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Mortbike
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 09:10 pm: |
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Can those of you who have removed your OEM voltage regulators tell me if there was sufficient heat sink compound underneath the regulator? I am doing some routine maintenance and was wondering if it would help to put some Arctic Silver 5 under the regulator. I recently installed the EBR rotor and removed the HD harness fix and bike is charging fine at this time and I want to keep it that way. Thanks for your input. Mort |
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Zac4mac
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 10:56 pm: |
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Mort Arctic Silver is the best on the market, to my knowledge. If you're gonna do that, wet sand the R/R and heatsink on a glass slab to get a good face-match. The only better heat-transfer is diamond dust. Z |
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Mortbike
| Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 07:00 am: |
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Zac- When you first removed your voltage regulator, was there a sufficient amount of heat sink compound on there from the original factory installation? Thanks Mort |
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Baf
| Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:23 am: |
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There was enough on mine. Contrary to popular belief, more of that stuff is NOT better. You want a small amount, just enough to fill in the microscopic cracks/gaps/etc. |
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Zac4mac
| Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 08:50 am: |
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Baf is spot-on, mine had a tad too much... |
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Dannybuell
| Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 - 09:13 am: |
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Zac4mac - I just learned something cool,"wet sand the R/R and heatsink on a glass slab to get a good face-match." THX dannybuell |
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