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Decided to install a battery tender on the 400. Disconnected + lead first ,
Took bolt out to put the tender + lead on , ready to tighten,, won't tighten ,because nut fell out of the groove . Could not get the nut back in the groove with battery in the bike. Disconnected the - lead , had a hard time getting the battery out of the slot.
Now battery in front of me put some two face tape behind the nuts. Slide battery back in the slot, now I'm missing the - lead, it slide down in the hole below battery.
Tried fishing the lead out with a heavier gauge wire, could not get the wire up out of that hole.
Now I had a dumb A_ _ attack and started turning the side reflector light thinking maybe a larger hole to see what or how I can get this wire out.
Big mistake the nut comes off and falls on the garage floor. Now I have two things to fix. Removed the radiator cap cover , still can't see how I can get to the missing wire. Removed the 6 screws around the dash and then not knowing what I'm doing just started to pry or lift till I could see down where the side reflector should go. OK with magnet was able to get reflector back on bike.
Still no luck finding out to tear the lower part of deck apart tried one more time with my wire. Oh I could feel the wire,,, tried a couple different ways and finally was able to see the top of the wire. Had another wire and was able to get wire in the battery lead hole.
Now I put a piece of string in both hole of battery leads and tie the other end to a screwdriver. While pulling on screwdriver, slide the battery in place, attach the battery tender leads tighten the battery leads. Bike completely back together, battery being charged and it even started.
For a 15 min job it was one big pain in the but_......and it only took 3 hrs.
Nothing broke and I wouldn't take time to get on the pc check out the forum to see how to remove the dash or under dash pieces.
So just be careful sliding your battery back in the slot and making sure your battery leads stay in place.
Took bolt out to put the tender + lead on , ready to tighten,, won't tighten ,because nut fell out of the groove . Could not get the nut back in the groove with battery in the bike. Disconnected the - lead , had a hard time getting the battery out of the slot.
Now battery in front of me put some two face tape behind the nuts. Slide battery back in the slot, now I'm missing the - lead, it slide down in the hole below battery.
Tried fishing the lead out with a heavier gauge wire, could not get the wire up out of that hole.
Now I had a dumb A_ _ attack and started turning the side reflector light thinking maybe a larger hole to see what or how I can get this wire out.
Big mistake the nut comes off and falls on the garage floor. Now I have two things to fix. Removed the radiator cap cover , still can't see how I can get to the missing wire. Removed the 6 screws around the dash and then not knowing what I'm doing just started to pry or lift till I could see down where the side reflector should go. OK with magnet was able to get reflector back on bike.
Still no luck finding out to tear the lower part of deck apart tried one more time with my wire. Oh I could feel the wire,,, tried a couple different ways and finally was able to see the top of the wire. Had another wire and was able to get wire in the battery lead hole.
Now I put a piece of string in both hole of battery leads and tie the other end to a screwdriver. While pulling on screwdriver, slide the battery in place, attach the battery tender leads tighten the battery leads. Bike completely back together, battery being charged and it even started.
For a 15 min job it was one big pain in the but_......and it only took 3 hrs.
Nothing broke and I wouldn't take time to get on the pc check out the forum to see how to remove the dash or under dash pieces.
So just be careful sliding your battery back in the slot and making sure your battery leads stay in place.
