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Message started by drulg on 07/08/11 at 07:22:27

Title: Fuse shorted out!
Post by drulg on 07/08/11 at 07:22:27

Here's the background of the issue, yesterday I removed my OEM rear fender and replace it with a front fender out of a Yamaha Stratoliner, after cutting and drilling I made it work, I re-bolted the rectifier on the fender and used double sided tape for the starter relay and stick it to the fender also, installed a side mount lisence plate/tail light, everything was fine, I took off for a ride and the bike was perfect until suddenly stopped, I thought it was out of gas but them I saw that there was no electric power on the bike, I checked all connections and everything was plugged, tracing wires and stuff I found out the relay fuse was shierted out, I ahd a spare in tool box and as soon as I tried to put it in it shorted out too, does anybody have any idea what can be causing this?, I dont understand why the bike was running fine after the mods but then it lost the power cause the fuse is making a short

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by papi_ocho on 07/08/11 at 07:34:21

Lift the rectifier off the fender, hold it up, replace the fuse. If all is well isolate the rectifier better. The stock fender has a pretty nice mounting point for it bushings and all. The rectifier it's self has a nice THIN coat of isolation type paint. If it rubs off the chances of shorting increase.

Goodluck

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by drulg on 07/08/11 at 09:06:57

1302130A0C000B0C630 wrote:

Thanks, I think I found the problem, when I installed the tail light an fender, some of the tail light wires got pinched between the frame and the fender and it seems that was causing the short!

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by Routy on 07/09/11 at 18:22:18

I'd bet the fused "blowed" too ! ;D

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by verslagen1 on 07/09/11 at 18:34:46

2C3D2C35333F34335C0 wrote:

I think you're all wet on this one.
My rectumfryer isn't painted, and doesn't have any plastic isolation bushings.

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by papi_ocho on 07/10/11 at 22:52:48

Mine hasn't been mounted in the stock spot since I got it home from the dealer in 06 . But I do know that the box was doing great where I had I placed until the coating rubbed off and was grounding against the fender. I ended up cutting a plastic trash can up and used a piece to isolated the box. I'll post pics of the shiny spots on the box next time I have the seat off.

Title: Re: Fuse shorted out!
Post by runrun on 07/15/11 at 02:19:15

i was also getting blown fuses when trying to start. my regulator/rectifier had been moved from stock rear fender location. as soon as i removed it from its new mounting position on my ryca battery box, problem solved.

maybe some r/r's are more susceptible to accidental grounding than others? i'm planning to remount mine with super velcro, rather than bolting it to the battery box.

thanks for the tip, papi_ocho. i would have been chasing this short forever!