Knowingly I purchased a bad ABS bike. Let's not say 'bad', just non-ABS, to save her feelings. And, I'm perfectly happy (having owned an ABS ST model previously) riding around on a 'non'.
Reading up on the threads, they seem to hit a wall when opening the ABS electronic control unit and finding it 'potted' with goo. I inherited a second 'bad' spare unit that blows the ABS fuse when installed, so I opened it to see what there was to see. Yes it's 'potted' aka sealed, but not with epoxy as mentioned on a prior post. It's floated full of black silicon just like caulking.
******** Here's my single contribution ***** The case can be opened, and the circuit board can stripped of the silicon material. I found online that there are silicon stripping agents for just this electronic purpose, Dynasolve (218, 220, 225, and 230) is one example. Even WD-40 will take 'some' of it off, but that's not the best choice.
This is where I'll stop, just when it's getting good. Why? Ambition is one thing, but my limited abilities are another. Even if I got the PCB (printed circuit board) de-siliconed and pristine. . . I don't have anywhere to go after that, without a schematic and with my limited tools.
Here's where you can take over, if there's someone out there with those abilities. Hope this Dynasolve tip, and the encouragement that one can strip back to the PCB board will encourage further discovery.
Reading up on the threads, they seem to hit a wall when opening the ABS electronic control unit and finding it 'potted' with goo. I inherited a second 'bad' spare unit that blows the ABS fuse when installed, so I opened it to see what there was to see. Yes it's 'potted' aka sealed, but not with epoxy as mentioned on a prior post. It's floated full of black silicon just like caulking.
******** Here's my single contribution ***** The case can be opened, and the circuit board can stripped of the silicon material. I found online that there are silicon stripping agents for just this electronic purpose, Dynasolve (218, 220, 225, and 230) is one example. Even WD-40 will take 'some' of it off, but that's not the best choice.
This is where I'll stop, just when it's getting good. Why? Ambition is one thing, but my limited abilities are another. Even if I got the PCB (printed circuit board) de-siliconed and pristine. . . I don't have anywhere to go after that, without a schematic and with my limited tools.
Here's where you can take over, if there's someone out there with those abilities. Hope this Dynasolve tip, and the encouragement that one can strip back to the PCB board will encourage further discovery.