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After 40 plus year these just detached without any effort at all.

Has anyone had this happen to them before?

Any tips to making these connection more secure?

Thanks, Ed

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72 H2, 75 H2C

Im guessing a good hand at soldering will be your best bet.
Maybe pick up a set of used controls that look terrible and have good internals.
Get a good deal on a crappy set and cannibalize them.

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I think I am going to try the soldering approach first.

I think most of them are getting brittle and will try to figure out how to improve the strength of these connections.

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72 H2, 75 H2C

I recall doing just this on my H2 switch terminals when I rebuilt them, just standard soldering practices, and don't use too small of a wattage iron, get some quick decent heat in there and make it flow well. Of course, cut the old wires back a little to get to new copper and tin that well first, also never, ever use lead free crap solder, that stuff is PC worthless. Use a good paste flux as well, don't rely on the cored flux only.

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1974 Kawasaki H2B 750, 1981 Yamaha XV750 Cafe, 1986 Kawasaki KDX200, 2003 Honda XR100, 2004 SDG140. 2006 Ninja 500R Turbo intercooled fuel injected.

what DG says... Get it real clean and use a soldering gun with tips that are very small. The ones that you can dial in the wattage are helpful. Once you do it you'll be surprised how easy it is.
Good luck

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Jim
Atlanta, GA
1974 H1
1976 KZ400
1979 XS650 Cafe
1982 GPz750
2001 KZ1000P
1965 Mustang
1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
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