Hello all. Im replacing my stator but cant so far get the engine cover off. Ive removed all the bolts and tapped the cover with a soft hammer. Maybe it has been glued on with sillicone? Is there a trick to removing the cover without damaging it? Thanks for any advice?
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Someone could have used some type of RTV in addition to or instead of a gasket. Previous owners have been known to do silly things. There are the very strong magnets of the rotor pulling on the stator that are fighting you. Pull harder. Resist the urge to use any type of prying tool that may mar the gasket surface of cover or engine case.
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Maybe you’re beyond this point, but it is possible to remove the stator cover and only spill maybe a few drops of oil if you first carefully and preferably with assistance, put the bike on its center stand and prop it up on the left side on a 2x4 (or a similar sized piece of lumber by whatever measure used in UK- stones, quids, pints, whatever
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Bigger soft hammer?1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
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I'm curious, Rich. Was that your second attempt at getting the bike to lean far enough? Maybe you just removed the right turn signal just in case it didn't work out as planned?Someone could have used some type of RTV in addition to or instead of a gasket. Previous owners have been known to do silly things. There are the very strong magnets of the rotor pulling on the stator that are fighting you. Pull harder. Resist the urge to use any type of prying tool that may mar the gasket surface of cover or engine case.
top tip:
Maybe you’re beyond this point, but it is possible to remove the stator cover and only spill maybe a few drops of oil if you first carefully and preferably with assistance, put the bike on its center stand and prop it up on the left side on a 2x4 (or a similar sized piece of lumber by whatever measure used in UK- stones, quids, pints, whatever)
Christopher try warming the cover up with a heat gun and just keep working your way around the cover tapping with a rubber mallet. It won't move much because of the alignment pins but eventually, hopefully, you'll hear that seal pop loose.
Good luck!
Roger
'83 GS850G Daily rider
'82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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Can't take credit for this one Roger, though it does sound like something I would do. I stole this pic from Steve when he was still active on the forum. He advised me on how to do this, now I'm passing along the tips to the next gen.Links
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Right? I'm lucky the fjr doesn't have signals on a stalk like the GS. I had it strapped to the ceiling rafters to remove the center stand. It got hot in the garage so I hit the button to open the door and, yeah, straps went bye bye. I use those foamy floor pads to kneel on so no harm done, thank God!
Any luck getting that stator cover off, Christopher ?Last edited by Burque73; 05-02-2024, 10:09 AM.Roger
'83 GS850G Daily rider
'82 GS1100GK Work in (slow) progress
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Update I got it off with some heat and gentle soft hammering thanks for the advice
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