XT660Z electrical Shut down
 

Hi Rick

Many Thanks for the response. I think you are spot on! YAMAHA have ordered a new rectifier, connector and wiring lume for that circuit. They should have it by today, and then have it fitted. They realised that the battery was not getting charge.

This is what I suspected, but the first tme they ruled the charge out. Well at least they have it sorted now.

Thanks again for your response!!! It is appreciated!!

Marcel

Result!

For those owners out of warranty the best option is to fit a compatible rectifier that has a connector on a fly lead and fit the opposite connector on the loom.
(in good ol' courier style I just dug out the existing connector on my oem rectifier and repotted it with a fly lead).

So, do you have those flappy cardboard leg protectors like the other couriers in the 'big smoke' ?

Nah, I never said I was a propper courier!!

My friend bought two days ago Tenere 2008 with 14000 kilometres on it.
Today he wanted to go to work and battery was weak, so he barely managed to start the bike. Seller had her on charger, so low charging or bad battery was a problem already before the buy.
After a few kilometres ride today, the bike died on the road. No juice in the battery.
He got 4x long and 6x short flashes on the dashboard.

Rectifier on this bike was already changed by previous owner, but he did not put the right rectifier on it. It is from YZF or R6.
after the brake today, he measured the charging of this rectifier and it is charging close to 14V with front lights on. Connectors also are not damaged at all.


How to find the real issue here? Is it possible this rectifier is charging only occasionally? Or the problem is somewhere else?

Can someone explain what those flashes mean?
(4x long and 6x short - is that code 46?)


Thanks for help!

Code 46 is a power supply issue.

Does the bike still have the original battery? Even if not, I would still check that first.
Failing that check wiring loom/connectors between the rectifier and battery.

Same symptoms as when my rectifier blew
http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=15350
http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=15418

Hi Ni3ous, I have exactly the same issue.
Have tried replacing the recifier and the battery and had to rush off to work.
Bike died on the way home with no charge.
Think i may need to replace the connector to the recifier. Does anyone know what the kind of connector this would be and roughly how much it would cost to replace (if you know anywhere i could order it I would be greatful).

Did you manage to fix your mates bike in the end?

Cheers

Hi madbloke,

I think what you may be better to look into is an old post......

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 mate, pay day in a few days so i'll get on it. I'll let you know how it goes.
Would it be better to use the replacement rectifier I bought or go for the fazer replacement?