new aero owner, two weeks later....
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 10:50 pm
Hey Everyone...
..this would be my very first post (*newbie*) after perusing for a coupla weeks now. I'm looking for all the advice I can get on my "current" issue...
I bought a 86 nb50 that seemed decent enough; fired right up first kick, and it seemed complete minus a dead battery. I swabbed the gas tank inards, put on a new tube and tire, cleaned the carb, new plug, new air filter, a couple of oil changes, new 2 stroke oil, registered it; riding it around the neighborhood between each liitle project, never taking it out into traffic because I had no tail/brake lights or directionals. Headlight and plate light worked fine.
Now. I had had them twice, by chance, but they'd never come back after I killed the engine. So my old man told me to get a tester and check around for the culprit. I have always found wires quite intimidating and beyond my realm of understanding but one has to, at least, try to overcome these things...
What happened was this: While probing around in random order (not the right way, I know) I opened up that little rubber bag that sits down behind your left foot and found that when I touched the blue/yellow wire the light sorta flickered instead of a solid bright.. I followed the wire which led to the infamous stator. Actually, it went to that little black plastic box job which rests next to the flywheel and found that it looked as if someone had sodered the wire there (unless that is how they did it at the plant). I phoned the old man and, to him, it sounded like that'd be my trouble: the stator..
But that's not all... Checked the wire a second time the next day to find the light dim, touched the connecter and that was the moment my engine quit and remains that way.
My questions are these (for now):
1) Would my tail/break light and directionals be linked to a bad stator?
2) Did I totally fry the stator?
3) If I did, and I buy a new one, is there a chance that it was something else all together and I may fry the new one?
4) Do I need an impact wrench to take off the flywheel?
..this would be my very first post (*newbie*) after perusing for a coupla weeks now. I'm looking for all the advice I can get on my "current" issue...
I bought a 86 nb50 that seemed decent enough; fired right up first kick, and it seemed complete minus a dead battery. I swabbed the gas tank inards, put on a new tube and tire, cleaned the carb, new plug, new air filter, a couple of oil changes, new 2 stroke oil, registered it; riding it around the neighborhood between each liitle project, never taking it out into traffic because I had no tail/brake lights or directionals. Headlight and plate light worked fine.
Now. I had had them twice, by chance, but they'd never come back after I killed the engine. So my old man told me to get a tester and check around for the culprit. I have always found wires quite intimidating and beyond my realm of understanding but one has to, at least, try to overcome these things...
What happened was this: While probing around in random order (not the right way, I know) I opened up that little rubber bag that sits down behind your left foot and found that when I touched the blue/yellow wire the light sorta flickered instead of a solid bright.. I followed the wire which led to the infamous stator. Actually, it went to that little black plastic box job which rests next to the flywheel and found that it looked as if someone had sodered the wire there (unless that is how they did it at the plant). I phoned the old man and, to him, it sounded like that'd be my trouble: the stator..
But that's not all... Checked the wire a second time the next day to find the light dim, touched the connecter and that was the moment my engine quit and remains that way.
My questions are these (for now):
1) Would my tail/break light and directionals be linked to a bad stator?
2) Did I totally fry the stator?
3) If I did, and I buy a new one, is there a chance that it was something else all together and I may fry the new one?
4) Do I need an impact wrench to take off the flywheel?
