help charging system(i think)
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help charging system(i think)
On Saturday I was riding with some friends and my engine and battery light came on, so I pulled over and tightened the connections. After getting back on the road noticed my volt meter wouldn't go past 12, so I shut everything off that I could. Everyone I was riding with seed my headlight wasn't dim and all my lights worked fine. As the evening went on when every I would get on it, the gauge would shoot to 16 and stay there for a mile then back to 14 it went. Today I put a voltage regulator in it and seem to fix the problem. Half way home the gauge spiked to 16 then to 12 and hasn't moved from 12. I put a stator in it about 3 years ago and a new battery last year. I have a battery tender and an amp hooked up to it and that is it. The codes I got were, 60563, 68922-00, b1006, and Pn 67349-04. Can anyone help me out? Sorry for the long read.
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Yep, B0563 and B1006 are voltage codes. Oftentimes a faulty VR will take out a stator or vice versa. You may find that you need to replace battery, VR and stator. Hopefully, your new VR didn't **** out because of a faulty stator. Do a system charging test to verify.
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Take the primary cover off and take a smell. If it smells like burnt sulfar or electronics then your stator is taking a chit. If it smells like oil your all good. Double check the voltage on the battery with the bike off, and idling at 2 grand.
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Thanks for the help so far. Getting frustrated so taking a break for the night. The last thing I did tonight was check the maxi fuse (doing a search was recommended in another post) When I pulled it out one terminal and one spade had white crust on it. Also on the inside of the fuse was this crust, looks like battery acid. I blew out the connector and am going to put a new fuse in it, but could this be the cause of the problem or am I just opening another can of warms?
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Thanks for the help so far. Getting frustrated so taking a break for the night. The last thing I did tonight was check the maxi fuse (doing a search was recommended in another post) When I pulled it out one terminal and one spade had white crust on it. Also on the inside of the fuse was this crust, looks like battery acid. I blew out the connector and am going to put a new fuse in it, but could this be the cause of the problem or am I just opening another can of warms?
the maxi fuse is directly downstream of the regulator. It is possible that the crud u describe could result in a partial shunt path to ground or a voltage drop due to in-line electrical resistence. In either case ur charging system is being compromised. Do not jump the fuse as that leaves the circuit totally unprotected. Remove both positive leads from the starter. Remove the reg's output lead. Use a VOM selected to the smallest scale and measure across the fuse - should be a dead short (zero ohms). Remove the fuse, measure on each side of the fuse holder to ground - should be open (infinite resistence). Regardless, I'd change the fuse holder or go crazy cleaning it.
P.S. lift the battery positive (or ground lead) before doing anything.
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The link Dawg gave is one of a couple of stickys over in the DIY Electrical section giving tips on checking your charging system. If you don't have one get yourself a multimeter and do those checks. That is the most reliable way of identifying where your problems are. By all means check all electrical connections to ensure they are clean and tight, but don't skirt around the problem, get in there and diagnose it!
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