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agrady1995
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« on: March 15, 2022, 06:17:35 AM »
Got an 99' IS with an AGM battery In it. Less than 2 years old. The bike did good over the weekend, going 750 miles between Friday-Sunday. Bike gets used every day. Hit 96k miles recently. Headed to Tampa for the evening, overheat light comes on and dash goes out as I use my right blinker. Pull over and it won't Rev high. Shut it off and that was it. Wouldn't start. All fluids good. Def electrical. My buddy came and got me, no worries.

I ordered dampeners and a brush set.. I was told that since on my road trip it was ok (weak to start once or twice) that it was probably doing intermittent connection as the brushes were just barely touching.

Middle bolt is galding so I might helicoil it but I have brushes, dampeners, and a new alt coming (old bike with 20k miles).

What do you all think
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Earl43P
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2022, 10:02:07 AM »
I replaced my brushes at 96k miles or so, going strong 10k miles later.
Cheap and doable if you are careful and can solder.

Mine were pigtail-length limited, so make the new brush pigtails slightly longer for more longevity.
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Ghostrdr
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2022, 04:41:48 PM »
 Smiley Nobody hates you, I'm a cynical old guy, Democrat, and broke too. Keep posting with your alternator progress. If you have some left handed drills you might be able to get the rest of the bolt out with them. Sometimes the heat from drilling will loosen the bolt and because you are drilling in the direction that extracts the bolt it will spin out. Good Luck.
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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2022, 10:18:07 PM »
    Old tired wore out trucker and retired. Trump STILL my guy. NOT a lot of hate here bouts. Some here ARE on ignore but that is a selective thing. Mostly we just LOVE to RIDE. That's the bond the crux of What we are! RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2022, 08:50:14 AM »
""Hope you all don't hate me because i'm a cynical youth and also a democrat and poor. I know most of you old ppl are old republicans so it fits, in my mind anyway.""

And just like that he degraded a Teck post into a PaM post
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gordonv
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2022, 07:45:06 PM »
Some have just put the alt back in with those two bolts only. So far I don't recall anyone posting an issue yet.

My post on my alt repair, shows how I got the wire tail into position to solder.
http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,107156.0.html
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