[Mr.Mountainman]

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What are all of the tools needed to replace a stator on a 1986 1200 Aspencade? What is the best aftermarket stator to get and where? Do I need to replace the regulator thing as well?
Any advise would be great advise

 

[Bschofield]

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For what it's worth, I'm taking the advice of the forum and this weekend doing an alternator conversion. I've been running on battery alone all week. i've found i can go @ 50 miles with headlight until it starts getting weak!
anyway, i'm doing a personally built modification of the poorboy mod. I recommend it. otherwise, you need to pull the engine, and pull the rear cover. you will need 19 mm, 17mm, 12 mm, and 10 mm sockets, ideally a motorcycle stand, i have a yellow HF that works great. you will also need snap ring pliers for the clip on the drive shaft. also order a new rear gasket.
you will need to remove all of the plastic, seat, false tank.
Drain the oil and water first.

done this more times than i want to think about on my 1100... i can now do a drop in less than 2 hours

Barry

 

[roscoepc]

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Welcome to the Site! It's nice to see someone staying OEM!:coollep:



First off, get a shop manual for the Beast! The proceedure is in there and will answer alot of your questions. A set of metric sockets 1/4-3/8 drive plus wrenchecs should do you up good. I can't be more specific as I've never removed the engine which this will entail...



For the stator replacement.. glhonda has reported good luck with Rick's stators:



http://www.ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/



And if I were gonna replace the stator I'd replace the regulator at the same time with the OEM Shindengen from this site:



http://www.regulatorrectifier.com/catalog/



Contact them and ask for the Shindengen model for your bike as that's basicly the only brand that will last...



Take pic's, post them and let us know how you're doing with her!! Good Luck!!!!

 

[Mr.Mountainman]

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Ok cool. What and how do you go about doing the external alternator? I would think about it as long is was sleek enough to not look clunky.

 

[busdriver]

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Don't forget the most important tool, a credit card.

 

[Ken Bergen]

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busdriver wrote:

Don't forget the most important tool, a credit card.

And a BFH?

 

[woodbutcher]

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Mr.Mountainman wrote:

Ok cool. What and how do you go about doing the external alternator? I would think about it as long is was sleek enough to not look clunky.

Do a forum search for poorboy kit.

 

[HelpR]

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There are no special tools needed for replacing the stator with another one. These how-to articles and videos detail the tools used as the work progresses:

GL1200 Engine Removal:
http://www.goldwingfacts.com/1200engineremoval.htm

GL1200 Stator Removal (after the engine is removed):
http://www.goldwingfacts.com/1200statorreplacement.htm