Subject: RE: generator rattle
Author: Tom Bowes
Date: May 19, 2002, 10:07 AM
Post ID: 1710283497
scott kelso wrote:
Yup,
It's about the only thing on the bike (besides the CEV switches) that
really rates high in the excrementatlity department. Gary Cheek came up
with an interesting solution by filling the webs in the motor in with JB
Weld (or some similar epoxy) and then bedding the bracket down into the
epoxy. He hasn't had a loose bracket or a rattle since. I think he also
made up a slightly larger locating pin for the generator and reamed out
the corresponding hole in the enigine at the same time. I don't recall
all the details, but he apparently has the problem solved.
It's too bad that the original designers didn't hire a German engineer
to go over their work. I'll bet that generator bracket would've
immediately had four hold-down bolts instead of two.
| Seems like a shitty setup,this interface between generator and >engine block.Just wondering if any of the much more talented >wrenches on this list have noticed this phenomenon and have come up >with better corrective measures.Thanks.Scott K 73 eldo |
Tom
Shelby Township, MI
Early '70 Ambo
1980 G5
1982 V50III