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Signal Generator Magnets

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What type of magnets are in the signal generator on 83 model bikes with electronic advance? I need one.
 
I believe they are a "rare earth" type and be advised they are super brittle and will crack apart and disintigrate to dust with any kind of pressure.

They are different sizes on the different bikes so are not likely to be interchangeable (as they are pre-drilled to fit the screws anchoring them to the plate).

Sorry but I am not sure what you can use other than pickups from a similar bike.

Let us know what you end up doing / using.

Spyug
 
mine are brittle things not like a magnet for a hard drive at all,
pretty low strength as well.

I am sure the magnetic field would need to be close to identical if you did not want to overwhelm the igniter.

Too low a pulse and no spark. To high and the 1-4 and 2-3 pickups might cross talk.

You see these on Ebay quite often why not wait to snag a full set of coils?
 
Okay i got some dodgy photos, they are 20mmx16mm will see if i can put the pics up
 
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\mine are exactly like that.

I am looking at one now.

So the gs 550 83-86 pulse coils use the same magnet.
As even a dead coil would probably have a good magnet why not go that route?

Got a picture of the pulse coils themselves?
 
Sorry I meant pulse generator coils.

The thing the magnet sits under.
 
I edited it for you, as soon as i put that pic up i went ' der thats not it josh ' lol
 
By golly those are identical to the 83-86 gs 550 bikes!

I see ebay listings for the pistons that make them appear to be identical as well.

That may reduce your searching.
 
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I got conflicting information today, one company says its probably alnico and the other says its probably Ferrite
 
Woodsy said:
I got conflicting information today, one company says its probably alnico and the other says its probably Ferrite
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Yay for helpful advice! You stuck a wanted thread in here yet? Someone may have a spare 550 set around... actually Spyug may do after he did his funky ignition stuff to his 550...
 
Have put one up now, i just want to get this thing going, i would rather get some from a bike rather than a magnet manufacturer as i know the bike ones work.
 
I do have the set that came off my 550 but they are, unfortunately, cracked and broken. As I mentioned, they are really very brittle and when trying to remove the screws holding them to the mounting plate they got pretty beat up.

Magnets from any of the other bikes should work but getting them off in one piece is the trick. If they do break I think you could epoxy the pieces together. I did actually break the magnets on my 750 conversion plate ( trying to get the pickups off so I could re-engineer the plate) and held them back in place with very small rubber bands around their circumference. They still work fine.

Good luck with it.
Cheers,
Spyug
 
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