Curvy Stator Issues. Bike cuts out

[R1ffR4ff]

Test the Spark plug caps.Brand new they should read 5k ohms.Anyhing North of 8k ohms and I replace them.

[ChrisF]

Oh the caps themselves. Hadn't thought of that.

Many thanks.

Would these going, however, make me lose all electrics before cutting out?

[R1ffR4ff]

I had a faulty plug cap that limited the Bike to around 5,000 revs/60 Mph on an old Honda :O

[johnnyrod]

It's not the relay I'm referring to, but the plug on the wiring that takes off the relay:
IMG_20110427_161807 by Richard Orrick, on Flickr
On mine, the main pin had obviously got hot and the plug started to deform, so while riding it was losing the connection until in the end it gave up. Even when I took it off it didn't look bad, but I knew it was the problem because waggling it changed things, but on closer inspection you could see the plug wasn't right. It's worth a look, my bike is 1999 and had covered over 40k miles by that point.

[ChrisF]

Originally Posted by johnnyrod

It's not the relay I'm referring to, but the plug on the wiring that takes off the relay:
IMG_20110427_161807 by Richard Orrick, on Flickr
On mine, the main pin had obviously got hot and the plug started to deform, so while riding it was losing the connection until in the end it gave up. Even when I took it off it didn't look bad, but I knew it was the problem because waggling it changed things, but on closer inspection you could see the plug wasn't right. It's worth a look, my bike is 1999 and had covered over 40k miles by that point.

I will take a closer look. I have noticed before that one of the pins sat slightly deeper than the other like it had moved, but not enough in my opinion to lose contact. I also disregarded this because my problem isn't with starting (initially anyway).

Could you recommend a place to buy a replacement plug?

[ChrisF]

So I rebuilt today. Put in some new iridium plugs. Battery charged (also did a current leak check before connecting negative terminal to check for shorts, all was good). She started up fine, but I quickly turned off as my NEW rr was heating up and starting to melt. So I am back to thinking my issue lies on the stator side of thing. Either the stator itself, or the wiring upto it. Possible cause of the overheat could be the stator over volting right?

[R1ffR4ff]

Good diagnostic page here,

https://www.triumphrat.net/speed-tri...r-upgrade.html

[glang]

very difficult to see how a stator can produce too high a voltage unless it gets more coils of wire, spins faster or has stronger magnets!
Think the overheating R/R can only be down to the something drawing a lot of current on the DC side or the R/R having a poor connection locally and the high resistance is generating the heat.....

[ChrisF]

Yeah I was thinking more along the lines of back emf with regards to over volting.

Just out of curiosity, after hours of searching about dodgy stator, I can find no mention of inspecting the metal contacts at the end of the winding "rods". People only seem to go by what the windings themselves actually look like. My metal contacts do look extremely worn so I'm wondering if this could be an issue?

[glang]

cant visualise the winding rods you mention as I thought the stator came in a unit with the three wires already connected so that the whole thing just bolts into place and the connector on the wires plugs into the bike one. Im still going with the connection to the R/R having a high resistance and overheating....