removing alternator rotor

[haunter]

any suggestions?  I cannot get it to budge!

[Lucky]

did you read the procedure on my site? http://www.xz550.com/starterclutch.html
Particuarly step #6. get a big freakin hammer..
serously a big hammer & bigger cahonies.  you gotta go Tool Time on that sucker

--Lucky

[haunter]

got'er

thanks lucky


my pop decided a good addition to our tool set was a wheel puller, and that took her right off

[Glyn]

Harmonic balanced puller, lots of heat from a heat gun, lots of time and - a big hammer. Keep something between you and the rotor, or keep out of it's way, mine flew off like an ICBM.

[Tdub]

Pretty much covers it!

[haunter]

Harmonic balanced puller, lots of heat from a heat gun, lots of time and - a big hammer. Keep something between you and the rotor, or keep out of it's way, mine flew off like an ICBM.

I'm glad mine didn't or it would have nailed the door on a 99 Camaro SS that my dad and I have put a good 40 hours into, its his baby, I think I would have been dead :-X

[YellowJacket!]

You don't even want to know what trying to blow a stuck caliper piston out with compressed air will do.... been there, done that.  A couple degrees in the opposite direction and I would not be typing this.  :o

David

[ps2/bikevision]

i remember that post. that was some funny stuff. i had fun with the two ive had to pull. the first was with an impact gun and the other a hammer and wrench. oh how i dont releish doing it again

[louthepou]

I'm about to do just what haunter did. I do have a question.

I have a puller, and the big bolt that's going to push on the shaft has a beveled end. The hole in the shaft is also beveled. Is there a chance the thread wil be damaged? Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for your tips...

And I hope it's going to be as smooth as with Haunter's!

Lou

[haunter]

I'm about to do just what haunter did. I do have a question.

I have a puller, and the big bolt that's going to push on the shaft has a beveled end. The hole in the shaft is also beveled. Is there a chance the thread wil be damaged? Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for your tips...

And I hope it's going to be as smooth as with Haunter's!

Lou

my vote goes to most likely not, mine was slightly angled in as well to ensure tha tit fits multiple holes I am sure.......

I have an OEM Equipment one purchased from autozone

[h2olawyer]

My Harbor Freight special with a tapered end didn't hurt anything.  I used a pneumatic impact wrench & never even needed the big hammer.  It came free with hardly any resistance at all.  I know it was factory tight as nobody had been that far into the engine before.  Investing in a compressor & air tools was one of the more intelligent things I've done in a long time.

H₂O

[Night Vision]

I have a puller, and the big bolt that's going to push on the shaft has a beveled end. The hole in the shaft is also beveled. Is there a chance the thread wil be damaged? Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for your tips...

"you feelin lucky? there's a nice thread here about someone who messed their up

I used a spare bolt threaded into the crankshaft and pushed against that. If your puller has a pointed end, drill a shallow dimple in the sacrificial bolt. My sears one came with both a point and a flat foot.

You may need to get longer bolts for the puller. Grade 8

do not tighten the bolts too far into the flywheel or you'll bend the tin on the starter clutch.

[louthepou]

Well, I'll be damned, I removed my first rotor! (Hard to believe...)

:)

Lou

[Night Vision]

good job Lou! it is hard to believe with all your bikes (2?) and miles that that was your first stator. apparently without any problems too.

was it crispy?

[louthepou]

Well, reality is sometimes more complicated!  :D

Red Vision (Cafe Racer): bought used in 1987.
1st engine, dead tie-rod. Original owner probably didn't believe in good quality oil. Found replacement engine in a used bike parts place. (around 1989)
2nd engine, dead crank bearings (really. Turned to filing.) (around 1995?). Let's just say that these were the years of running very seriously and paying lots of fines. Ah, the joys of learning. Found a third engine from a donor bike I bought for $100, low milage.
That 3rd engine: been running fine since, and stator is not burnt yet. But output isn't as high as I would like it... so likely on its way out. Starter clutch is just fine, though. The milage has to be over 30,000 miles on that one for sure.

Yellow Vision: been working on it for two years. Only things left: revamp starter clutch and change stator. The stator doesn't look toasted yet, but isn't giving anything; got a few spare side covers, so just swapping it while I'm doing the starter clutch. That bike is the result of a merge between an 83 with a busted engine and an 82 in better shape I bought together two years ago.

New spare bike (got it last week): probably good engine (need to clean the carbs first to get it started).

Other spare engine from another, grey donor bike (three years ago): stored, running fine.

Other engine from a (burgundy) donor bike acquired last year: Unknown. But it is now missing a left side cover... that's going in the yellow bike!

I can only remember two more engines, one that went to the scrap yard and one that I shipped.

Geez, that means I bought something like six or seven Visions. It's worst than I thought.

Lou

[Night Vision]

Geez, that means I bought something like six or seven Visions. It's worst than I thought.

whoa.. reality checks can suck... I don't think so in this case :D