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Pickups - should you have to file them to fit?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:11 pm
by sideout
Following on from my SIL GP engine not being able to rev over 3000rpm, I narrowed it down to a stator problem. So I bought a new pickup to try that. Just fitted it, soldered it up and applied araldite as per the one I took off.
When I fitted the flywheel it fouled on the two exposed metal parts on the pickup. Because it comes with a location dowel I (stupidly) assumed it would be a precision fit....
I surely don't have to file or grind it to fit, do I?
Do you reckon it's a rogue part?
Cheers,
Nigel
Re: Pickups - should you have to file them to fit?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:23 pm
by mnpes
sideout wrote: Following on from my SIL GP engine not being able to rev over 3000rpm, I narrowed it down to a stator problem. So I bought a new pickup to try that. Just fitted it, soldered it up and applied araldite as per the one I took off.
When I fitted the flywheel it fouled on the two exposed metal parts on the pickup. Because it comes with a location dowel I (stupidly) assumed it would be a precision fit....
I surely don't have to file or grind it to fit, do I?
Do you reckon it's a rogue part?
Cheers,
Nigel
Came across the same issue a while back - supposedly
A GENUINE SIL PART k2 tested pickup ( ohm reading maybe )
Filing to fit - unless both contacts kept the same height - a waste of time - REPLACE
Re: Pickups - should you have to file them to fit?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:55 pm
by soulsurfer
Get the BGM one Nigel
Re: Pickups - should you have to file them to fit?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:47 pm
by soosh
I filed mine on my smallie.Works fine.
Re: Pickups - should you have to file them to fit?
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:04 pm
by sideout
soulsurfer wrote:Get the BGM one Nigel
I know, I should have
I've PM'd that nice Mr Corrado. Watch this space Mike....
soosh wrote:I filed mine on my smallie.Works fine.
Cheers Shoosh. I've emailed Scooter Restorations and hopefully they'll repace it. However, I think this has tipped me over the edge to get a BGM.
The existing stator will be made to work and I'll keep it as a spare, even if it means unleashing my filing skills on it (I spent long enough learning how to!
)