I would go with cycle electric. Going with cheap probably ain't helping.

Put your meter on the battery, rev the bike up, should get around 14.4dc ish. Are you getting that?

Unplug the stator, with meter on AC, rev it up to 4k RPMM or so, should get around 80 VAC+. Around 20 volts per 1k RPM. At this point don't be precise. Just rev it up high.

 

I always use HD or Cycle Electric when replacing a regulator or stator...

 

For years harley sold such crap regulators, I just don't want to buy one from them.

 

I did check the battery earlier today but hadn't posted the results.
Key off - 12.3
Idling at 1000 rpm - 14-3
2000 rpm - 14.4

The voltage regulator that I bought was off from Amazon as I was trying to save a little money. I read reviews on a bunch and went with this one. It definitely wasn't a brand name.

 

Since it wass a goofball volt reg I would have went higher to see that it stopped at 14.4. It certainly won't hurt to rev it up 4500.

But it is a good sign that it is going to 14.4 at low RPM. You still may need to check AC out put. A clamp on DC voltmeter would work. Sometimes getting it on battery connections especially on some years can be tough.

Some year bikes getting to the connections for stator is not easy. though.

 

People say the volt meters are not accurate, but if its going up to 16 volts I would worry.

A bike should be able to run off a good battery for a bit. I have ran a carbed bike for 14 miles with many starts, and jacked off lights off just the battery. Remembered to plug stator back in, and was fine. Not sure what the draw of the pump is.

If your stator was bad, I would tend to think you would have low voltage. Now you have a new volt reg, so should not go high anyways With all the stalling I am wondering if something else though, or more than one thing. Fuel or spark issue maybe. Maybe voltage issues causing those though.

 

Can you explain a little more for a newbie to electrical work how to check the AC output?

 

Opening up the primary cover would at least give me piece of mind regarding the stator.

 

A good quality Volt Ohm Meter will serve you well and they are not that expensive.

This should help you out and explain the procedure in a manner that is understandable.

See:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/elect...sting-1-a.html

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/elect...sting-2-a.html




NOTE:
The above information, while credible, is worth what you paid for it and should not be considered gospel.
Do due diligence, research and have a H-D Field Service Manual before working on your bike.
You will probably have many opinions and suggestions presented; make sure you research the person providing the helpful information as there are some who provide good information that is useful and some who speak out of other orifices with gibberish. You will figure out this quickly.

 

More than just taking cover off. You would need to take comp and clutch off, then you could see stator if you pulled rotor. It is not visible by simly taking cover off. There are videos out there you could watch. They may not be 100% accurate for your year, but give you an idea. I would not do this without a factory manual.