Anyone cleaned their stator - 09 te510?

Next oil change I'm going to pull out 2 clutch springs - so I might as well pop the other cover as well and "clean the stator"

Has anyone "cleaned the stator" and is dissassembly required? Any tricks to doing it?

MAT

simple and I do it every so often my 08TXC450 prolly @ 5 times in 1.5 years. if you are careful you can save and reuse the gasket at least a couple of times. You may need to hold the shifter out of the way abit while pulling off the cover, also it has knock pins (alignment pins) that hold it in place so remember to pull straight out, then you can turn it a little to help clear the shifter. It does get dirty, I try to wipe eveything off with just that oil thats in it and use minimal amounts of maxima contact cleaner to finish the job. I just leave everything as is and tilt the bike over a little so the remainder oil and cleaner pours out. And use those boxed throw away shop towels. its an easy upkeep job.

I have been riding for 20+ years and have never heard of cleaning a stator. What is the purpose? What are the symptoms if you don't? Is this something that is Husky specific?

Thanks for the info. I love learning new stuff.

Copied from another post:

"1) Stator is wet as pointed out, and thats good, means there is more oil in the motor. ANyway--its surrounded by a huge magnet, your flywheel. The magent grabs little bits of normal wear metal 'paste' - little particles in oil, when enough build up, it forms a metal paste 'bridge' to the stator, and shorts it. It usually is black and white, meaning it just dies for good, but it can 'slowly' go out-but its not common. Look for the metal paste on the underside of where the stator would rest, and clean it out. Do this every 1000 miles."

Not my words - just a copy 'n paste


MAT

Awesome.. Thank you..