Long Time No Post
Well, it's been a couple of weeks since my last post. Why? Well, for one I was on vacation. Two, there hasn't been much to report.
A. There's no place to mount the inner stator without welding to the left case, which requires removing the motor and splitting the cases. More work that I want to get into right now. So, for now and to cut costs, I'm going ahead with the outer stator and E-series rotor install.
B. Without installing the inner stator, I had a wire loom hole on the inner cover that needed to be plugged. $28 and a trip to a weld shop and the hole was TIG welded closed. After an initial test, the plug has held and no leak.
C. With the relocated front shift shaft, I've had to cut and narrow the front shift arm, straighten the rear shift arm, relocate the clamp on the front arm, cut off the sub shaft and weld on a clamp for the rear arm, and relocate the transfer arm on the shift shaft. This has taken about three evenings with a grinder and MIG welder to accomplish. Last night I found out the transfer arm isn't long enough to clear the engine case so it will not shift. I also had to lenghten the shift transfer rod, but it looks real ugly and I'll have to have a new one made.
D. Yes, in retrospect, it would be easier to just install an aftermarket stator. But I'm too far deep in this to give up now. :-)
E. The motor is back in it's mounts, the right side floorboard and frame section are re-installed and the motor was buttoned back up for a test run.
F. My biggest concern was the ignition timing bar on the rotor. On the D model, the raised metal section on the rotor is short whereas on the E it is much longer. Photos will show this later. I was concernd that the longer bar would affect the operation of the ignition. See, the coils are triggered by the ECU, which recieves its signal from timing pickups next to the rotor. This raised bar trigers those pickups. I was initially worried when the bike wouldn't fire. However, I had the pickups plugged into the wiring harness instead of the Dyna 2000 plug. Once corrected, she fired right up.
G. Hopefully with tonights cut and weld on the transfer link, we should be ready to roll. Hopefully. Boscobel is coming too quickly!
Ride safe.
A. There's no place to mount the inner stator without welding to the left case, which requires removing the motor and splitting the cases. More work that I want to get into right now. So, for now and to cut costs, I'm going ahead with the outer stator and E-series rotor install.
B. Without installing the inner stator, I had a wire loom hole on the inner cover that needed to be plugged. $28 and a trip to a weld shop and the hole was TIG welded closed. After an initial test, the plug has held and no leak.
C. With the relocated front shift shaft, I've had to cut and narrow the front shift arm, straighten the rear shift arm, relocate the clamp on the front arm, cut off the sub shaft and weld on a clamp for the rear arm, and relocate the transfer arm on the shift shaft. This has taken about three evenings with a grinder and MIG welder to accomplish. Last night I found out the transfer arm isn't long enough to clear the engine case so it will not shift. I also had to lenghten the shift transfer rod, but it looks real ugly and I'll have to have a new one made.
D. Yes, in retrospect, it would be easier to just install an aftermarket stator. But I'm too far deep in this to give up now. :-)
E. The motor is back in it's mounts, the right side floorboard and frame section are re-installed and the motor was buttoned back up for a test run.
F. My biggest concern was the ignition timing bar on the rotor. On the D model, the raised metal section on the rotor is short whereas on the E it is much longer. Photos will show this later. I was concernd that the longer bar would affect the operation of the ignition. See, the coils are triggered by the ECU, which recieves its signal from timing pickups next to the rotor. This raised bar trigers those pickups. I was initially worried when the bike wouldn't fire. However, I had the pickups plugged into the wiring harness instead of the Dyna 2000 plug. Once corrected, she fired right up.
G. Hopefully with tonights cut and weld on the transfer link, we should be ready to roll. Hopefully. Boscobel is coming too quickly!
Ride safe.
posted by James Vierkant at 9:33 AM
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