97 Sportsman 500 no spark
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97 Sportsman 500 no spark
I have a 97 Sportstman 500. I rode it about 5 minutes the other day. Shut it off and now no spark. CDI unit is only putting out about 10 volts to the coil. Most everyone states to change out the stator. I do have a used stator off a running 97 Scrambler 500-but it has 1 less yellow wire going to the regulator box in front of the radiator. Will this one work? or is that additional yellow wire necessary? thanks in advance
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Welcome to the forum! Part numbers are different on the stators (probably for that wiring difference) Plus check that the connector ends are the same. Probably wouldn't charge back to the battery. Best just to pull your recoil cover and flywheel and just check your stator out. Could just be something simple as dirt/trash around the pickup coil. Plus early 500s were bad about flywheel magnets separating tearing up stators. OPT
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thanks OPT. I removed the cover first and cleaned around the pickup and scothbrited around the stator. I also removed some rust from the pickup portion on the flywheel. All the magnets in the flywheel looked good-no damage. put it back together-still no fire.
Could I hook up the Scrambler stator to see if the stator is the problem? Would it just not charge the battery?
Could I hook up the Scrambler stator to see if the stator is the problem? Would it just not charge the battery?
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OPT, the stators will not interchange. The diameter on the Scrambler stator is larger and will not fit in the Sportsman flywheel. I did find 1 of the components on the stator was bad (no ohm reading) so I was able to swap it off of the Scrambler stator. That didn't fix the no spark issue. I removed the black wire from the reverse limiter-but still no spark. I finally replaced the cdi unit and that fixed it.
Thanks for all the advice/help!!!!
Thanks for all the advice/help!!!!
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