Well 2 things happened.
First thing was, A buddy of mine had an old stator lying around from a 2003 honda rebel. I bought it from him and thought, "there has got to be a way to make it work with my bike".
I measured both stators and saw that the newer rebel stator was 3/8" bigger. So what did I do?
I took it to the grinder.
I did knick the wire once or twice but not enough to ruin the exciter, that was the only thing I cared about at the moment.
3 hours of trying to be careful it took to shave off 3/8". But it still was barely touching the magneto.
So I took some sand paper and smoothed out the magnets just enough for it to fit.
A very tight squeeze I might add.
Second thing to do was put the cover back on and plugged it in.
Turned the key and.....
The bike caught fire! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Just kidding! I have spark!
A wave of relief washed over me. Take that honda!
Just gotta buy another stator and be extra careful with it. But it works everyone. Once it's together I'll take some photos.
First thing was, A buddy of mine had an old stator lying around from a 2003 honda rebel. I bought it from him and thought, "there has got to be a way to make it work with my bike".
I measured both stators and saw that the newer rebel stator was 3/8" bigger. So what did I do?
I took it to the grinder.
I did knick the wire once or twice but not enough to ruin the exciter, that was the only thing I cared about at the moment.
3 hours of trying to be careful it took to shave off 3/8". But it still was barely touching the magneto.
So I took some sand paper and smoothed out the magnets just enough for it to fit.
A very tight squeeze I might add.
Second thing to do was put the cover back on and plugged it in.
Turned the key and.....
The bike caught fire! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Just kidding! I have spark!
A wave of relief washed over me. Take that honda!
Just gotta buy another stator and be extra careful with it. But it works everyone. Once it's together I'll take some photos.