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Starting issue

  • Thread starter Thread starter kylemanley1
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Whatever you do ,be careful putting that wire clamp/guard back on- no pinching or magnet wire might ground out on stator cover either now or later when it gets toasty.
 
That looks like it's abraded right where the guard takes the sharp bend. My bet is it occurred while installing the stator. Probably pinched between the guard and the stator cover. If it were me, I'd try to put a little solder on those broken wire ends and then wrap the one wire with insulating tape and then put shrink wrap around the entire bundle. Really, the only reason for the insulating tape is just in case you have a nick in any of the other wires. Don't want any arcing between poles.

Once you install it into the stator cover, I'd verify that all poles are not grounded to the stator cover and that you still have .8 ohms from each leg to leg.
 
Yep; there's very little clearance for wiring routing error when the stator is in and the casing is bolted up. It's caught out more than one over the years - it seems there's plenty of room, but there isn't, not really.
 
JTGS850GL said:
That looks like it's abraded right where the guard takes the sharp bend. My bet is it occurred while installing the stator. Probably pinched between the guard and the stator cover. If it were me, I'd try to put a little solder on those broken wire ends and then wrap the one wire with insulating tape and then put shrink wrap around the entire bundle. Really, the only reason for the insulating tape is just in case you have a nick in any of the other wires. Don't want any arcing between poles.

Once you install it into the stator cover, I'd verify that all poles are not grounded to the stator cover and that you still have .8 ohms from each leg to leg.
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I really think that's exactly what happend, it really gets pinched there on that sharp bend and there is so little space for the wires to fit through under that little space between cover and that screw down gaurd. I did my best to solder the cut and taped it up, installed it in the cover and measured leg to leg and got .9 ohms. I'm not totally satisfied with solder\ tape job I did. Probably the worst place I could have a week spot
 
Ended up installing a caltric R/R for a 550 in there and charging fine now
 
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