Electrical - Suzuki GSF600Y 2000 Service Manual

7-8 SERVICING INFORMATION
Complaint
Brake drags.

ELECTRICAL

Complaint
No sparking or poor
sparking.
Spark plug is wet or
quickly becomes fouled
with carbon.
Spark plug quickly
becomes fouled with oil
or carbon.
Spark plug electrodes
overheat or burn.
Generator does not
charge.
Generator charges but
charging rate is below
the specifications.
Generator overcharges.
Unstable charging.
Starter button does not
work.
Symptom and possible causes
1. Rusty part.
2. Insufficient brake lever or brake pedal pivot
lubrication.
Symptom and possible causes
1. Defective ignition coil.
2. Defective spark plug.
3. Defective signal generator.
4. Defective ignitor.
1. Excessively rich air/fuel mixture.
2. Excessively high idling speed.
3. Incorrect gasoline.
4. Dirty air cleaner element.
5. Incorrect spark plug (cold type).
1. Worn piston ring.
2. Worn piston.
3. Worn cylinder.
4. Excessive valve-stem to valve-guide clearance.
5. Worn valve stem oil seal.
1. Incorrect spark plug (hot type).
2. Overheated engine.
3. Loose spark plug.
4. Excessively lean air/fuel mixture.
1. Open or short in lead wires, or loose lead connections.
2. Shorted, grounded or open generator coil.
3. Shorted or punctured IC regulator or rectifier.
1. Lead wires tend to get shorted or open-circuited or
loosely connected at terminal.
2. Grounded or open-circuited stator coils or generator.
3. Defective IC regulator or rectifier.
4. Defective battery cell plates.
1. Internal short-circuit in the battery.
2. Damaged or defective IC regulator or rectifier.
3. Poorly grounded IC regulator.
1. Lead wire insulation frayed due to vibration, resulting
in intermittent shorting.
2. Internally shorted generator.
3. Defective IC regulator or rectifier.
1. Run down battery.
2. Defective switch contact.
3. Brushes do not seat properly on the commutator in
the starter motor.
4. Defective starter relay/starter interlock switch.
Remedy
Clean and lubricate.
Lubricate.
Remedy
Replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Adjust carburetor.
Adjust carburetor.
Change.
Clean or replace.
Change to hot type spark
plug.
Replace.
Replace.
Rebore or replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Change to cold type
spark plug.
Tune-up.
Tighten.
Adjust carburetor.
Repair, replace or
connect properly.
Replace.
Replace.
Repair or tighten.
Replace.
Replace.
Replace battery.
Replace battery.
Replace.
Clean and tighten ground
connection.
Repair or replace.
Replace.
Replace.
Recharge or replace.
Replace.
Repair or replace.
Replace.