Din plug tip

Kiwicol · Saturday at 5:04 PM

I thought I'd share this tip with you all, seeing as how it works. I've had instances of a DIN plug not connecting securely. Sometimes it's ok & others it's not. When riding the power supply cable from the Aux connector by the bars always seems to work loose & not stay connected.
Solution:
I have found putting an O ring on the plug & rolling it carefully up & under the copper connectors to where they stick out to make contact with the sides works great. What this does is gives the copper connectors something to push against & hold firm in the AUX connector. Too thin an O ring won't achieve what you're trying to do & too thick won't allow the plug to be inserted, use an O ring that just makes it a firm push & you'll have no more issues of the 2 not staying connected.
I've had this solution on the bike for a while now & it's proven (to me anyway) hence the post.

papanorm · 2026-01-18T03:54:37-0600

Thanks for the tip. I've used the aux din outlet for my battery tender until the connection became unreliable and threw all sorts of codes. Almost bought a new battery and tender till I discovered the culprit.

mo8414 · 2026-01-18T06:31:37-0600

Good tip. My adapter has a cap on it so I put my adapters cap inline with the DIN cap and they hold eachother tight.

mo8414 · 2026-01-18T07:00:50-0600

So I tried the O ring trick and it seems to work very well, thanks for the suggestion. I had to use a small pick to pry up the copper prongs. I'll post a picture of the O ring I used.

Einar · 2026-01-18T07:21:56-0600

I solved mine partially by bending the radial contacts on the plug outward, but mainly by bending the socket's contacts for the axial portion inward. But I like the O-ring idea, which feels like a more permanent solution for the radial part.

Kiwicol · 2026-01-18T12:04:26-0600

Yes I used an O ring pick to lift the copper tabs just as you've done. Your pic shows it perfectly. Good on ya!!

Kiwicol · 2026-01-18T12:09:37-0600

Einar said:
I solved mine partially by bending the radial contacts on the plug outward, but mainly by bending the socket's contacts for the axial portion inward. But I like the O-ring idea, which feels like a more permanent solution for the radial part.

I tried the bending part before the O ring. Bending worked for a while, but copper being copper it soon went back to intermittent contact. I was concerned the repeated bending of the copper raised sections would cause one or more of them to break if I kept doing it.

mo8414 · 2026-01-18T12:26:09-0600

Kiwicol said:
Yes I used an O ring pick to lift the copper tabs just as you've done. Your pic shows it perfectly. Good on ya!!

Its almost like its made to hold a O ring with the way its shaped.

Protonhound · 2026-01-19T12:39:54-0600

Man this is so timely because those sockets are just a bad design. I just fixed my left side outlet (again) because if one does not insert that plug perfectly lined up it pushes the 2 tabs together. Been having trouble with my heated gear so I just pulled out that socket again but connection is solid.
Maybe that o-ring will give it better contact.
I might start looking at alternatives but then all my plugs won't work.

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