2006 Harley-Davidson Fxdwgi Electrical system Problems

“While ridding rear wheel locked up and than released followed by a grinding noise that seem to come from the left side of the engine. I removed the side cover and found broken wires in the bottom of the cover. These look to be stator wires. I removed the alternator rotor and found loose bolts and a torn up stator.”

“Screws holding 2 piece rotor assembly came loose on fwy on way to work.heard a faint metallic knock on left side by primary cover. After work fired it up and headed to mechanic shop (non hd). Check engine light and battery light came on so to avoid more damage and poss accident I had aaa tow it to bike shop. They had to replace rotor,stator, volt reg and battery when stator windings shorted out. Hd extremely lucky I did not have an accident because of their faulty design/engineering/quality control issues. Really , a 3 cent screw comes undone at fwy speeds ??? …”

“Six (6) of the eight (8) internal wrenching bolts the hold the rotor section of the alternator system on my 2006 harley davidson Fxdwgi worked loose and two sheered off of the compensator drive assembly causing it to lock my rear wheel and start to send me to the side of the road due to rear wheel lock and a for sure crash into the ditch. I was however able to pull the clutch in and unlock the rear wheel thus regaining control of the motorcycle. I feel, a rider of lesser experience may well have been in a vary serious wreck ! …”

“I own a 2006 harley davidson dyna wide glide which I purchased brand new, 25 months later the stator and stator rotor went out. The stator broke away from the spring cover which was held together with 8 screws, the screws then tore up the stator. I talked to many harley davidson dealers and was told it was a bad part as the company changed the part to a new one, the new part has no more screws to hold the part onto the stator rotor, I was also told I was lucky that when it came apart that it did not lock up or I would have been thrown off the bike. …”

“The contact owns a 2006 harley davis fxdwg motorcycle. The contact stated that while driving, the contact noticed noise coming from the primary. Upon further inspection, found screws loose or imbedded into the alternator. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileage was 2,000. Updated 02-13-13 updated 02/19/2013”