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mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 21:57
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Putting new coils on the lady.

It seems I have to get longer mounting bolts and some washers to lock them down.

Is that pretty common?

Also, is this the proper direction?

It seems the factory spacers will rub against the terminal. I applied electrical tape around spacer.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 22:38
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No they go this way

I put new hardware. Bought new spacers had to cut them a hair I think.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 23:07
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If possible, get some additional heatshrink tubing over the sparkplug wires that will come close to the tank. Another rider on a different forum had his Dyna coils mounted like your are, and he could not figure out why there was a power loss. The bike ran great with the tank off, but as soon as it was installed, the power loss came back.

He figured out the sparks were firing into the bottom of the tank, so more heatshrink tubing in certain areas fixed the problem.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 23:07
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Well shoot. I had 50/50 chance of looking stupid.

That's why I asked though.

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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 23:14
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You might want to put some silicone around the wire connectors as well. They have been known to arc.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 23:20
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silicone on the coil to connector wire screws/ins is a great thing to do...let it sit a few hours and forget about it

they are kind of pain and the stock bolts can be hard to re-use ...tight fit
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Re: mounting dyna coils

08 Jun 2013 23:27
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I see a lot of post for using a nylon spacer instead of the metal. One on the terminal end anyway, pretty close to the bolt there.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

09 Jun 2013 01:27 - 09 Jun 2013 01:28
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Can use tie-wraps around the stock metal spacers.





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Re: mounting dyna coils

09 Jun 2013 11:35
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asevans wrote: Well shoot. I had 50/50 chance of looking stupid.

That's why I asked though.

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Re: mounting dyna coils

09 Jun 2013 11:44
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I paint the screw and ring terminal with liquid electrical tape. You can buy this from just about any auto parts store. Just make sure you get a version that is gasoline/oil resistant - some of the product I've seen in Home Depot doesn't say this.
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Re: mounting dyna coils

09 Jun 2013 12:15
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asevans wrote: Well shoot. I had 50/50 chance of looking stupid. That's why I asked though. Thanks Aaron
Dyna coil mount instructions for large Kaw fours recommend coil towers pointing upward and forward.
But some installers prefer down and rearward (for whatever reason).

Recommendations for other models may be with coil towers pointing down and toward the rear.

My stupid tie-wrap insulators keep me riding. :lol:

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