Got my bike running fairly decently, except for a noisy top end, but had noticed it was not charging. Only noticed this because multimeter between battery poles was not rising as I rev'ed it to 3 or so (checking for charging). I never have gotten to ride this bike yet, far enough to wear down a battery.
So, I've read through the Curly's guide and am looking to the simplest things first. Notice at the end of Curly's Guide that is says that most often brushes or a bad connection is the problem. <<seemed like a good starting point.
So I went to check alternator brushes. Got them out and noticed one was stuffed in kinda funny. Like on one, the little Z bracket that the retaining screw and ring go on has the copper wire, spring and brush on the wrong side? but sadly I didn't notice that until I went to put them back in. So I'm having a hell of a time getting one of them back in. One is fine, but one needs to be twisted in a way that seems it can't be good for it.
And yet I go on Mikes and I read "To install pull brush assembly around to opposite side of metal bracket its soldered to and then insert into holder."
So I guess that's normal??? that on one of the brushes there will be a bit of copper wire going "around" the little Z bracket. Strange.
Good news is one of my brushes is worn way down. It is worn so far down that on the carbon end, you see a copper dot on the end. It is definitely under 1/4" in length, and more like 3/16" in length. The other one, the one that had to be stuffed in funny is a bit longer still.
So I'm ordering new ones now - hope that turns out to be the issue, that the one real short brush was not allowing it to charge.
Anyone else have trouble with stuffing that one brush in - the one that has to be wrapped around to the other side of the "Z"?
here is a pic.
thx, any input welcome.
So, I've read through the Curly's guide and am looking to the simplest things first. Notice at the end of Curly's Guide that is says that most often brushes or a bad connection is the problem. <<seemed like a good starting point.
So I went to check alternator brushes. Got them out and noticed one was stuffed in kinda funny. Like on one, the little Z bracket that the retaining screw and ring go on has the copper wire, spring and brush on the wrong side? but sadly I didn't notice that until I went to put them back in. So I'm having a hell of a time getting one of them back in. One is fine, but one needs to be twisted in a way that seems it can't be good for it.
And yet I go on Mikes and I read "To install pull brush assembly around to opposite side of metal bracket its soldered to and then insert into holder."
So I guess that's normal??? that on one of the brushes there will be a bit of copper wire going "around" the little Z bracket. Strange.
Good news is one of my brushes is worn way down. It is worn so far down that on the carbon end, you see a copper dot on the end. It is definitely under 1/4" in length, and more like 3/16" in length. The other one, the one that had to be stuffed in funny is a bit longer still.
So I'm ordering new ones now - hope that turns out to be the issue, that the one real short brush was not allowing it to charge.
Anyone else have trouble with stuffing that one brush in - the one that has to be wrapped around to the other side of the "Z"?
here is a pic.
thx, any input welcome.