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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    I had it it on the trickle charged while the bike was sitting. The actual testing was done at oriely auto parts or auto zone with their battery check machines. Always with the battery fully charged and just off the trickle charger. I went ahead and got some brushes off eBay. They seem perfectly...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Fair enough. I'll see what I can dredge up. Thank you very much RG!
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    They were both stock rotors, the mikes one was a lemon and bad from the factory. But I do think you're right, the battery sounds like somethin that checks all the boxes and has a workable solution. What's your guys favorite source for brushes?
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    So here's where we stand. That battery am using is an AGM 2113-0031. It's the battery that was in the bike when it came to me about 2 months ago. It tested good then, it tested good a few weeks, and it tested good last Wednesday (two days before my trip that where the rotor failed) I checked...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Well sure I realize that now. Wasent really aware of the reputation of mikes until it was too late. I thought they were the guys to go for in relation to all things xs. I'm realizing now how many other and better sources there are. But sure, you live and you learn.
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    I do realize that the sustained high speed is not the ideal for this bike, that's why I mentioned it as a possibility for the problem. Hitting the 5 in California though is a pretty fast highway. That being said I'll take it a bit easier next time It's a ride I rarely take but it's also the only...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    5.5 0hms across the sliprings, just as it oughta be. I'm reasonably certain I don't have excess electrical demand. The bike is running all stock lights and electrics, except the person before me got rid of the turn signals, and the kickstand switch. I was running the stock reg/rec when both...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Haha I mean you're definitely not wrong. So you're saying that it's unlikely to be a heat issue and I probably was just unlucky on the rotor front? Considering just how hot the engine was running and the fact that both rotors gave out in exactly the same way after the same amount of stress...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Alright folks. I got the used, but new to me, rotor In The mail yesterday! I slapped it on the bike and everything checked out right on. Charging was as it should be. I then tried to ride to another city about 200 miles away on a 100+ degree day. After about 100 miles, going between 65 and 80...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Well there you go. Seems like everything is probably totally okay and I should never be alowed near a multi meter That rotor should be here in the next few days. I'll post and tell ye guys how it goes. Thanks again! Wolfram
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Alright, so I have zero ohms going from the black wire at the reg plug to the negative battery lug, but only when the key switch is turned off. The second I turn that switch on I'm get varying ohms, anything from 30-140 ohms, to every single place I check. Is that normal? If yes could somebody...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Twomanyxs: Good advice about fixing up the brush. I'll definitely do that. As for the screws I've allready made very sure they don't protrude. RG: the damaged slip rings are definitely why the brush is damaged. That's why I posted it. I'll definitely sand it down flat. They're still pretty...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Rock and roll. That is the kind of direct confirmation/affirmation that I needed to hear. I was hoping that would be the case with the rotor but I just wanted to be sure that was the only problem. Obviously I know better now but before buying the rotor from mikes I had no idea those...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    I've allready cleaned and greased where the negative battery strap attaches to the frame. So that should be good. But I'll recheck it. Is this the black wire that connects the engine to the frame? If yes it just goes from one side of the engine mount to the other. Should one end of it be...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Alright, here are some images. I'm getting very inconsistent ohm readings from the green wire to ground when the key switch is turned on. When the stator is installed, with the brush removed, I'm getting 190 ohms. However, the green wire to battery lug is giving me 153 ohms. How can my engine...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Yeah, we'll have to see. For now I'm going to just run it because that's what I have. So, I'm getting a good used rotor from Gggary. While we were talking he gave me some more places to look for issues, just In case the rotor wasent the only thing making problems. He mentioned that with the...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Haha no one is saying want to sell it. I just want be real sure what I'm buying is actually what I need and won't be wrecked by somethings else that's not working. I only moved back from Ireland about 2 months ago so I'm still getting my feet under me financially. I'll take your world on it with...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Haha okay, so what you're saying is you're sure that because my rotor is showing the signs of a bad rotor, i.e. Continuity to ground, that it must be the problem? Or are you saying that rotors, if they have continuity to ground, cause overcharging? I'm going to bring my battery to oriely...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    I'm sorry, that yes is a touch ambiguous. What you're saying is that my battery is the problem or that my rotor is the problem? Or are you saying that rotor is the problem and I've most likely cooked my battery because of that? Just to re state: my rotor being grounded would cause overcharging...
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    Help: diagnosing overcharging.

    Allright, Let's back up again. My rotor is definitely grounding out. Don't know why it didn't read that way half an hour ago before I ideled the bike a bit but there it is. Could a rotor that's has 5 ohms across the slip rings but is grounding out cause overcharging?
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