Right heated grip buggered

[unibar]

The right grip is shot, i found a thread about grips going and will stick a meter across it to check if it's open
I understand resoldering may do the trick, my issue is i believe i will need to remove the throttle cable... Pointers welcome, electrics I'm fine with.... The mechanical side i like to investigate before even starting

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

 

[G5RJO]

Take it apart, nothing will go ping and fall apart in a thousand pieces.

Once the covers are off it's pretty obvious what to do.

Throttle cable is attached inside the housing with a typical push bike style barrel fixture, it'll just unhook.

Little white connector for the heated circuit. Undo and meter across, good luck with soldering... Only if the break is evident in the short bit of wiring exposed..

£97 a go for a new one from the stealers...

Roger

 

[Smug]

Don't mess about get a new one.

 

[unibar]

I'm tight!, well not right but i can think of better wIz to spend the hundred quid

Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

 

[younger06]

Spend 200 and get a matching pair.
Lovely feeling looking at brand new grips.

Sent from a OnePlusX

 

[bigmadstu]

Had both of mine pack up this year. ( A few months apart. ) Both of mine had failed somewhere inside the grip so impossible to fix. Pretty easy to swap out. Throttle is the most expensive one. Put it down to "running costs" of a BMW.

 

[sherpatensing]

Spend 200 and get a matching pair.
Lovely feeling looking at brand new grips.

Sent from a OnePlusX

Spend £200 and get a matching pair of tyres..?
Just repaired mine (twistgrip) for 30 minutes of time and a bit of solder.

 

[Bendy toy]

Oxford Hotgrips about 1/4 the price and you get a controller. Or solder the BMW wire connector to the Oxfords.

Its not all plain sailing the LHS switch block is retained by the grip which is screwed into the handlebar. You will need to do a bit of head scratching but £150 buys a lot of messing about.

 

[younger06]

I like to keep that stuff stock. My grips themselves where almost worn through.
Each to their own I suppose.

Sent from a OnePlusX

 

[kevingambrell]

https://www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/nc_bare.html

There you go for £20 and some time you can re make your heated grip. The Nichrome wire is just wrapped around the grip inner body.
The rubbers will come off with an airline. The nichrome is a bit of a bugger to solder but it will go with a decent acid flux like Bakers fluid.

 

[Popell]

My throttle side went, I effected a repair but 'twas only temporary, bought a replacement when I felt flush (mind you, its a bit closer to cold season for you!)

 

[Bendy toy]

Snooker cue rubber sleeves heat shrink onto the grips. When worn fit another 4" of sleeve. They don't reduce the heat output and seem to cope with the weak heat delivered.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Snooker-P...hash=item4889fbe6e5:m:mo00yiPM2xkmxO3vHeN8bqA