what would cause stator wires to melt?

my stator wires got so hot they fused together. anyone have any ideas what caused this? i already checked the output at the battery, and its sitting steady at 14 volts.

Are you saying the battery is showing 14 volts with everything off or with it running even with the wires meted together??

I would check the ground wire for the voltage regulator, the regulator tranfers the over voltage from the alternator directly to the ground. If that wire is not making good contact it will send the excess to the battery instead and toast it.

Or, if one of the stator wires gets grounded that will toast the stator. Do the stator tests in the manual and see if that is the problem.

Post edited by: The Milkman, at: 2007/05/17 09:25

no, i fixed the fused wires, and im getting 14 volts with the bike running.

just an update, both voltage regulator, and stator have been tested and are functioning as they should be.

Dirty connections will heat the wires such that the insulation will melt near a connector.

The 1st time I rehooked my stator back into my harness, I didn't plug them in far enough :blush:...must have shorted to the frame or together, but they fried back to the stator.:whistle: