Sterndrive Owners Help Dept :)

[BM]

Hey all,

Just thought I'd toss up a topic on sterndrives old and new and open the way for anyone with issues that they wanted help with.

So feel free to post questions, horror stories, warnings etc etc

Cheers

[Homer_Jay]

BM,

just a quick one.
My 488 has in the past had an alternator put on it as the stator must have died.
Whenever I stop the motor it makes a rattle noise. I have put it down to the old stator. Maybe the magnets or something inside worked loose. If this is right, how do I go about pulling the loose bits out. Or is it better just to put up with the noise?


Aaron

[BM]

Aaron,

Undo the centre bolt of the "Alternator Flywheel" and using a 3 leg harmonic balancer puller pull the flywheel off and you will have access to the stator.

Unbolt the stator and disconnect its 2 wires and remove it. I would be surprised if it was loose. The flywheels can sometimes rub lightly against the stator coils and give a sqeaky type noise which will go away when the engine is warm.

Remove it (since its useless to you anyway) then it might be time to search elsewhere for rattles.

Cheers

[Homer_Jay]

thanks,
I will give that a go.