Yeah, the two brushes on the alternator that recharge the battery... Everything I've found calls them 'alternator brushes'...but no one says anything about disconnecting the battery to replace them...
Yes, they look like the #5 brushes on the starter motor... As you can tell, I'm a noob at my bike's electrical system... My battery wasn't recharging properly, so I installed a new battery and it still wasn't recharging properly... I was then informed that these brushes wear down over time and can cause that to happen... Is this correct???
LOL Get and read, then re-read a manual. Maybe the battery, alternator, regulator, wiring and or connections but not your starter or the "brushes".
So my battery not recharging has nothing to do with those brushes... Great... What a royal waste of time... I'm getting seriously sick of this BS... I can't get my bike fixed because the only shop near me decided to turn into A-Holes and not to do repairs on bikes older than 15 years... I had the manual and you need to be a mechanic to make sense of it... Time to get rid of this headache...
Take an aspirin for the headache, read that manual, post questions to this forum in the morning.
I've used that before, that's a good place for info.
Good advise... My own fault for listening to a knucklehead who didn't have a clue... I don't have that monster manual anymore, but I'm sure that I can get another one easy enough... On the positive side, this situation is forcing me to learn the mechanics of my bike and how to do repairs myself...which will save me alot of $$$...
Yes, that's what I"m going to do...
Thank you for posting this...
Thank you... I realize that I really need to learn how to work on my bike myself... I did replace the header pipes on it without removing the rest of the exhaust system... Took me three tries and destroying a bunch of those brittle gaskets...but I finally got it... Lol...
Thank you for that link... Awesome...
