply the new terminal. Ideally using a crimping tool.

If you can get ones with a crimp that holds the insulation too, it'll help prevent water tracking back up the insulation.

Smear vaseline on them after fitting to stop them corroding again.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

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sk10 · L Plate Warrior Joined: 09 May 2020 Karma :

It turns out you were both right. The main earth wire is thicker and so I needed the bigger ring to fit the wire in. And the yellow ones went with the thin live wire. There was no problem getting the bike started except that it needed warming up.