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Steaming battery: diagnosis help needed
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<blockquote data-quote="CraigRegs" data-source="post: 1219528" data-attributes="member: 4441"><p>Decided to pull the battery tonight to take it for testing as Twigg suggested. After getting the cables and the holddown strap off, I noticed the battery seemed to be rather...oddly shaped:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z52/CraigRegs/07%20FJR/IMG_1476_zps1cpx2do7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z52/CraigRegs/07%20FJR/IMG_1475_zpsiyvuqhzy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Yep, it got PLENTY hot. The pics don't quite convey the amount of bulge on the casing. I think I'm extremely lucky that this didn't grenade.</p><p></p><p>So, I must have fried the R/R when I jumped the bike with an idling pickup truck.<img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/fool.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Fried R/R means all kinds of electrons dumped into the battery and they couldn't get out.</p><p></p><p>Plan of action:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New R/R ordered</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have a spare battery on the shelf that tested good, so that will go in</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Researching starter replacement to see if it's a job I want to tackle, because I think that's what's at the root of all this as Twigg and other suggested.</li> </ul><p>Anyone with experience replacing the starter want to offer any tips/caveats/warnings?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CraigRegs, post: 1219528, member: 4441"] Decided to pull the battery tonight to take it for testing as Twigg suggested. After getting the cables and the holddown strap off, I noticed the battery seemed to be rather...oddly shaped: [IMG]https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z52/CraigRegs/07%20FJR/IMG_1476_zps1cpx2do7.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z52/CraigRegs/07%20FJR/IMG_1475_zpsiyvuqhzy.jpg[/IMG] Yep, it got PLENTY hot. The pics don't quite convey the amount of bulge on the casing. I think I'm extremely lucky that this didn't grenade. So, I must have fried the R/R when I jumped the bike with an idling pickup truck.[IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/fool.gif[/IMG] Fried R/R means all kinds of electrons dumped into the battery and they couldn't get out. Plan of action: [LIST][*]New R/R ordered [*]I have a spare battery on the shelf that tested good, so that will go in [*]Researching starter replacement to see if it's a job I want to tackle, because I think that's what's at the root of all this as Twigg and other suggested. [/LIST] Anyone with experience replacing the starter want to offer any tips/caveats/warnings? [/QUOTE]
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