1986 xt600 diy stator rewind
Hey ya’ll so recently my ratty xt600’s source coil burnt out. I was getting like 35 ohms instead of the correct ~130.
As you guys know those stators are kind of unobtainium, or at least here in the states. So instead of shelling out $400 for another used one I went ahead and rewound it with some magnet I had lying around.
This is actually my second time doing it since the first time I used 36 gauge wire and it worked for a couple miles but I guess it couldn’t handle the current and burnt out too.
This time I used some stuff I had lying around. Not sure what gauge it is, but it’s thicker. I’d guess 34 gauge.
To make the whole process go faster I threaded the wire through a small tube (I used a ball point pen with its innards taken out) and used that to guide the wire around the stator pole.
Here are some pics:
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