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<blockquote data-quote="ArcticMinibike" data-source="post: 156848" data-attributes="member: 10240"><p>I tried most of what you mentioned, although I didn't feel I had room for tape. I considered it. I straightend the wires and staggered the connectors and used a pull wire. I needed about 6 hands, some to push, some to pull and some to hold the tube but not squeeze it. 4 wires through 6mm tube was easy, 5 wires was pretty much impossible. By the time you add 4 wires plus that 5th bullet, it was stretching the sides if the wires weren't perfectly arranged, so some of the connectors had to go. That went fine except by the time I got to the last 6 inches of the 22" tube, it would go no more. Too much friction. If I had tried light oil at that point instead of soap, it might have gone. By that point I had cut off 3 of the 5 connectors. What made things worse, I was dealing with a pre-cut length of wire that was still attached to the switch, staggering created to much of a bundle at the switch end to get the wires far enough through to grab them. The tube was only a couple inches shorter than the tube. I would have had better luck with 7mm tube but I wanted to keep it thin like the original and matching the turn signal/horn on the other side. In the end worked out fine as I have replacement connectors The original wires had solder-on bullets, which I prefer over the crimp. I'll reuse them if I have enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArcticMinibike, post: 156848, member: 10240"] I tried most of what you mentioned, although I didn't feel I had room for tape. I considered it. I straightend the wires and staggered the connectors and used a pull wire. I needed about 6 hands, some to push, some to pull and some to hold the tube but not squeeze it. 4 wires through 6mm tube was easy, 5 wires was pretty much impossible. By the time you add 4 wires plus that 5th bullet, it was stretching the sides if the wires weren't perfectly arranged, so some of the connectors had to go. That went fine except by the time I got to the last 6 inches of the 22" tube, it would go no more. Too much friction. If I had tried light oil at that point instead of soap, it might have gone. By that point I had cut off 3 of the 5 connectors. What made things worse, I was dealing with a pre-cut length of wire that was still attached to the switch, staggering created to much of a bundle at the switch end to get the wires far enough through to grab them. The tube was only a couple inches shorter than the tube. I would have had better luck with 7mm tube but I wanted to keep it thin like the original and matching the turn signal/horn on the other side. In the end worked out fine as I have replacement connectors The original wires had solder-on bullets, which I prefer over the crimp. I'll reuse them if I have enough. [/QUOTE]
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