Post by hpjc10 on Jan 7, 2013 1:45:47 GMT -5
Hi all! So as the holidays wind down, I've been working on my girlfriends scooter. I decided to go through it, and figure out issues its having. i replaced the variator and greased the clutch bearing, which solved the belt shredding issue, so the issues now are electrical
I've replaced the stator, flywheel, r/r *twice, battery, cleaned/sanded the main grounding point (where all the green wires converge), removed the alarm, and replaced the horn.
The issue is that the AC system seems to not work correctly. The things that run on AC (dash lights, signals, tail light, running light) all work, and go brighter/dimmer as the engine revs/idles. Thing is, the headlights don't run on the regular yellow AC wire and the battery does not seem to be charging very much, if at all. For the the present, I have the headlight switch wired into the DC system, and they work fine, along with the normal DC stuff (brake lights, clock, horn) but of course, this is a drain on my battery, especially if it isn't charging correctly.
the stator seems to be outputting plenty of current, as it signals the CDI fine, and runs other AC accessories. I've tried the headlights on the wire that connects to other AC accessories like the signals(before the switch), and they do not go on, but they work fine on DC. the thing that is worrisome is the battery not charging. after a day of starting/stopping the bike, the battery was close enough to dead (couldn't turn over my gsxr600 engine). I cant get a dmm close enough to the bike to test voltages because whenever I do, it goes haywire, numbers flash across the lcd. I do not really want to go through the whole wiring harness and look for a tiny exposed wire somewhere, but if i have to, I guess i will.
Any ideas on why this stuff is happening? I wish I had the time to really sit down and rip the wiring harness apart, but work and school really don't leave much time for play.
I've replaced the stator, flywheel, r/r *twice, battery, cleaned/sanded the main grounding point (where all the green wires converge), removed the alarm, and replaced the horn.
The issue is that the AC system seems to not work correctly. The things that run on AC (dash lights, signals, tail light, running light) all work, and go brighter/dimmer as the engine revs/idles. Thing is, the headlights don't run on the regular yellow AC wire and the battery does not seem to be charging very much, if at all. For the the present, I have the headlight switch wired into the DC system, and they work fine, along with the normal DC stuff (brake lights, clock, horn) but of course, this is a drain on my battery, especially if it isn't charging correctly.
the stator seems to be outputting plenty of current, as it signals the CDI fine, and runs other AC accessories. I've tried the headlights on the wire that connects to other AC accessories like the signals(before the switch), and they do not go on, but they work fine on DC. the thing that is worrisome is the battery not charging. after a day of starting/stopping the bike, the battery was close enough to dead (couldn't turn over my gsxr600 engine). I cant get a dmm close enough to the bike to test voltages because whenever I do, it goes haywire, numbers flash across the lcd. I do not really want to go through the whole wiring harness and look for a tiny exposed wire somewhere, but if i have to, I guess i will.
Any ideas on why this stuff is happening? I wish I had the time to really sit down and rip the wiring harness apart, but work and school really don't leave much time for play.
