Battery Change in SD

[Malve]

Anyone available and willing to coach me through a simple battery change tomorrow? I need to buy one in the morning (assuming the stealerships are open on MLK). The bike is actually parked in the lot adjacent to my neighborhood in the Scripps/Poway area.

I would be grateful and will provide food, beverage and comic relief.

Thanks,

 

[Malve]

Oops, mis-click... Any admins around that could move to California? Much obliged.

 

[johnny80s]

I don't remember the battery being hard to swap. Remove the black panels then undo the battery fasteners and pop it out. You can do it!

 

[majicmaker]

Piece of Cake Maive. Even a caveman can do it.

 

[SeattleTy]

You can do it, not difficult, just remove the right top panel right below brake lever.

Take some zip ties around The post To make a handle And remove the battery.

Repeat steps to reinstall new battery in reverse order, Good luck

 

[Patriot]

best to take negative post off first and on new batt, put neg post on last

eazy peezy...even a Marine can do it !!!

 

[odot]

Remember that battery changes coincide with rear pumpkin oil changes.......

 

[beemerdons]

eazy peezy...even a Marine can do it !!!

Doubtful! Sgt. Stanley, US Army, 5/32nd Artillery Battalion.

 

[beemerdons]

Piece of Cake Maive. Even a caveman can do it.

Perhaps a Cave Man Vic, but not johnny80s!

 

[garyahouse]

Here's some picks of my install on a Gen 1. The Gen 2 is very similar.

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Take yer time removing the panels. They're not hard to remove, but you will need to massage and bend them just a tiny bit to get 'em out and then back in. Again, it's easy enough, they're made to be able to remove easily. Make sure to protect the tank and any painted surface with old towels or rags to prevent scratching.

Good luck

Gary

darksider #44

 

[Fairlaner]

PM sent....

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[Neil San Diego]

Probably too late, but I'm in La Jolla at work. I can skip out for a short time if you need - send a PM.

 

[James Burleigh]

Piece of Cake Maive. Even a caveman JB can do it.

Fixed it for ya. Yep, that's right. I didn't even know my motorcycle HAD a battery till I flew to Phoenix to pick up my new bike July 2011. It was parked in my sister's garage, who did the sale paperwork (shout out to Skooter for his help in the deal!). When I got there I took the bike out for a spin in the 3000-degree heat (it was hot in Farenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin). I parked it to check the tire pressure, and when I tried to start it again it coughed and cranked and buzzed and finally turned over. Great. I need a new battery, and I'm supposed to leave for home in the morning.

It was getting late in the day, but I managed to find a Cycle Gear that had the battery, so we drove down there before it closed and picked up the battery and a charger. I installed the battery that evening with relatively minor hassle, charged it all night, and in the morning at about 5AM when it was only 2000 degrees out, I headed home.

The hardest part about changing the battery, apart from taking all that plastic sh*t off, is dealing with that little nut that sits under the terminal (hint: compressible / expanding ear pugs). If I could go back in time with a gun and only two bullets to change history for the better, once I took out Hitler it would be a tough choice between the guy who invented wind chimes and the guy who designed the FJR battery terminals.

Is there any design logic to that nut? Or was the engineer just a nut?

 

[Malve]

Thanks for the motivation all. Everything worked out...except the front hex bolt won't take. Not only can I not get it to screw in but when I take off panel A and test the little front portion with the bolt, the opening is too wide. How do I get this bolt in? Everything does appear to be aligned properly and I have jiggled, wiggled etc.

Thanks again.

 

[Patriot]

JB, all the Westco replacements I purchased had deeper rectangular terminal nuts to replace the too small stock ones. I hope Yuasa is the same. My new Motobatt is a completely different design which eliminates the old issue. This one uses bolts the same thread as the panel hex screws, so it's easy to replace them with longer ones for us with lotsa accessory wire terminals going to the battery.

Malve, check that the threaded, metal tab the bolt actually threads into is there on the lowest plastic panel's tab.

 

[McRide]

If you mean the bolt screwed into the metal bracket that goes over the battery to hold it in place.... more jiggly, wiggly is in order, unless the battery is the wrong size? Make sure the two piece bracket is connected together correctly, opposite the hex bolt side.

 

[Malve]

No, the bolt that goes into the front part of the plastic...panel A.

 

[Niehart]

https://www.cyclepartswarehouse.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=292058&category=motorcycles&make=YAMAHA&year=2006&fveh=7087

There should be a nut clip [#79] on the front of panel A, it slides under the upper cowiling assy. Bolt goes through upper cowiling and into panel A nut clip.

 

[Malve]

Ah, thank you. It's gone missing. Thanks for the link too. I may go check the ground in the lot where I had to change it too.