Re: 79 "Boat Tail" 750K and 78 750 K
Posted by
rich on
Aug 02, 2011; 3:07am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/79-Boat-Tail-750K-tp3199246p3217763.html
My alternator rotor and puller arrived today. What luck, they both arrived on the same day. Despite the fact that it was 108 degrees outside, I went ahead and pulled the rotor and installed the new one and buttoned everything up. I was having a difficult time getting the rotor off. The puller tool is just a bolt, not the kind with hollow inside that you thread another bolt into. I could have just used the rear axle, it's the same thread. I put the bike in 5th gear and stood on the back break while tightening the puller, but eventually went for the big hammer. Two taps on the end of the puller and the rotor just fell off! What a relief.
With the new rotor on, it was only putting out about 13 volts @3000rpm so I checked my stator wires again for continuity. Found one that didn't have continuity between the other two. I pulled of the stator cover and pulled out the stator. I poked around with my meter to see if I could find where the dead wire stopped and after fiddling with it for a while I got all three wires working again. It's putting out 14.7 volts now. I'm sure it won't last, there's obviously a broken connection in there somewhere so I ebay'ed up another one. I could only get it working by rotating the stator slightly which put a little tension on the wires.
Last night I put some lower bars on. I had them left over from my dirt bikes. The cross brace was removable so I thought I'd try them out. There not quite drag bars but they only have about a 2 1/2" rise and very little pull back. They look slick but I'm not sure I'll keep them on. My wrists started to hurt after only a few minutes of riding. Of course I was wrestling the beast on a dirt/gravel road so maybe I was a little tense. I'll have to try them out on the highway and see how they feel.
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Holton, KS, US