Would like to know if the chrome rectifier trim (K53020-161) for a vulcan 800 A/B will fit a Drifter 800.
What is the rectifier trim ? Just curious.
It's the chrome trim piece that fills the gaps between the rectifier and frame.
Yes, if you can find it... its been discontinued.
I found a leather bag at a resale store for a few bucks, added a few chrome spots and mounted it over the rectifier. Original Indians always had a tool bag mounted somewhere and that area was a common place.
wouldn't that over heat the rectifier ? .... it needs air
terry
I moved the box to the front of the bike and have a chrome tool box in its spot.
You want to ensure there is air flow over the rectifier fins to keep it cool. Believe me you don't want that thing to fail... it WILL shut you down and strand you on the side of the road! I had a two day "adventure" in the middle of no place as a result of a bad rectifier on a harley.
i thought it needed air flow. did you have to add wire or just rerouted it ?
terry
On the 1500 all I needed was to reroute it. I assume its the same on the 800.
I never thought much about the air flow, but I made a bracket to mount the bag on and its about 1 1/2'' out from the rectifier so maybe thats enough air flow when your moving.
Might be enough... don't know. This is a solid state device and heat can kill it prematurely. So I'd likely consider moving it, or at least monitor the temp.
Chief,I had an issue in the fall when my stator went bad , do you think covering up the rectifier with that bag could have been related??
I wouldn't think overheating of the rectifier would have anything to do with the stator failure. I think it is more likely overheating would cause the rectifier to fail prematurely.
Over on the safety/skills board is a recall notice for a BUNCH of Suzuki bikes with bad rectifiers... it has some info about rectifiers which may be of interest.
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?topic=3883.0 (http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?topic=3883.0)
Thanks Chief, I think I'll move it to a better spot . Shows how educational reading the posts can be. The manual shows how to replace a part but riders can tell you what "may" happen.
Hey Chief ,I was looking at moving my rectifier to another spot. Its a multi wire setup, did you cut and extend the harness ? Its about 10'' long so theres not a lot of places to put it.
I rerouted and put it on the front... but that's on the 1500. I don't know if the 800 is the same.
Here's a link to the mod on the web site.
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/rectifier.html (http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/rectifier.html)