Guest Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Long story short after about a week of having my bike it started cutting out when idling and slowing down, when the frequency of it occurring picked up I decided to have a look at the loom instead of waiting until I take it in for a service. I found that the wires running from the rectifier to a square looking connector were running extremely hot, I cleaned the sh*t from around and in the plug and hooked it all back up and it hasn't cut out since.However, upon searching the problem I found numerous posts (mainly about Triumphs and a few GSXRs) displaying the same issue. One of the main solutions was to cut out the connector completely and solder the wires together, shrouding them with heat shrink.Just wanted to know if any of you have done this would it stop the heat from eventually causing a bigger problem?Note: I checked the output from the cables with a multi-meter and everything checked out correctly, between 13.8 - 14.2 etc. Quote
fq-craigus Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 If i was you i would have dome what you have done already and leave it. Hardwiring parts is a last resort you cant beat a connector, if the rectifier needs replacing or testing in the future dont make like difficult now by sealing it all in. Quote
Stu Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Did you check the voltage out at the battery when running too? Was there a difference? Quote
Guest Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Did you check the voltage out at the battery when running too? Was there a difference? Yeah checked it when running, can't remember what the reading was but it was consistent and the bloke I was testing it with said it was fine. Quote
Stu Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Was there much voltage drop from the reg/rec to the battery? If not then no need to worry Quote
Guest Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Was there much voltage drop from the reg/rec to the battery? If not then no need to worry Nope not at all, running completely fine.Just the heat going through the wires is unbelievable..I think I'll leave it for now, but if it poses a problem later on I'll be changing the rectifier and upgrading the cable with some bigger cored and better insulated stuff.Thanks guys. Quote
Stu Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 if your getting the same voltage at battery as you are at the reg/rec then the wiring shouldn't be getting that hot! wiring gets hot when its been overloaded or the wiring is causing high resistanceI would expect some heat at the wiring though Quote
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