removing magnet basket from flywheel?

[Privateer]

so when I was shopping for a new rectifier, I notice over at CA Cycleworks the Electrosport r/r i bought has a one year warranty.  I didn't have a lot of confidence that it would be covered but I figured I wasn't out anything by asking.

I emailed CA Cycleworks who directed me to Electrosport.  Turns out Electrosport is about 10 minutes from my office.  So I worked it out with them so I could just drop it off instead of shipping it.  I stopped by today after work, expecting to drop it off and get called back, but the guy says "I'll check it right now."  Great!  Sticks a multi meter on it, i hear a bunch of short beeps followed by one long beep.  He says "something something diode something something.  Let me grab you a new one." 

Great!

Walked out 5 minutes later with a new rectifier.

[Privateer]

unmake the beast with two backsing believable that I'm going through this same bullshit again.

[Speeddog]

unmake the beast with two backsing believable that I'm going through this same bullshit again.

So you've determined what failed?

[Privateer]

I know the rectifier was fried, so after replacing it I tried to measure DC out of it.  I was getting ~13v at the battery, but when I disconnected the rectifier, from the harness and measured across the pins there I was getting like 4v.  I had my multimeter on the 'V' symbol with the straight line and the dashed line.

Clearly I'm doing something wrong, as the bike runs fine and the battery charges up OK.  What's the trick to measuring DC out of the rectifier?

[Howie]

What pins were you using?  Also, you should not run the regulator open circuit.