Hey all,
Hate to start a thread like this, but I am getting frustrated and would like some help.
Last fall, I had finally gotten my bike up and running and CHARGING. It wasn't long before the engine seized (had a rod knock).
So I put the bike away and started looking around for parts.
Fast forward to February, I picked up a minty fresh engine that had 960 miles on it.
Fast forward again to now. I got the new engine installed and running. But, the battery is not charging at Idle. The volts just slowly drop while idling. If I rev it up, the volts will slowly rise I was able to get the volts up to about 15-15.5v. Which is way higher than its supposed to be.
The stator wires passed the resistance test with them all at 1.0ohm, minus the 0.1ohm of the tester itself.
Now, I replaced the rectifier and regulator with a single combo unit in the fall and that was what got the bike charging.
I tested the rectifier anyway and it passed the diode test.
The field coil passed the resistance test with 4.1ohms, which is within the 4.0+/-15% ohms.
A razor blade also sticks to the stator cover.
I am thinking it is a regulator issue since the volts rise without stopping at the specified 14.5-14.8v.
But I am not sure how the voltage regulator could have gone bad already since it is part of the rectifier combo unit which is brand new.
Hate to start a thread like this, but I am getting frustrated and would like some help.
Last fall, I had finally gotten my bike up and running and CHARGING. It wasn't long before the engine seized (had a rod knock).
So I put the bike away and started looking around for parts.
Fast forward to February, I picked up a minty fresh engine that had 960 miles on it.
Fast forward again to now. I got the new engine installed and running. But, the battery is not charging at Idle. The volts just slowly drop while idling. If I rev it up, the volts will slowly rise I was able to get the volts up to about 15-15.5v. Which is way higher than its supposed to be.
The stator wires passed the resistance test with them all at 1.0ohm, minus the 0.1ohm of the tester itself.
Now, I replaced the rectifier and regulator with a single combo unit in the fall and that was what got the bike charging.
I tested the rectifier anyway and it passed the diode test.
The field coil passed the resistance test with 4.1ohms, which is within the 4.0+/-15% ohms.
A razor blade also sticks to the stator cover.
I am thinking it is a regulator issue since the volts rise without stopping at the specified 14.5-14.8v.
But I am not sure how the voltage regulator could have gone bad already since it is part of the rectifier combo unit which is brand new.
