Happy Friday all!
Good morning I recently went to the local car wash to give the ST a quick wash and was careful not to flood or spray the high pressure stream into the engine compartment etc..
Started the bike up no issues and drove home to dry off and detail. Upon noticing the motorcycle State of charge was low ???? *****???? I previously installed a battery/charging monitor being a previous owner of a Blackbird and current owner of a VFR and aware of the R/R stator issues and Mosfet R/R replacement and monitor replacement. Looked at all the fuses battery tested fine. Removed Tupperware and examined all of the yellow ground connectors opened and verified clean and unburned not corroded. I have the ST down to the throttle body and when we (fellow ST forum member) got the air cleaner box off noticed the rubber heat/splash shield was missing. Could this have been a contributing factor of alternator failure?? Also does anyone have a definitive way to confirm the alternator is indeed bad? I can take it out and bring to a local auto electric shop to have him test it. He is aware that it is not belt driven unit.
Good morning I recently went to the local car wash to give the ST a quick wash and was careful not to flood or spray the high pressure stream into the engine compartment etc..
Started the bike up no issues and drove home to dry off and detail. Upon noticing the motorcycle State of charge was low ???? *****???? I previously installed a battery/charging monitor being a previous owner of a Blackbird and current owner of a VFR and aware of the R/R stator issues and Mosfet R/R replacement and monitor replacement. Looked at all the fuses battery tested fine. Removed Tupperware and examined all of the yellow ground connectors opened and verified clean and unburned not corroded. I have the ST down to the throttle body and when we (fellow ST forum member) got the air cleaner box off noticed the rubber heat/splash shield was missing. Could this have been a contributing factor of alternator failure?? Also does anyone have a definitive way to confirm the alternator is indeed bad? I can take it out and bring to a local auto electric shop to have him test it. He is aware that it is not belt driven unit.