No Spark

[pondtunes]

Okay, I suspect my stator has died. I have no spark, was riding shut down and wouldn't fire back up.

 

Checked Ohms between red & green wires and got nothing 0.00

 

Checked Ohms between red/white & green/white and also get nothing 0.00

 

 

Checking ohms between Red and any other wire shows various ohm ranges,

Same story with the green.

 

Wiring looks down to where they disappear into the plastic tubing.

 

Can someone verify that this is my problem, supposed to go riding/camping FRIDAY so i've got to get this fixed!!!

[pondtunes]

for what it's worth i've been wetsanding and washing the bike ALL FRIGGING DAY. I took it out for a ride down the trails, ran great.. Came back and gave it one more good wetsanding and then rode down to where my bro in law was feeding the horses. Switched it off and talked for a while, then went to kick it and had nothing. It's had a lot of water on it today.

[pondtunes]

Bump, anything else i should check? I've got to get stuff ordered TODAY running out of time! Don't have a flywheel puller so i've got to get one before I can even think about looking at the stator!

[bansheesandrider]

Bump, anything else i should check? I've got to get stuff ordered TODAY running out of time! Don't have a flywheel puller so i've got to get one before I can even think about looking at the stator!

Take your stator cover off and blow everything out with air. If your stator does not meet specs when you test it, you have found the problem. If it is just slightly out of spec it will probably still work, but if it is nowhere close it is bad. When most stators go bad they become an open circuit which should read as "OL" on the meter, if yours is reading "0", that sounds like a shorted stator and possibly something, a loose bolt perhaps, has ran through it and there should be some visible damage.

[pondtunes]

Take your stator cover off and blow everything out with air. If your stator does not meet specs when you test it, you have found the problem. If it is just slightly out of spec it will probably still work, but if it is nowhere close it is bad. When most stators go bad they become an open circuit which should read as "OL" on the meter, if yours is reading "0", that sounds like a shorted stator and possibly something, a loose bolt perhaps, has ran through it and there should be some visible damage.

 

 

Okay looking more i have an OL condition between the red & green wires which tells me my ignition coil is shot.

I also didn't get much of a reading on the lighting coils either, something like .01 ohms and when kicking it it appears to be putting out about .05 volts using the max/hold feature on my meter. After reconnecting the stator wires and turning a headlight so I could see it I don't see the lights trying to glow either when I kick it hard. This tells me the lighting coils are shot as well...

 

Do these typically both fail when a stator goes? I'm under the impression that they are two entirely different circuits on the stator.

 

My pickup coil checks out within spec.

 

 

I have a alternator/generator shop down the road from me but they won't re-wind this stator for me.. I'm seriously contemplating re-winding it myself as theres plenty of examples of stators being re-wound for more power. I'm fairly confident they will sell me magnet wire if I go ask nicely, and following the examples i've found online I should be able to tackle this little project since the ricky stators are junk and no local stealerships have one on hand.