So my new R/R (Stock) was flaking out so I ordered a Mosfet from RMStator and it showed up last week. First day of my weekend I tear the plastics off and toss the new R/R on. For piece of mind I run the DRILL with the new R/R in place. 12.7v flat across the RPM range..WTF unplug the Stator harnes and I've got about .4ohm across all phases.. Ok thats not too bad.. Phase to ground check shows dead short across all phases. SOB well looks like a new stator is in the works. Grab the manual and it tells me that I have to pull the throttle body to replace the stator WTF.. Anybody have any idea why I'd have to tear the whole top of the bike apart? Doing a search shows several people have replaced them with no mention of pulling the TB and Airbox off.
maybe the wiring is routed through there or something? All you should need to do is remove the left side fairing lower. stator lives under the side case that's infront of the drive sprocket http://www.servicehondapsn.com/fich...=Motorcycles&make=Honda&year=2003&fveh=132299 also, I would go over the entire wire run from the stator to the R/R and make sure nothing is black and crispy
Well Silver(she hasn't yet earned a name fit to print) is back on the road. This is what a bad brand new stator looks like after about 300 miles when all the phases short to ground. This was a replacement OEM provided by the dealer for free because they borked the pre-purchase inspection. They ordered me up another OEM replacement it showed up with one phase shorted to ground out of the box. Metered it before I even left the counter. Being fed up with OEM quality I convinced them to order me up a Ricks it showed up on Tuesday and is now purring away happily. Voltage with the Mossfet R/R and the new stator is solid at 13.6 (idle) jumping to 14.1 at about 5k. Makes me exceptionally happy.
