Battery maintenance basics: Keep the cables straight and avoid sulfaction.
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*****The service manual states you should follow your negation cable down from battery and remove nut that secures the connector to ground stud on the crankcase boss behind the starter motor assembly. You will need to do the reverse during installation.
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Hey guys need ur help.I was tighten up my positive cable on battery of my 1200s sportster(97) model and accidently touched the frame w/my wrench! Spark city! Turn the key and nutten happens! Must have shorted out something but what?? No lights,no start,no nutten! What have I done to my electrical system? Circut breakers “look” ok but whats the problem?? HELP!
Hi Roy,
Have you checked the fuses?
Why not check and clean the positive terminal while the negative terminal is disconnected? Would be less chance for sparks,
Hi Jim – We are all about safety. Good call. Do what you feel comfortable with and safe.
Hi Bob, Great Video, I find backward’s cables on friends bikes a lot. Please wear safety glasses
Thanks Louie
Would love to learn how to wrench on my own Harley . 2014 Street Glide Special.
Want to learn to wrench on my 2014 Harley Street Glide Special