| Author | Message | ||
     Mortbike |
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 | ||
| Zac4mac |
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 | ||
| Mortbike |
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 | ||
| Baf |
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. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Baf is spot-on, mine had a tad too much... | ||
| Dannybuell |
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 |
