Fxr shorted out??

[Cimino289]

Hey last night I was changing the oil on my 92 fxr and spun the oil filter off when I did the stainless steel braided line the clutch cable is in touched the voltage regulator and it threw a spark and smoked the braided line this all happened in the span of 1 second. I immediately moved the line but now the bike won’t start and when you turn the key every light on the thing comes on. Do you think it just fried the regulator or what’s up. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this bike before hand.

[Justhop]

Hey last night I was changing the oil on my 92 fxr and spun the oil filter off when I did the stainless steel braided line the clutch cable is in touched the voltage regulator and it threw a spark and smoked the braided line this all happened in the span of 1 second. I immediately moved the line but now the bike won’t start and when you turn the key every light on the thing comes on. Do you think it just fried the regulator or what’s up. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this bike before hand.

Whats your definition of won't start?
Is it cranking when you push the start button?
Did you check the fuses if not?
Will it roll over with a jumper wire?

Or is it rolling over not firing?
Did you check for spark off the coils?

[Cimino289]

Originally it was not turning over. After messing with it all afternoon I was able to get it to turn over and then heard a sound like a breaker flipping and then after about a min the lights would come back on.

[Cimino289]

It has spark, and it’ll turn over like 2 times and then everything goes black

[Tattooo]

Originally it was not turning over. After messing with it all afternoon I was able to get it to turn over and then heard a sound like a breaker flipping and then after about a min the lights would come back on.

It's tripping the breaker.... It sounds to me like you still have something shorted out.....

[Tattooo]

It has spark, and it’ll turn over like 2 times and then everything goes black

How is your battery??? Is it fully charged???

[Cimino289]

Battery was fully charged I’ve taken it out searching for the short

[Tattooo]

Battery was fully charged I’ve taken it out searching for the short

You have one believe me......

[Cimino289]

Here’s a picture of where the regulator wire connects to the stator does it look like it got hot?

[Cimino289]

I’m sure I have a short just haven’t located it. I’m unsure of what would just be shorting out

[rockman96]

Have you tried taking the regulator out of the circuit to check operation?

ETA: What I mean is, isolate the regulator and then see if it will turn over and crank.

[Cimino289]

I have not

[Tattooo]

I have not

Just unplug it........

[rockman96]

At this point, you should probably put your battery on a charger for a bit to make sure it’s good and strong, and then try it.

[farmall]

If the regulator fried the cable by the regulator case being grounded to it, the regulator case had to be hot (likely bad regulator) but if it were hot it should have shorted to ground through the regulator case instead of not shorting until an outside ground conductor (the cable) touched the case. Make sure your next regulator is grounded (via case through mounting bolts).

I'd disconnect the regulator both by unplugging the alternator and by disconnecting the power lead from the regulator to circuit breaker at the breaker so the battery voltage doesn't short through the regulator case to ground.

I'd perform an alternator output test to see if stator is still OK. http://cycleelectricinc.com/Diegnosi...lternators.htm

FXRs rely on multiple grounds due to the rubber mounted drive train so inspect, disconnect and clean the connections and make sure they are good.