Dielectric grease

[Guest]

I've never had occasion to use dielectric grease but am considering it after cleaning all the contacts and connectors on the 84 550EF
Also upgrading the stator/rectifier with Electrosport parts.

Is the grease for use inside the connector on the contacts or around the outside to keep water out?
Any upsides/downsides to using it?
Places to stay away from?

[GateKeeper]

inside the connector, to prevent from moisture affecting the contacts, you can goop it on, or be liberal with it, I just sqezze some into the connector and and put the to halves together. A Qtip sometimes to spread it around in the connector to make sure it's gone everywhere

Not good on the outside, it just makes everything greasy.....LOL

Cheers

[OldVet66]

Tomcat, As far as I know the ElectroSport Stator is ok, but their R/R is no better than the old Suzuki parts. The best upgrade you could make is the new technology of a series R/R, a SH-775 or a Compu-Fire 55402. The Sh-775 is sold as a Polaris part # 4012941. I personally think the Compu-Fire is a better R/R. It is smaller but a good bit more expensive so the SH-775 is the more popular. Steve on the forum Is selling rewound stators. The ElectroSport information on the site is old information.

[koolaid_kid]

Tomcat, I agree with both posts, and wish to add that DeOxit is the best for cleaning the electrical contacts on your bike. Not all that expensive, and one can will clean every electrical contact on your bike.

[Nessism]

Tomcat, I agree with both posts, and wish to add that DeOxit is the best for cleaning the electrical contacts on your bike. Not all that expensive, and one can will clean every electrical contact on your bike.

I'm going through the harness on one of my bike and have some DeOxit, but it doesn't remove oxidation for crap. Only way I've found is to physically scrub off the corrosion with scotchbrite, stainless steel wire brush, etc. Problem is that most of the terminals are captured inside a plastic harness shell, and removing the terminals to clean them is a pain.

For improving the GS charging system reliability, it's strongly advised to improve the wiring altogether, so you can start by bypassing the crazy stator loop running up to the hand control. Route the stator wires directly into the R/R, bypassing the factory harness. Use crimp-on spade terminals or solder the wires. For the R/R power output, trace the circuit back to the battery and clean each and every brass terminal, including those in the fusebox. These terminals are quite large so it's easy enough to remove them from the plastic harness shells for cleaning. I also advise pinching all female terminals closed a little bit so you get solid contact with the matching terminal. Dielectric grease on the terminals won't hurt, but go easy because that stuff is messy.

[tkent02]

Found some stuff called Mechanic-all that seems to eat corrosion a lot better thn Deoxit.

Yellow and gray spray can.

[greg78gs750]

good grief another thread with "upgrade" and "electrosport" in the same sentence.

[Highway_Glider]

I use vinegar for cleaning connectors. Once clean the copper is prone to flash oxidation. The grease keep them shiny clean for ever.

[Nessism]

I use vinegar for cleaning connectors. Once clean the copper is prone to flash oxidation. The grease keep them shiny clean for ever.

Soaked some mildly corroded terminals in vinegar last night as an experiment, and couldn't see much different this morning. The brown corrosion on the terminals was slightly less noticeable, but still there. Tried a similar test using a stronger acid (HCl) and the terminals turned redish colored. Didn't seem right but scrubbing them with a wire brush restored them to a proper gold color.

[Tomcat]

Thanks for all the input.

I used to work for a chemical company specializing in electronic components. Way back when Freon was being phased out I grabbed a gallon of the stuff. Best cleaner ever for components, think I'm good for a few years.

We ordered and received electrosport parts so that's what's going in.
Guess we should have researched deeper but alot's happening fast and Mr Rider wants his bike on the road, no regrets.

I did look at the GS wiring and concluded on my own that bypassing any and all stock stator/RR wiring is a must. 30 years old and way too long and ya, solder wherever possible.

Shouldn't be long before it's on the road.... Fingers crossed that we've found everything.