I broke off the locking tab on a molex connector inside the fairing (09 ultra).

the tab is on the female side of the connector, I haven't counted yet, but I think its a 16 wire connector.

Is replacing the female side a DIY job? difficult?

Thanks.

 

If it's just broken, but still works...... Wrap a zip tie around that ****, and ride it! I've broken more of those than I care to count, and I've always zip tied them. Never had a problem

 

gave that a half hearted shot last nite (I was too pissed/bummed) to really concentrate. There's 16 wires going into each end, so no room to snake a zip tie thru. And no place to get a grip on the sides...I guess I could give that another try tonite.

 

I just plug them back together and leave it at that, those little bastards are hard enough to pull apart without that locking tab that they won't come apart.

If you're not comfortable doing that wrap some electrical tape around the connector and then a little bit of the wires on each side.

 

Put the zip tie like this:

...|...
,,,|,,,

where the dots are wires on one side, commas are wires on the other side and the | is the zip tie running the same direction as the wires but around the male AND female connectors. I've done it many times.

Diggs

 

you can also run a wire around both ends, or tape them together with electrical tape.

 

its not hard to replace. There are instructions in the back of the service manual. Search ebay for replacement. Buy the proper tool and follow the directions and its simple. There are some threads here from the last two weeks which will help you

 

Just tape em back together. I've broke so many plastic connector tabs and have never once thought to replace one.

 

.02 cents, 2 seconds. Done.

 

+1 that's what I'd do.