surfpete

For those interested I did find pulling the new wires backthrough a piece of cake - must have just been unlucky with pulling the old wiring loom out. New stator fitted - all charging as per norm - job done. Just one word of warning, I didn't pull the lower wiring loom out of the way enough and had trouble when trying to get the new stator fitting flush - you guessed it, the lower right woring loom was trapped and it was not that obvious, believe it or not, to see what was causing the problem. Pulled the new stator off, pulled the loom WELL AWAY, and getting it back was really easy. Personally didn't see the need for guide bolts but it must help if you have them. Thanks to all for your help - OKAY, next two jobs.................thermostat (oh NO!!)..... and the badly corroded oil cooler pipes on both sides. Cheers

Joy of joy - a little bit more bruteforce and ignorance and the stator cover popped off - went at one of the tabs with a very long screwdriver (18inches) in between the pipes . Thanks to all for their help. However, just spent the last hour trying to pull the old stator wires through and again I appear to be having a pig of a job - have decided to use stronger draw wire (nearly lost it trying to pull it back to where I started) - will get that smoother shape with the tape to help ease it through and a better torch so as I can see what's going on - back to it tomorrow.

Hi Rice - thanks for quick response. I'll get back onto it tomorrow (dark outside now) using with 2 super long screwdrivers I now have for the job. I did find it diffilcult to find any part srtong enough to lever it form though. One tab near the front can be accessed via the exhaust pipes but the other I have tried to lever off of the strongest part of the bike in the vicinity of the gear change. Interestingly I've just seprated the 2 side fairing and pan parts that I took off as one unit as the bottom two wellnuts were seized - the oil pipes are very corroded and the aluminium bits at and around the stator casing (eg cooling system parts) are showing signs of oxidization. Due no doubt to me using the bike all year round and no garage!! Hope this isn't part the reason I may be having problems - can't really see it as the gasket should be totally mated between the 2 ally parts and I guess corrosion should play no part in my probs? However, I'll have a crack at this tomorrow (pardon the pun) and try to prise the cover off of the dowels and break the gasket seal. Thanks again - Pete

Ok guys - at risk of sounding like a complete muppet - any clues as to how to prise the stator cover off?? All the bolts are out and I've tried to prise it off using the lugs, tried just pulling, tapped it gently with hammer and piece of wood - even tried shedding a few tears at the thought of sending it to a dealer for repair - alas, none of these have worked. I presume that the cover will not handle too much knocking so I'm running out of ideas. Any thoughts?? Cheers

Just diagnosed a faulty stator on my 2006 model (already replaced R/R and battery on AA advice!!). Can anyone advise if this model would need the rotor replaced as well as stator - obviously hope not as this would make job much easier. Also any idea of outer diameter for 2006 model - is it the 107mm or 115mm??? Cheers