| The first trip this year was to the Garage Maniacs Party
in Belgium, about 10 kilometers before I got there the bike
stalled at a traffic light. I had to kick it many times to get
it started, which normally is not neccesary.
Finally it started and I got to the party and there found that
I had under 9 volts in the battery so obviously it was not charging.
After a night on the charger it was at 11.7 volts so the battery
was not much good anymore either.
I rode home with the lights off without problems but on arrival
it was under 9 volts again.... |
| The battery was 8 years old so I replaced that, and to fix
the charging I replaced the regulator, as 9 times out of 10 that
is the reason. Not this time apparently because it still didn't
charge, so I disassembled the alternator. |
| I left the clutch in place, used two bolts to press off the
front pulley. I removed the pulley, tilted the inner primary back
and removed the rotor with a simple puller. Then the reason for
the not charging became quite obvious, the insulation of the stator
wires had fallen apart with age, and was clearly short circuiting |
| I replaced the stator with a new one from Cycle Electric
Inc, and put in a new rotor as well while I was at it. |
| The bike is ready to go again, I also treated it
to a new Mullins Chaindrive kicker pedal, as the rubber on the
old one was starting to come off. Next party will be Bildtnotbought
in a few weeks, looking forward to that! |
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