Here's something else Bob.
If you are lucky enough for it to be just the VRR, you need to inspect that wiring into the 6P VRR connector closely. Do you see any signs of overheating in the plastic? If so, it will be yellowish/brown, particularly where the larger red wire goes into the connector. That red wire carries all the current flowing from the VRR to the battery and if your bike has a number of electrical farkles on it, it can lead to peak demand from the alternator all the time, causing that wire to overheat and corrode and build up resistance in the connector. More resistance equals more heat.
In serious overheating cases, the plastic will start to melt. My belief about the large number of 28 amp stator failures we have seen over the years, lies in that fact that the 28 amp system only has about 10 amps to spare, after the stock bike's systems are supplied and farkling the bike up with extra driving lights, louder horns, heated riding gear, etc, simply burns the life out of the alternator.
If the red wire to the VRR looks burned at all, you should cut it back to clean wire (you may need to add a piece of wire to it), however, getting that spade connector out of the plastic housing requires a special tool and that spade IS a different size than the others in there and is not easy to find.
If you are lucky enough for it to be just the VRR, you need to inspect that wiring into the 6P VRR connector closely. Do you see any signs of overheating in the plastic? If so, it will be yellowish/brown, particularly where the larger red wire goes into the connector. That red wire carries all the current flowing from the VRR to the battery and if your bike has a number of electrical farkles on it, it can lead to peak demand from the alternator all the time, causing that wire to overheat and corrode and build up resistance in the connector. More resistance equals more heat.
In serious overheating cases, the plastic will start to melt. My belief about the large number of 28 amp stator failures we have seen over the years, lies in that fact that the 28 amp system only has about 10 amps to spare, after the stock bike's systems are supplied and farkling the bike up with extra driving lights, louder horns, heated riding gear, etc, simply burns the life out of the alternator.
If the red wire to the VRR looks burned at all, you should cut it back to clean wire (you may need to add a piece of wire to it), however, getting that spade connector out of the plastic housing requires a special tool and that spade IS a different size than the others in there and is not easy to find.
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