Main Ground Location

[Donvito]

Bought new cables from Dingy and in the process of installing them. Would like to relocate the main ground due to the difficulty of getting the wire into that space and my fear of breaking that bolt and the problem of removing it. Has anyone moved it and to where? I am attaching a picture of the original ground wire.

[dingy]

Here are a couple of pictures of motor attachment on Tweety.

 

The eyelet of the terminal can be bent, Clamp it in vise and bend to needed angle. These are tin plated copper terminals and will not fracture when bent.

 

Just position in vice so when bent, the bend line is as close to cable connection and clear of hole for bolt in terminal.

 

I just bent a scrap one, used a small piece of wood against it and it bent smoothly.

 

Gary

[Prairiehammer]

Dingy, is the cable you provided in your kit too short to install with the lug orientation identical to the OEM? I'm wondering why you have it arranged as you do, against the elbow on Tweety?

[dingy]

Cable is an inch longer than stock.

 

There should be sufficient length to mount it as shown in 1st post picture.

 

It is easier to get socket on cap screw to tighten without looping back over cap screw.

 

Cable I use is much more flexible than stock cables. Much finer strands that make up cable. Cable is intended for arc welding applications where skin effect is a factor. Skin effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect) is primarily related to AC circuits though. DC circuits tend to have current flow throughout the stand dia. Cross sectional area of fine wires as compared to larger strands is slightly greater with the fine strands as they fit closer together in the cable, less air space between them. Think of putting pebbles into a jar, or putting sand in same jar, less air space between sand grains.

 

Gary