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01-03-2008 | 04:44 PM

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punishmentcycle

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

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Originally Posted by Z-UNIT

god i hope its not the plugs i hate changing those things...nah wen i put the new battery in it started n ran fine..but the battery slowly got weaker within like 2 weeks...an now its been sitting in my cold garage for 4 months..so i think a new battery n rectifier shud do the trick...i am going to check the stator plug also

i'm a certified bike mechanic and that bike had me pulling hair for 2 days

.F4I'S DO SOME FUNNY *** ****..
well it sounds like the regulator wasn't converting so that does sound like your gremlin.hit me up if your still having problems

01-03-2008 | 04:45 PM

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

not an expert. but heres what i'd check first

1.new battery(you've already got that covered)
2.check charging voltage with a multimeter on battery. at 5 or 6k it should be close to 14 volts.
3. If that is good. then most likely be the regulator/rectifier.

hope this helps

01-03-2008 | 05:14 PM

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Borne

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

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Originally Posted by punishmentcycle

dielectric grease

Bingo....:YEAH

01-03-2008 | 05:16 PM

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Borne

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

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Originally Posted by inolen

Had the same problem, I had melted that stator plug.

Does anyone know why it does that? All my connections were fine and the damn thing still melted like a ***** fugga.

01-03-2008 | 05:37 PM

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Lil Krazy

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

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Originally Posted by Borne

Does anyone know why it does that? All my connections were fine and the damn thing still melted like a ***** fugga.

Mine was fine then a week after doodles bike did it mine fucked up n iv been pop starting the bike for months now i think i might need a magneto

01-03-2008 | 05:44 PM

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punishmentcycle

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

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Originally Posted by Borne

Does anyone know why it does that? All my connections were fine and the damn thing still melted like a ***** fugga.

the regulator over heats due to high amperage....not much you can do to prevent it either.....after a while the regulator just cant handle the load and the weak point in the circuit is the plug. heat-plastic-melt-dead
battery

9hundos do it all the time.

01-17-2008 | 06:01 PM

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Z-UNIT

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Re: f4i wont hold charge

put the new rectifier on, guna go get a new battery, and sum dielectric greese..the white plug by the stator seemed to be fine no melting or corosion..one of the relays on the subframe makes a wierd clicking sound when i turn th key on..i took it off an it was all green an corroded on the inside