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Thanks for all the encouraging words :drinks: After my last failure with the fork rebuild I really needed fix something from start to finish. Only thing bugging me now is that I managed to break one of those stupid plastic "screws" that sits on the inside of the side fairing :fool:

The impact driver worked like a charm. Got the stator away from the cover and it's now replaced. Waiting for the seal to set, and tomorrow I hope there won't be any leaks :)

Thanks! Had a discussion earlier today with a more mechanically inclined friend who told me what it was and how to use it :)

I didn't even know such things as manual impact drivers existed, I wish I had known that earlier and got one from the start :-) Unfortunately good hardware/tool stores appear to be much harder to find here in Sweden. And it can be quite challenging to convert your american brands/technical...

Heating it up didn't do anything, unfortunately. I'm going to try using an impact driver instead, hopefully that will get the screws loose.

I will keep this idea in mind! It's just that every time I have tried to undertake some kind of repair work on my bike, I've ended up at the workshop and paying twice for job (I appear to be a cursed DIY mechanic). For the sake of not feeling completely useless, I would really like to do it...

I managed to get everything out except for the screws that hold the stator to the stator cover. How did you get them out? T30 sockets seem to be quite hard to come by, and it seems I might have to order one online unless the burner-trick will do it. The bike is sitting down in the yard at the...

So I managed to pull off the cover, but I didn't manage to undo the screws holding the stator in place. I know that using heat could make the loctite become fluid again, making them easier to remove. Would it be possible to use some kind of burner on the screws? My other idea is getting a T30...

Thanks for all the encouragement, I'm really leaning towards doing it myself now. I just want to make sure I order the correct bits. Do I really need the new stator bolts? If so, does anyone know what the part number is? I can't seem to find them in the catalogue, they aren't in the same place...

I've seen many people strongly recommending using an impact wrench for removing the stator bolts, but unfortunately I do not have access to one. My torque wrench is also only graded from 19-110 Nm (if I remember correctly the bolts I have to deal with require 10(12?) and 130 Nm). This along with...

That is very nice of you! I'll let you know if I decide to do it on my own (i.e. workshop wants ridiculous amounts of money).

Thanks for all the advice! Since I don't have access to a garage at the moment I'm leaning towards letting a workshop do it for me. As for the cost of a stator cover it's 109 EUR + shipping and tax. Stator cover + gasket including tax and shipping is about 170 EUR.

Today I managed to drive my bike into a heavy flower pot at the gas station (doh!). Besides scratching the side cowling I also made a dent in the crankcase cover. A few drops of oil came out after the incident, but I drove the bike the last few hundred meters home. The rain has been pouring...

Congrats on the new bike! Fantastic looking :)

I got a new rear tire installed as the old one suddenly became completely BALD. Feels good to be riding on new RoadSmart II:s both front and rear :-)

Thanks for your advice :-) I tightened it using the allen key and figured it should do until I managed to find a better suited alley key socket. But judging from what you say I will just leave it at that. Anyhow there are at least two more properly tightened bolts to keep it securely in place :)

Not today, but this Saturday I participated in Sweden's largest motorcycling event where we ride around one of our larger lakes called "Mälaren" (~300km ride). Approximately 15,000 bikes participated this year, I never seen so many bikes in one place before :-) Below is an "action photo" which...

I have a generation 1 FJR and I've been trying to access the upper of the two lower bracket pinch bolts on the front fork legs with a torque wrench. The problem is that I just can't find enough space in there to fit the torque wrench with an allen key socket. I tried removing the horn, but the...

Thanks for the tip! I've already tried the sealmate trick but it only worked temporarily. The bike is already in pieces :)

As the title says, is it possible to remove the inner tube/fork oil seal without removing the damper rod assembly first? I'm in the process of replacing a leaking fork seal, and would like to make it as simple as possible. Does removing the damper rod assembly require either an impact wrench or...