Regulator / Rectifier
 

Can anyone tell me if Yamaha use the same Regulator / Rectifier on the XT660 R / XT660Z and the XT660X ?

Thanks Dazzer

Dazzer, the rectifier on the Z is not the same as the others. The pins in the reg are very small , the X / R ones are about 5mm as per normal connectors.
If I was going to do the trip that you are planning I would mod the existing reg as Stoic bloke did on his and use another rectifier, ie cut off the end and solder the leads of another on. I cannot remember which one it was but I think that it's another Yammie one but with the wires going into the actual unit itself, so should have a bit more length to play with.
I personally feel that there may be enough length in the loom to unravel it from the strapping and mount it underneath the bottom of the steering stem. That's what I'm going to investigate anyhow. Have a search on the reg / rectifier threads to see Stoics mod.

Cheers.

Found it............
hi, the regulator failure's a bit of a bummer, but not a hard one to sort out. mine did not fail, i just did not want to left stranded with a flat battery and an edc light on!

about 20,000 miles ago i replaced mine with a more suitable unit off a yamaha fazer 600, secondhand on ebay i gave �14 all in.

it has 5 wires; black, red & 3 whites. cut off the inferior connector and connect with corresponding colours, the whites [generator phases] are non specific to the regulator [any order]. now my connector probably is the weak link, perhaps in the future i will hard wire to the loom, soldering & heat shrinking to create a perfect join. if a failure happens just resolder and seal

because the 'new' reg has about 8'' of loom it's easy to point the wires down to stop any water ingress, secure the loom out of harms way. the reg needs a slight adjustment to align the holes, better to ream out the mounting plate wih a drill etc and jobs done. now start the bike, check the battery voltage, should be above 13v with a voltmeter. any probs give me a shout.
bernard

reg with removable connector

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...yprep013-1.jpg

Thanks for that Steve .

Darren

Here is a good post on rectifiers.

http://www.triumphrat.net/speed-triple-forum/104504-charging-system-diagnostics-rectifier-regulator-upgrade.html

Interesting stuff..........and I have fitted one of the small LED gizmos that tells me the output from the battery................before things go horribly wrong!:laughing8: