Hey Buddy, I cant tell you how much this video helped me. I am not a new rider but learning to do all the wrenching myself. One thing the last owner did was used phillips screws on the pickup coil mount. STUPID!! Stripped both and the bracket to hold the wires down. Had to vice grip two of them out and broke the head off of one of them. Drilled it out with an M5 and rethreaded with an M6 tap. So far so good. Thank you!
Hey Buddy, thank you the encouragement. Much appreciated. These bikes are really pretty easy to work on. I am planning on making a video on replacing the headlight bulb, but (like you found out) used a very soft slotted screw and it rounded off. It’s recessed so I can’t get vice grips. Will need to drill and maybe get an easy out to remove it. Or. Heli-coil here I come. I’ll probably add the drilling out part and showing what not to do. lol. Thanks for watching. Stay tuned for more.
No spark. Just continued to crank. Test your ignition coils under the tank. Ohms resistance should be 3.6 to 4.8 ohm at about 68 degrees. Would be slightly higher is hot weather like 3.8-5.0 maybe. As long as you’re within that range the coils are good. I smoked my regulator on the front of the frame by jump starting the bike from a running car. Lesson learned.
If your ignition coil ohms at 3.8 to 4.5 or 4.6 (going by memory, your coil back is good. I would check fuses, but if the coil is good, I would check into changing the stator. When the original stator failed, the bike was getting harder and harder to start.
Not anything I can think of, but if you have no spark, I would check the ignition coils. Should ohm around 3.8 to 4.6 (going by memory) at about 70 degrees. The ignition coils are under the tank. Make sure to unplug them when testing. On a side note, I ruined my regulator rectifier (the heat sink item on the front of the frame behind the front tire) by jumping the bike from a running car. Was told the cars voltage was too high. Not sure if that was true, but it wouldn’t start after that. I changed the rectifier and it ran. I’ll try to make a video of testing the ignition coils and regulator rectifier
@susanwillis1143, I did not. My friend that rides motorcross suggested using Yamabond 4. I was skeptical, but he said put a light coating on both surfaces and reassemble. 350 miles later in 90+ degree heat and no leaks. Seems to have worked.
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Great video!
Attention to detail probably the best I’ve seen within the “RUclips Mechanic” genere.
Cheers!
Thank you. Much appreciated
Hey Buddy, I cant tell you how much this video helped me. I am not a new rider but learning to do all the wrenching myself. One thing the last owner did was used phillips screws on the pickup coil mount. STUPID!! Stripped both and the bracket to hold the wires down. Had to vice grip two of them out and broke the head off of one of them. Drilled it out with an M5 and rethreaded with an M6 tap. So far so good. Thank you!
Hey Buddy, thank you the encouragement. Much appreciated. These bikes are really pretty easy to work on. I am planning on making a video on replacing the headlight bulb, but (like you found out) used a very soft slotted screw and it rounded off. It’s recessed so I can’t get vice grips. Will need to drill and maybe get an easy out to remove it. Or. Heli-coil here I come. I’ll probably add the drilling out part and showing what not to do. lol. Thanks for watching. Stay tuned for more.
I WATCHED 7 VIDEOS NOT ONE WAS AS DETAILED AS THIS ONE ALL THE OTHERS LEFT ME SCATCHING MY HEAD
Thank you. I appreciate that. I am going to make a video on checking the ignition coils soon.
Thank you for this video
Thank you.!!!!
What brand or website did you get it from?
Here is the site from Amazon. Caltric Stator and Gasket Compatible with Yamaha Xvs650 Xvs-650 V-Star 650 Midnight Custom 2005-2010
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Caltric Stator and Gasket Compatible with Yamaha Xvs650 Xvs-650 V-Star 650 Midnight Custom 2005-2010
a.co/d/h5bgJj5
Great help this video! May I ask what were your symptoms? I have no sparks...
No spark. Just continued to crank. Test your ignition coils under the tank. Ohms resistance should be 3.6 to 4.8 ohm at about 68 degrees. Would be slightly higher is hot weather like 3.8-5.0 maybe. As long as you’re within that range the coils are good. I smoked my regulator on the front of the frame by jump starting the bike from a running car. Lesson learned.
So I am having trouble with one coil, not getting spark. I change the coil to the other one in A. Head spark, so would that mean that my stater is bad
If your ignition coil ohms at 3.8 to 4.5 or 4.6 (going by memory, your coil back is good. I would check fuses, but if the coil is good, I would check into changing the stator. When the original stator failed, the bike was getting harder and harder to start.
Is there any way to tell if the stator is bad, visually?
Not anything I can think of, but if you have no spark, I would check the ignition coils. Should ohm around 3.8 to 4.6 (going by memory) at about 70 degrees. The ignition coils are under the tank. Make sure to unplug them when testing. On a side note, I ruined my regulator rectifier (the heat sink item on the front of the frame behind the front tire) by jumping the bike from a running car. Was told the cars voltage was too high. Not sure if that was true, but it wouldn’t start after that. I changed the rectifier and it ran. I’ll try to make a video of testing the ignition coils and regulator rectifier
Did you put a gasket on the stator cover?
@susanwillis1143, I did not. My friend that rides motorcross suggested using Yamabond 4. I was skeptical, but he said put a light coating on both surfaces and reassemble. 350 miles later in 90+ degree heat and no leaks. Seems to have worked.