GS450 melted harness

[taylormiles123]

My 450L started charging at 17.4 V at idle and cooked my harness. Need to replace my voltage regulator and harness but not in the mood to build one from scratch, is there any aftermarket suppliers of these?

[Nessism]

No aftermarket 450 harnesses. It would be pretty hard to make money on such a thing.

It's not unusual for a GS to melt down the charging system wiring, and take the harness with it. That's why the regulars around here suggest you newbies rewiring your charging system, and fix the grounds. About one hour worth of work will save a ton of hassle.

[barnbiketom]

I doubt your entire harness needs replaced.. only the 18 inches or so from bat to regulator???? I know it looks worse than it is.

strip back the tape, isolate the bad wire(S) and repair.

then install new rectifier regulator and place redundant grounds.

if all else fails, there are 39 listings right now on ebay for used harnesses

[Nessism]

It's critical to rewire the charging system to feed the stator wires directly into the R/R. Bypass the factory harness other than maybe the R/R power output feed into the fuse box.