Alternator failure
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:15 pm
Hi everybody
My 2015 RTLC has reached 115 000 km and encountered a sudden loss of onboard voltage. It has fallen from 14V to less than 12,2 V and going down. By the time I got home, it reached 10,8V, with the battery alarm first orange then red. I charged the battery overnight, but the problem remained.
This was the original battery, so I got a new one. Same thing.
I suspected the voltage regulator, so I changed it. Useless.
I started the engine with the alternator plug off, and tested the voltage between the 3 wires. 15 to 25 volts on 2 pairs, nothing on the last pair.
Seems like a coil is cut off :ownzed:
I've found the stator on the RM-Stator Europe.
Has anyone suffered this kind of failure??
I fear I have to pull the engine off the bike to access the alternator ...
My 2015 RTLC has reached 115 000 km and encountered a sudden loss of onboard voltage. It has fallen from 14V to less than 12,2 V and going down. By the time I got home, it reached 10,8V, with the battery alarm first orange then red. I charged the battery overnight, but the problem remained.
This was the original battery, so I got a new one. Same thing.
I suspected the voltage regulator, so I changed it. Useless.
I started the engine with the alternator plug off, and tested the voltage between the 3 wires. 15 to 25 volts on 2 pairs, nothing on the last pair.
Seems like a coil is cut off :ownzed:
I've found the stator on the RM-Stator Europe.
Has anyone suffered this kind of failure??
I fear I have to pull the engine off the bike to access the alternator ...