Changing rectifier

[ghulst]

I am taking delivery of a Tiger which probably has a shot rectifier. I've already gotten one from a breaker, as it was too good a deal to pass up. Anyway, are there any how-to's on the subject? Just wondering whether I need to take the whole thing apart, or whether I can get away with just loosening up the radiator to wriggle it in.

(By the way, I did read up on the air filter change and it seems not much has changed since the steamer... It still is a heck of a lot of work.  )

[London_Phil]

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If I remember, loosening the radiator mounts and allowing it to drop forward should give you enough room, but please check before you do, I'm not always right, unlike my better half....

[ghulst]

I'm not always right, unlike my better half....

[Lee337]

Pinched from another forum...

My Missus says I only have two faults.

1. I don't listen
2. some other stuff she was rabbiting on about.

[London_Phil]

Going well off topic now...but ask Nick about the dept of double standards.....

[ghulst]

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On topic, I did do that. (https://www.tiger800.co.uk/index.php/topic,26711.0.html)

(Edited to add url.)

[ghulst]

Just to update the thread...

Pulled apart half the front end of the Tiger 800XC today, changed the rectifier by pulling the radiator aside etc. and fixed the bike. :)

[London_Phil]

Nice One..

[ghulst]

It has turned out to be a nice beast.

[Sin_Tiger]

I did like mine, much closer to the Steamer and the XC seemed to handle better than the cast wheel variants, I was told much the same by one of the Triumph development guys during a factory visit back in 2013.

A bargain is hard to pass up when you have spanners doing nothing in the garage 

[ghulst]

As I've updated the boards, I have decided I might as well open a new topic on this bike and tell the whole story.