2001 sxr problems

alright, now i have some sort of service manual that says the same. but what are the specs for it? (how many ohms are acceptable) i cant find them in the book it just say check it, but i cant check it if i dont no what im looking for! lol
 
They don't get hot at idle like everyone else's sled. Just seems to be the nature of the beast. Mine will seemingly only get hot after I pin it for a short stretch. Then they will get hot and work fine the rest of the ride. Maybe there is a sticky relay somewhere in my system. Maybe it's the difference between AC and DC I don't know. Just seems to be how mine work.
 
roudyroy1 said:
12 volt system right? Where the relay located? On the 2001 the power comes right from the cdi.
Click to expand...

As far as I know it's 12v. Actually not quite sure if there is even a relay. could just be through the voltage regulator. I bought a service manual with the intention of tearing into it, but thankfully, I never really needed to. Electricity isn't my thing.
I was told once that there is no juice headed to the warmers until 4000rpm. I can neither confirm, or deny this, but since engagement is around 4000, if you are moving, juice should be flowing.
Just for fun, get it up to operating temperature, and take a few good, long hard pulls across a field, or out on a lake or river or something with your warmers on high once and see what happens. Maybe go out on a ride after that. Mine usually start working fine within a couple of miles from home, My theory is that it takes a while to warm up the bars first before I feel anything in the grips. I usually end up turning them down shortly thereafter. Seems like the harder the machine works, the better the warmers work.
Could be something worn through. All the bullet connectors I found under the handlebar pad are sealed units on mine, so it seems highly unlikely that they could ever corrode. Of course anything is possible.
Let me know what you end up with. I'm still not satisfied with mine. Every other machine I've ever had, the warmers have gotten warm at idle, but this is 300W DC, and everything else I've ever had was 175W AC, so I don't know.
Like I said, electricity isn't my bag.

Good luck.
 
The weirdes part of this is I'm getting 12 volts. If I hook them up to a battery they get warm. Maybe my bars are suckng the heat out like you said. I'm gonna try expanda foam in the bars and see how that works. Maybe the rectifier? Not producing enought power and the cdi is sucking off the warmer curcit to stay at the right voltage? On the 300w system there's no resistor in line with the power to the bars. The resistors just go to the cdi. Unless the cdi if mangeled.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.


Back
Top