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  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    A good result from your fix, bike looks good (from a '96WG owner).
  • Evo
    Evo
    5 years ago
    Quoting 95FXDWG on 13 May 2019 08:14 AM

    Thanks guys, ended up getting everything out using the gasket kit with sealant together it came out look absolutely beautiful without a drop of oil coming out! Now just to replace the rectifier and she is all done! 

    Also I didn't buy it I bought a 650cc about 2 years ago for 3000 and have been swapping and trading it up making money until i finally gave a bloke 2000 and a suzuki gs1250s for it so I didn't care if I needed to fix it up a bit. I'll end up putting a S&S in it later anyway. So in my eyes it was an absolute deal. 


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    Quoting Grease Monkey on 13 May 2019 08:31 AM

    You done good and it looks great.

    Amen to that and you can't beat an Evo widey. 
  • gidgi
    gidgi
    5 years ago
    Quoting 95FXDWG on 13 May 2019 08:14 AM

    Thanks guys, ended up getting everything out using the gasket kit with sealant together it came out look absolutely beautiful without a drop of oil coming out! Now just to replace the rectifier and she is all done! 

    Also I didn't buy it I bought a 650cc about 2 years ago for 3000 and have been swapping and trading it up making money until i finally gave a bloke 2000 and a suzuki gs1250s for it so I didn't care if I needed to fix it up a bit. I'll end up putting a S&S in it later anyway. So in my eyes it was an absolute deal. 


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    Quoting Grease Monkey on 13 May 2019 08:31 AM

    You done good and it looks great.

    would swap a Suzuki any day for it, nice one !
  • perthhog
    perthhog
    5 years ago
    Good outcome   Glad you got it sorted , nice looking ride 
  • 95FXDWG
    95FXDWG
    5 years ago


    Looks like the previous owners fucked another thing. Thought the regulator was fucked but it's not even plugged In. Is there anyway of fishing out the other stator wire without undoing all the work I just did on the primary and inner primary?? 
    Also just In case I end up saying fuck this cunt of a bike. Does anyone know where to get a good cheap belt drive kit from? I figure it might be ugly but it's the next best fix for the cracked lip. Might just replace the stator and do a belt drive to fix everything at once fore good.  Any ideas lads?
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  • perthhog
    perthhog
    5 years ago
    Quoting 95FXDWG on 16 May 2019 05:44 AM



    Looks like the previous owners fucked another thing. Thought the regulator was fucked but it's not even plugged In. Is there anyway of fishing out the other stator wire without undoing all the work I just did on the primary and inner primary?? 

    Also just In case I end up saying fuck this cunt of a bike. Does anyone know where to get a good cheap belt drive kit from? I figure it might be ugly but it's the next best fix for the cracked lip. Might just replace the stator and do a belt drive to fix everything at once fore good.  Any ideas lads?

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    Stator plug is a common thing for being a problem   more of a age thing   , you can change it 
    With out having to take  the inner primary off  but rest yep gotta come off. Save the oil 
    And reuse the gasket  you can normally take the  outer primary of multiple times 
    Before you need to change it anless you coved it in goop 

    Inmho fuck the belt drive kit only look good on a true chopper my2c 
    Less maintenance and noise two  
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    Stick with it mate, you will eventually conquer the aberrations of the past.
  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    Yeah, common fault. Had my socket & plug replaced few years back.
    Don't despair, these old bikes take a little while to get to know, you will eventually sort out the little issues they have & renew or make improvements. There are still a lot of stock parts around if you know where to look, and endless after-market options.
    It took me a couple of years to straighten things out - I now know just about every nut & bolt on the WG, and know what used to vibrate loose (a little Loctite here & there). You will end up with a well maintained machine that will bring you much joy. You will have the satisfaction of having old Evo WG rumbling away whilst eating up the miles.
  • 95FXDWG
    95FXDWG
    5 years ago

