Reg/Rec question.

Gone a bit XS650?

 

It's nowhere near that bad - I bought it off a decent chap, don't you
know?
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(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
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It's back on.

It got better.

In summary, I rock. Go me.



The bent-nosed pliers didn't work; the narrow nosed molegrips didn't
reach.

Old Suzuki 10mm spanners don't bend, they snap.

The cutting wheel on my PikeyDremel cut the head off.[1]

It then realised that I should have undone the *other* three 8mm
bolts.

Which I then did.

The brushes were worn to stubs, and had the wires had snapped off the
mounting plates. New ones fitted easily.

Reassembled alternator, moly-greased the alternator clutch, and went
to refit it. Did I have a new bolt that was long enough to repeat the
bodge?

Yes. One. An allen bolt. With a mashed thread.

Good job I'd recently acquired a tap and die set, then.

Refitted, it started on the button, and shows a healthy-ish 13v on the
voltmeter. Previously 11v and dropping.

Apparently they take a few miles to bed-in, and CBX voltmeters are not
as reliable as they should be.

Then it got worse again, as a I noticed three bolts missing from the
header clamps. Something for next week, I think.

[1] I presume smoke from the motor housing is not exactly a *good*
thing.
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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z
|_\_____/_| ..87845../..23037.../..31893.
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG*
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11
'^' RBR Clues: 00 Pts:0000 Miles:0000