How to Use Spacers on a Harley Stator

The Harley Davidson stator is a part of the rotor system that does not move, but instead creates a magnetic field that moves the motor. The stator is a metal ring wound with copper windings that wraps around the motorcycle engine's flywheel. The Harley stator works in conjunction with both the ignition and battery to charge the alternator. Spacers are small objects that clip to up against the flywheel, where the stator is mounted. Spacers primarily eliminate noise from the stator resting against the flywheel. When changing the rotor, the spacers should be changed too.

Instructions

1

Remove the Harley's negative battery cable with the wrench.

2

Remove the bolt holding the crank case cover in place with the socket set and then disconnect the stator's plastic wiring harness by hand.

3

Remove the single screw holding the stator in place with a Phillips-head screwdriver.

4

Remove the old spacers by bending the small clips holding them in place. Install the new spacers around the circumference of the flywheel and bend each clip back down by hand so that they hold the spacers in place.

5

Seat the new stator by hand and then replace the retaining screw and tighten it with the Phillips-head screwdriver.

6

Plug the stator into the plastic wiring harness, replace the crank case cover and reattach the negative battery cable.