2004 Suzuki Eiger 400 - Battery/Electrical Problems

[Fourwhels]

I have a 2004 eigar 400 4x4. I am having trouble finding out why the battery will not stay charged. I have tried two new battery's. I can charge the battery and the quad will start but after it has ran for a while the battery goes dead. hit the starter and all it will do is cleck. while it is running with low battery you turn on the lights and it kill's the motor.

any ideas, I would love to get it running.

[oxidized_black]

definately electrical, i'm thinking the stators pick up coil and/or stator too .... anyone else here ?

[oxidized_black]

i don't think a voltage regulator would do this, but the stator produces the charge back to the battery and power to everything else. just my guess ....

[Mudflap64]

I'd say a bad stator or bad connection coming from the stator. Fire it up & see what the voltage reading is @ the battery, should be around 14.4 volts. Next check voltage output @ the stator connector with the engine running. Doing a continuity test on the stator wold be a good idea as well, with the engine off.

[Fourwhels]

I was told it was a short somewhere because it cooked all the acid out of the battery. So I am thinking of tracing all the groung and positive lines.

[Mudflap64]

Checking all the connections would be a good idea, BUT....if you've boiled out a few batteries I'd definately be looking @ the regulator. It sounds like it's overcharging. Checking the out-put voltage @ the stator and @ the battery would help to figure it out. Looking past what you where "told", without checking it you are just taking stabs into the dark. Boiling out batteries tells me it is ovvercharging by quite a bit!! ( some stators output as much as 36v, that's WAY too much for a 12v system!)

[Fourwhels]

I have done the tests and I need to replace the stator, does anybody know of where the best place to get a replacement. Thanks

[Mudflap64]

Try checking here. Ronnie's Mail Order for atv parts, atv tires, snowmobile, watercraft and motorcycle featuring an OEM microfiche parts finder.

[Fourwhels]

Does anybody know if you can clean up the stator on a suzuki eigar 400. I have been told that the oil can put a glaze on the contacts and that can cause the stator to not work.