Have to replace the stator in my 1990FLHS. Any that would be "best quality"; Cycle Electric, OEM, ACCel, Spyke, Compu-Fire? Not interested in upgrading to 3 phase and 32 amp is plenty.

Thanks.

Frank

 

Conventional wisdom around here is that either CE or OEM are best.

That said, I've got a couple of years on my Accel (stator and VR) without complaint.

 

Cycle electric

 

I've replaced 3 OEM's in 12 years, now it has a CE unit. I've never heard anyone say they've had a failure. I got tired of replacing them, the CE unit is much more well made - I'm ready to pay for the quality. Last one didn't last 4 years of mn riding.

 

As others here suggested, I just put in a CE stator (32amp) yesterday. Letting the loctite cure and will be finishing up the job today. They have a two year warranty. The brands you listed are all good companies, and I don't think you would go wrong. Just stay away from Chinese made stator, and you will be good. Last Chinese stator I had lasted 16K miles.

New stator:


Be sure to put loctite on the bolts. They come with dried loctite on them, but I don't trust it. This is what happens (two stators ago) when you trust pre-applied loctite.

 

daven9113,

Did you use blue loctite on the stator bolts?

I believe CE recommends purple loctite (222) on the bolts that hold the plug retainer.

Thanks.

Frank

 

I used blue loctite. And I also used loctite on the little screws that go into the engine case holding the plastic piece. The CE stator does come with brownish dried loctite on their bolts, but I don't trust how long that's been sitting on the shelf.

 

Had good luck with compufire so far.

 

The most important thing here is to make sure the Rotor is properly shimmed out from the Stator. I have seen where the windings on the stator have rubbed on the inside of the Rotor....