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Author Message   1125rz Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 11:25 am:        was wondering if stator starts failing are there any warning signs,will the charge light stay on etc?   Yugi Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 01:20 pm:        First, when one of the legs fails you will be left with one leg only. You will mention this looking at voltage indicator, and fans kick in, the voltage will drop from 13.5-14.3 volts down to 12-12.8. Also the right fan will start to engage later. First fan will engage at 171F, and the second one, instead of 183F will engage at 197F. This is with the stock ECM. With Ebr ECM it will be different.   1125rz Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 01:30 pm:        WAS ASKING CAUSE I NOTICED LATELY WILL LEAVE HOUSE FOR WORK(@17 MILES)STOP TO GET GAS & GO TO WORK(@1/2 MILE)WHEN BIKE RESTARTED WHEN GOING HO\ME THE CHARGE LIGHT COMES ON FOR @20 SECONDS THEN GOES OFF.HAVENT HAD TIME TO TEST BATTERY.   Dannybuell Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 03:05 pm:        When the yellow check engine light comes on and volts are low you have to head home or the dealer, failure is imminent.   Bextreme04 Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 05:48 pm:        check the harness relay too... cheap relay failed on mine after about 1500 miles   Brumbear Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 07:15 pm:        my bike was starting to drop to 12 volts in traffic and kick the light on when then I rev it or get out of traffic and the light turns off and voltage comes up but my bike never did this before and I have had the FIX in for 7K miles. So I popped off the fix and so far the stator has been charging 14.1 volts constant. I have not gone far though this weekend is the Headless horseman so it'll be a 3 to 400 mile day with varying traffic situations so we will see.   Dannybuell Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 - 08:00 pm:        Brumbear- "So I popped off the fix and so far the stator has been charging 14.1 volts constant" I am not charging quite that high but the bike sure got better without the harness. Some of the threads suggest this is a harness relay issue.   Brumbear Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 07:41 am:        Danny how long you been running without the FIX?   Dannybuell Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 02:45 pm:        Several thousand miles. (Message edited by dannybuell on October 18, 2011)   Brumbear Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 04:04 pm:        I thought you had said that thats good news I could use a bit!!! Thanks   Samg Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 - 07:03 pm:        Brumbear..I had the same symptoms ... Bad phase cut relay was the cause   Black Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 11:07 am:        Wow, After all this time I finally get it! Heat kills the stator. The fix lowers the heat on the stator. So disconnect the harness that lowers the heat on the stator to get a longer stator life. Who woulda thunk it?   Dannybuell Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 11:21 am:        @Black - The street response to battery lights coming on, the bike not getting enough voltage and running like poop is to disconnect the harness and 3.4 quarts of oil. To me this decision became a quantity or quality of service life argument.   Nukeblue Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 05:25 pm:        two things happened that never did before about a hundred or so miles before my stator died. 1-i pulled my clutch lever in and the bike stalled. 2-while cruising at steady 60 mph the engine hick-upped, like the ignition was turned off then back on instantly. coincidence or not, i don't know. all i know is that it never did that the first 7,000 miles of riding it.   Brumbear Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 06:57 pm:        Well with the harness fix unistalled I ran 275 miles today @ 13.7 to 14.4 volts all day?   Black Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 07:56 pm:        Well dudes, I do almost the same thing every day WITH the harness installed....to be truthful....I only did 150 miles today....one third stop and go.... in the city. Maybe that removal of the harness thing will decrease the temperature by heating everything up. Good luck!   Brumbear Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 08:19 pm:        The problem is I don't ride in traffic often and when I do the damn light comes on it was starting to happen even at lights last time out and a more than a few times this season. With the fix out it will run hotter but charge constant I really don't care when it goes it goes. I am out of warranty anyway as of Thursday and I aint letting H-D touch my bike anyway. I am gonna look into an 08 set up over the winter and be done with the problem.   Black Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 08:26 am:        I would recommend that if you are out of warranty on Thursday, that you get that bike in to a dealership on Monday and at least document your issues before the warranty expires. You will only be out a little time. Good luck!   Brumbear Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2011 - 08:55 am:        don't want the inept H-D folks touching my machine

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