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Imminent Stator or R/R failure????

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The stator output of 22V AC is definitely a problem (see stator papers and workshop manual) and I am familiar with that voltage as per my own GS. I had a similar voltage which did charge the battery in a way. When removing the stator I found 6 out of the 18 poles adjacent each other were burnt and effectively short circuit. A proper rewind later I had nearly 80V AC at 5000 RPM.

I then found that my regulator was not regulating and pushing everything spare to the battery, which was not a problem with the low voltage output, but was not good with the new stator! A Honda unit solved that.

If you want to rewind your own stator I have a rather wordy document I drew up on the process. It is not difficult and can save you some money.
Just PM me if interested.
 
I am now pleased to report that my stator definitely is ok and putting out tons of voltage on each leg. Better than 40V at a tich above idle and close to 90v at 5000:D. The connector was definitely part of the problem and it helps when you set the multimeter to the right scale when checking the stator....dooh:o.

There is likely still an issue still with the R/R as the charging voltage is still high just above idle (14.8V) but drops to 14.1v or so at about 3500 up to and beyond 5000 rpm. I'm thinking of trying out one of the Honda ones to see if it changes anything.

I was going to change out the fuse block as well but I'll wait on that until I swap the R/R.

Things are looking up and don't seem so grim:dancing:

Thank s for all the interest and input folks as always it helps to keep you on track.

Cheers,
Spyug
 
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