    Yep. She is fucked. 
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  • perthhog
    perthhog
    5 years ago
    Well And truly cooked , looks like that inner primary has been welded up at 
    Some stage of its life   Maybe due to loose chain  , when u put. It back 
    Together use permatex or loctite aviation gasket sealant on the 
    Primary gasket  that way if you need to go in there again you won’t 
    Need a new gasket   And u can use  them several times before there  ratshit 
    That one looks a bit ratshit , Put some slaz around the new 
    stator plug grommet before you push into the 
    Hole  and wipe of the excess some times they can leak there too 
  • Ken in Cairns
    Ken in Cairns
    5 years ago
    Make sure you clean the hole and sealing surfaces with metho or the silicone and permetex will not seal.
    Keep at it mate, it'll come good.
    Probably should check ur wheel bearings too :)

  • Hoodeng
    Hoodeng
    5 years ago
    Alternator grommets and regulator plugs age and harden that is a given, the removal and installation of the grommet is best done with glass cleaner .On installation the case receptacle has to be clean of anything oily, the fit of the grommet supply's the sealing. Do not use silicon that has acetic acid as its activator, acetic acid eats copper, this is nearly every silicon that is readily available ,use neutral cure silicon if you really have to but clean and glass cleaner is best, .
    I have seen grommets and regulator plugs with the tin plating of the terminals still in place and the wiring turned into copper carbonate inside them.

  • Ken in Cairns
    Ken in Cairns
    5 years ago
    Never thought of glass cleaner Hoody I have always used metho on sealing faces.
    I'm pretty sure Fish tank silicone is ascetic acid free.
  • 95FXDWG
    95FXDWG
    5 years ago
    Thanks for all the help fellas, replaced the whole charging system and is working a treat now also installed a baker 5 speed. Now to just sort out the carb as it's leaking fuel and sort out this base gasket leak. Does anyone know a HD next near Bathurst NSW? I think the base gasket might be better of in a professionals hands ??
  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    Well done, you're well on your way now!
    If you clean the carb up while still running it on the bike can you see the area where it is leaking from?
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    5 years ago
    You done good fella. 
    That is a good score, with keeping you active and acquiring knowledge all the way..
    Stick with it, seems an addictive project such as I should acquire, as mentioned , "idle hands" .. 
    Good luck mate.
  • 95FXDWG
    95FXDWG
    5 years ago
    Quoting Wideglider on 07 Jun 2019 12:24 PM

    Well done, you're well on your way now!

    If you clean the carb up while still running it on the bike can you see the area where it is leaking from?

    It's only leaking from the over flow but it's leaking a good amount, I'm guessing it's a float needle? I've been turn the fuel off after a ride and it's still leaking so it might have more under lying issues. It's a mikuni carb on it.
    Also just a quick thank for all the help fellas! 
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    5 years ago
    No mikuni guru but you can still get kits for them, given all the issues you have found and conquered so far I'd be inclined to strip it, sounds like the petcock is suss as well, while your at it :)
    On your base gaskets, it will cost a bit to get a shop to do it properly, you seem pretty competent, don't fancy doing it yourself?
  • Wideglider
    Wideglider
    5 years ago
    Haven't dealt with a Mikuni carb, I have the HD stock CV carb on mine, overhauled & tuned it couple of times with a kit no bother. Think you're on the right track guessing needle not seating.
    I ditched the fuel petcock a long tine ago, when they're old they get issues with the vacuum/hose not activating as should, replaced mine with a Golan - straightforward, no more dealing with vacuum.
    I get people pointing at the carb on my WG - it fascinates them.

  • Smokey61
    Smokey61
    5 years ago
    Quoting Grease Monkey on 07 Jun 2019 11:53 PM

    No mikuni guru but you can still get kits for them, given all the issues you have found and conquered so far I'd be inclined to strip it, sounds like the petcock is suss as well, while your at it :)

    On your base gaskets, it will cost a bit to get a shop to do it properly, you seem pretty competent, don't fancy doing it yourself?

    Agreed on the base gasket. Easy job. 
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