[crazzybaby]

well looks like i am going to test out this how to this weekend. I fried mine really bad. three of the plugs are done. so i will let you know how it turns out

 

[crazzybaby]

yeah this is how not to fry your plug and voltage rectifier and plug. but now if my battery will charge i will be good to go. :woot :woot

and i did it all by myself. ROCK ON

 

[aptd]

holy crap, THATS BURNT...

Have fun with that one. :thumbup

 

[NixR6]

on either this board or the old board someone posted a part number for this exact plug from somewhere like partsfish....i will try to find it for thise of you with really badly burnt plugs.

 

[Bearsfan58]

You must really have some munchkin hands to be able to pull out the rectifier. I feel your pain though, I went through it a couple months ago. Although, I had to only replace one of the female ends..................why does this sound so much like a perverted sex post???

 

[kevinw79]

rectifier/regulator hot spot fried burnt

tools neccesary:

this just happened to me the other day.

So thats...ahhh...rectifier/regulator thing-a-ma-gig-dew-hicky.

I had to push my bike home! Luckly i was on my way home from the twisty 2-hour tour. I pushed bertha 1km home. People were driving by laughing. I couldn't see there smiles (to exhausted from pushing, to look up). One jackass said "Suck's to be you buddy!" I was pissed to say the least.
I was coming up on 15,000km and there had been zero maintance to the regulator plug. I'm now positive from all the threads on this site that due to a lack of dieelectrical grease, high rpms, hard riding, then sitting in traffic, heating up, blank speedo, turns off an on when drawing power by using brake lights turn signal, these were but a few of the symptoms.
after inspecting the plug the evidence was clear, burnt and crispy..just the way I don't like my regulator to be. Kewl I love modifactions. Magiver is my middle name. It's fun and easy when there's lots of threads and pictures. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO POSTED pictures they were very helpful...made it ano-brainer.

YAMAHA FOREVER!!!RIDE OR DIE:travghett

 

[Tommyj214]

yeah mine looked similar to crazzybabys, not as fried tho, i have an r1 rectifier on mine, the wires accuatly come out of the rectifier with a male plug at the end of the wires. vs. the r6's male plug being right on the rectifier. i then just cut off the plug on the r1 rectifier and spliced the wires (or hardwire) havent had a problem since.

 

[kevinw79]

get'er done

yeah mine looked similar to crazzybabys, not as fried tho, i have an r1 rectifier on mine, the wires accuatly come out of the rectifier with a male plug at the end of the wires. vs. the r6's male plug being right on the rectifier. i then just cut off the plug on the r1 rectifier and spliced the wires (or hardwire) havent had a problem since.

I cut out the burnt part of the plug namely the black and red. I cut them, and attached a female connector. I left the 3 white wires and the plug intact. I added some dieelectrical grease for good measure.

I tested the voltage and I'm good. The regulator is still hot as a mofo. I'm concerned. I need a relocation or cooling solution. i see the fan plan thread and the put it under the tail relocation. I want to see the 2006 where they put them.

 

[STi-R6]

the 2006 is up front by the forks.

 

[kevinw79]

the 2006 is up front by the forks.

:thumbup

can you be descriptive please. what is the regulator attached to? frame? does it have the three white wires from the stator? does the r/r still have male connections with a female plug. is in an free flowing air space. have they mounted it near a fan?

 

[chumo]

If my voltage is around 19V what could this be? I checked my plug and its perfect, no fryness, no burns at all, mint condition and really tight connection to the r/r. Would this mean that my r/r is dead? If so, is there a way to diagnose the r/r before replacing it? Thanks for your help

 

[Bat]

Hi,
Are you sure it's 19V? I'd expect you to be blowing bulbs are boiling the battery at that voltage!
Kev ... It's mounted below the headlamp about half way between the fairing and frame, under the fusebox.
Cheers,
Gavin

 

[BiGMERF]

i tried to follow the instructions but man i got to tell you that shit is hard as hell to get to. i took apart almost my whole rear end tryin to get to it..i finnally was able to get it unplugged to discover that yes my conector is fried to. i am not a genoius about this sort of stuff..i woudnt know how to replace a male female connector..so i was considering just buying the whole wiring harness and replacing it like that...the harness does come with the plug right? the actual box should be fine right? or should i replace that too? by the way its still connected i cant get to the screwa for shit

hey i just finished the procedure and after tendering the battery for 10 minutes...bang she started right up.. i let her run for like 15 minutes to finish the charging...i need to get a meter checking tool to see if the amps are steady but she is showing no signs of dropping..im gonna turn her off and wait like an hr and see what happens...before she would start and shut off and as soon as i shut her off she woudnt crank back on..until she died totally. but so far so good..i will repost after the half hr to see if she is still good.

well it restarted fine, woooohoooo... hey any guys know how can i test to see if the rectifier is fixed..to see if its charging properly

i think i may have reacted a little prematurely..i was putting her back together when i noticed that my left signal was not workin properly..so i put the bike on power only and began to track the problem, when all of a sudden it went dead not fully deadbut unable to start it dead..out of nowhere..waaaaaaa

 

[Thrak]

the bike doesnt charge at idle.. you have to ride it around.

also, if the battery was dead, or has died multiple times, you'll need to replace it, and a 10min bump on a new battery isnt enough.

 

[BiGMERF]

since its 25 degrees outside, im sure i cant ride it...lol..im gonna see if i can find a cheap meter...wont i be able to see if the charging system is working with that? shoudnt the battery level stay the same if its working properly?

 

[serpentracer]

the bike doesnt charge at idle.. you have to ride it around.

I thought we've been through this already. I proved someone else wrong before too.
:hattip

 

[BiGMERF]

so it does charge in idle..?

 

[serpentracer]

if you look at my pics one is while the bike is off. 12.88 volts. thats dead on specs.
the other pic is at idle. volts are 14.10. thats also dead on with the specs.
if my bike just happens to be different I dont know. but mine is for sure charging at idle.
now if it keeps charging at that rate after it warms up a bit I dont know.
now also since my bike is an 03 it may have to have that output for the computer and stuff. the older models might not have that kind of output at idle. but mine sure does.

 

[BiGMERF]

yeah i know, i see.ill check mines in the spring since i already shut her down for the winter

 

[freeride]

I need to check this on my '01. I always let it warm up to about 140 before I start riding, then it gets to 175 or so pretty fast. But the last few times I rode my temp would keep switching to "low" and then back to 175 or wherever it was at before it went to low. It did this while I was riding and it's never done that before. Could it be my rectifier plug frying?