Go to Radio Shack or what have you and buy (1) shrink tubing and (2) the smallest as possible connectors -- pictured below:
Note the larger ones. They had tubing on them and I tried to install with those the first time and I had to cut the tubing off and crimp them vertically to get them to fit. It was SLOPPY. It is important that they are as small as possible in order for the junction box to close properly. Plus it looks a lot nicer and who says that no one will ever see them -- you just did.
Cut a proper length of shrink tubing off and slide it onto your wire then crimp the connector on it. Afterwards heat the shrink tubing so it constricts and protects the wires from coming into contact with anything other than the terminal you screw it into.
I could not find the original junction box screw since I purchased my bike disassembled, so I replaced it, but Home Depot does not sell metric galvanized hardware which I wish it did, because the stainless doesn't look good here. Of course, that is an easy fix in the future.
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