I was at the local Pick and Pull and found an alternator in a Subaru Justy. It seemed very small and compact, I looked it up on Autozone and here it is: https://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/ ... 3521_4677_
What do you think?
What do you think?
Oldwrench, I agree with you but as a member of Steve Saunders Forum & the GL1200 site(+8 others) as well as here for many years & having read thousands of posts about the alt conversion, I have never heard anyone ever mention about overcharging. Some of the chaps over there have had the conversion done for better than ten years with no problems. I have heard all the what if's about an external alt such as water damage, damage to the crank shaft due to side pressure, Sand & or water entering the timing belt covers due to hole drilled for pulley & on & on & on, with nothing after 10 of thousand of miles. Hope this clears things up for you. Cheers Angela aka fysty-1 :yahoo:[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102519#p102519:vp23f8as said:OldWrench » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:27 am[/url]":vp23f8as]
I can kind of understand the desire for an alternator. Maybe this has already been addressed; if it has I hadn't seen it. Putting a 55amp alternator on to charge a motorcycle battery seems like a mismatch to me. The internal voltage regulators in most modern automotive alternators are designed to charge an automotive battery, meaning a battery with a much higher amp ratting than our motorcycle batteries. If you overcharge a battery you can easily destroy the battery or explode it, happens quite frequently. Signs of a battery being over charged are excessive heat, and case swelling. Once the battery gasses are exposed to oxygen you have the makings of a bomb, all it takes is a spark to set it off. What most people don’t realize is even AGM batteries will vent if over heated.
If for some reason your battery got run down and your alternator went into a full rate of charge mode I think you could easily overheat the battery.
We have had a couple of truck led acid batteries explode in our shop, mainly due to somebody doing something stupid, but lets face it, things happen.
cleaned up this pix for a better view[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102510#p102510:3k3ovj39 said:oldmopars » Fri Nov 08, 2013 9:00 am[/url]":3k3ovj39]
OK, I went back out and took some pictures of the progress I have made. As you view these you will see that there are a few things missing from the bike. I am also doing a valve job at the same time and the head is missing the cam and other parts, but is bolted on enough to allow fitting of the Alternator and bracket.
This is the bracket in its raw form. I modified the original motor mount and added a mount for the
Ain't it da trut! :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :yahoo:[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102545#p102545:17svcbx9 said:Ansimp » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:09 pm[/url]":17svcbx9]
The Boss is always right? :smilie_happy: That's why I am a sole trader but it is hard kicking your own a$$ when there is a stuff up.
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