two dealers have flat told me. no warranty on electrical parts. 2nd HD battery and 2nd HD volt reg in 1 1/2 to 2 years. after market has 12 months warranty. ( and cheaper to boot) OE none. and they wonder why go else where. unreal.

 

Interesting....it's epidemic.

 

Nahhh I dont think so....interesting that HD would do a campaign (recall) on voltage regulators they dont warranty, and how folks had bad ones replaced under warranty before the campaign came out.

My BS meter is going off big time on this one.

 

You have some hot wires that have rubbed and are going to ground. Bet if you check it's the stator. Easy check with a volt/ ohm meter on the three wires coming from it to the regulator. What is your year and make?

 

Agreed, had my voltage reg go bad on my 2010 EGC at about 1.5 years. Dealer replaced regulator and battery.

 

This must be after warranty on bike expired.

 

it is common in the "parts world" car and bike that electrical parts do not carry a warranty ( esp if installed by owner/hobbiest).

because amateurs have a way of mis-diagnosing faults, or hooking up things on such a way that other components are damaged.

the charging system is fragile- it can be over-stressed by running a discharged battery or by jumping another vehicle, or hooking up too many accessories or by doing it wrong. or as mentioned above a rubbed wire.

the battery needs to be taken care of and kept charged and in good shape or it can destroy the charging system

there are so many intangibles it is up to the owner to make sure that everything is maintained.

there are a number of checks ( easily found here at the forums) which can determine faults within the charging system, rather than "just replacing parts"

Mike

 

Impossible! These things are supposed to last forever!

 

Just think, if this were to happen at Hoover dam.

 

...hoover dam flows cool water, not a hot oil bath.

The heat will eventually destroy the stator/wiring.

still a better system than the gear driven generator which preceded it.

I've been real lucky, the 88 FXRp has original stator at 77,000 and the '95 FLHTC made it to 78,000 miles

Mike