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Offline KRONUS0100

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stator problem
« on: December 18, 2007, 12:27:57 PM »
ok need some help.  i'm pretty thorough as i am a certified mechanic, but this is boggling me.  I put a new Agm type battery in my 76F.  Rode it 30 mile in the rain.  Would  not start.  Trucked it home.  It sat a few weeks.  Battery dead.  Rectifier fried.  Regulator fried.  Stator tests out of limits..  What happened? This was a real hard downpour, had to take bike to work, wife had truck.  Bike ran good and plenty of power to work, sat all day in parking lot, rained on half the day. 
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current bikes:  1976 CB750F, 1981 GS1100E
bikes owned:1981 GL1100I, 1990 GS500E, 1981 GS850, 1977 and 1979 GS750, 1974 CB750, 1975 CB750, and a 1982 GS750E

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Re: stator problem
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2007, 01:02:28 AM »
if all what you mentioned is correct then you basically sucked the guts out of your battery....I would try a real slow trickle charge on it and see if it comes back......hopefully it may.......

next problem is
1...get a good stator and replace yours....
2...get a good rectifier and replace yours....
3...get a good regulator and replace yours.....

then

measure everything  with a multimeter and see if it still has a problem......lots of information  in the forum history somewhere.......

and of course -------check all your wiring connections for proper contact and resistance levels...


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Re: stator problem
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2007, 08:38:06 AM »
YEAH...working on a couple different ideas...i think it is pinhead's that i like the most...i have a couple of them fords......working on a few relay additions to the harness to help with the load as well
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current bikes:  1976 CB750F, 1981 GS1100E
bikes owned:1981 GL1100I, 1990 GS500E, 1981 GS850, 1977 and 1979 GS750, 1974 CB750, 1975 CB750, and a 1982 GS750E

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Re: stator problem
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2008, 12:00:29 PM »
Hello 74chopper,
I'm fairly new to the site. You had mentioned about  replacing your fried regulator and rectifier with a solid state unit from a 900. I have a 75 CB550K1 with charging problems. Will this same conversion work for it and what brand 900 parts?
Thank you,
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Re: stator problem
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2008, 10:31:34 PM »
The reason your r/r is fried could be a shorted rotor or stator. I highly suggest doing the electrosport charging system check on your bike. Its less parts tossing and you'll get an idea of whats actually going on.

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Re: stator problem
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2008, 09:29:28 AM »
InaneCathode,
 I just read your response and went to Electrosport .com and got some very good information. Thank you for the sense of direction.
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Re: stator problem
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2008, 09:40:20 AM »
I put a new Agm type battery in my 76F.  Rode it 30 mile in the rain.  Would  not start.  Trucked it home.  It sat a few weeks.  Battery dead.  Rectifier fried.  Regulator fried.  Stator tests out of limits..  What happened? This was a real hard downpour, had to take bike to work, wife had truck.  Bike ran good and plenty of power to work, sat all day in parking lot, rained on half the day. 

You replaced the battery because??  Just wondering if this was a pre-existing issue.  If the bike ran 30 min strong, I'm not thinking your stator was fried before it sat all day in the rain.  These old bikes tend to have bad connections that haven't had fresh silicon in a few decades.  They will run fine while moving but when you basically start pouring water into every crevase, stuff can start to fry.

Usually the fuse will blow and that's it.  If you don't have the correct amperage fuse in place, other stuff can start to go.  If you have jumped teh fuse (I've done it plenty of times before), other stuff suffers.  Most likely the water did the jumping for you.  Full charge battery, water arching all over the panel, fuses wet = stuff gets gonged. 

I'd start off testing everything on the electric panel and pulling all connections.  Get them clean and use silicon to seal them for the next time.  If the parts you list are gone, they're gone but you don't want to have to replace them again.

Just my 2c.

Good luck.
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