eddieiroc
Scoot Newb
Posts: 1 
Location: morganton nc
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Post by eddieiroc on Dec 27, 2017 18:40:36 GMT -5
really need some help here got a zuma a few years back and have been doing modifications to it for a while due to the fact i was diagnosed 19 months ago i had cancer so iam disable at the moment and what ever extra money i had went into making my bike a lil faster then stock well i have redone the variator and rollers the clutch the exhaust new belt one small piece at a time to make it faster plus safer on the roads up here in north carolina
the problem i am having is i was rejetting my carb and modifing my air filter and in doing so i killed my battery so i hooked it up to the charger and the next morning was woke up with the smell of rotton eggs the caps blew off my battery ,so i disconnected the charger replaced the battery caps checked battery all is good what i need to know is what else would it burn up because now it wont start even with ether and its barley got a spark would the coil or whatever it is called could it be messed up
so iam pretty much stranded here in nc if someone could help i would greatly appreciate it thanks
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Post by benji on Dec 27, 2017 22:10:05 GMT -5
I would get a new battery, just cuz there cheap and that one sounds like it went thru some shit haha. Overcharging is real bad on em. Also try looking for the main fuse by the battery, you may have blown it. I believe there is a manual on this site available for download.
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Post by 'O'Verse on Dec 27, 2017 23:12:55 GMT -5
I'd also invest in a trickle charger/ tender. Harbor freight $12.  |
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 28, 2017 7:58:45 GMT -5
 I'd consider a Battery Tender Jr 12V. A little more money, but I have seen that I can trust my Battery Tenders and I've had another similar charger that was more expensive actually not charge batteries as well. I've also dropped the Tenders numerous times and so far haven't managed to break anything. Obviously try not to ever drop it, but stuff happens. At any rate, stick with chargers that do a low rate like 0.75A and use a smart charger if you're going to leave it unattended for long. I wouldn't expect that overcharging the battery should cause a hard start issue as long as your battery is indeed good now. The fuse would be the main thing I'd think could fail and if that's OK I'd think it would be fine. Are you sure it's cranking over as quickly post battery issue? How did you test the battery? Did you try a cranking test to see if it's still putting out enough power under load?
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Post by pinkscoot on Dec 28, 2017 11:33:07 GMT -5
from Winston-Salem. As they have said, sounds like you burned the battery. Apex battery has one pretty cheap, shipping is fast and affordable. Not sure how close you are to me but I might have a spare one sitting around.
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Post by lilpinny on Dec 28, 2017 23:41:56 GMT -5
If the key was off when charging you wouldn’t have had a closed circuit, so no voltage would flow through the bike.
When you over charged and got the smell you kinda messed up the battery. It’s a lot less reliable now and won’t last as long. Like Benji said, just get a new one. There is no telling what could be wrong with it.
Make sure your tender shuts off at 13.6 volts. They should charge up, reach their peak voltage and then go into a mode where they check the voltage every 20 mins or so and if needed they give the battery a little juice. If not needed, they don’t. This is so you can hook them for long periods of time and it’ll keep your battery charged if you have a parasitic drain, like an alarm system, that’ll suck juice when the bike if off. Battery tender brand tenders have this. Some other brands don’t.
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