Stator question

[Gary pope]

I recently picked up a 93 seadoo spx with the 587 in it. I rebuilt the carbs, drained all the gas out of it and put new gas in it...she started. Compression is 140 both cylinders but when I hook up my multimeter to the battery it doesn’t do anything. When I shit the motor off it stays the same as it was when it was running, so I’m assuming I need a new stator. How hard is it to replace it when the motor is still in the ski? I really don’t want to remove the motor to do it...

 

[mikidymac]

What is the voltage?

You need to rev the engine above about 4,500 rpm for it to start putting out more than battery voltage.

 

[Gary pope]

Oh gotcha

 

[AKnarrowback]

Don't jump to conclusions and start ripping in to things when it comes to anything on the stator. I can't count the times customers brought in pwc, outboards, sleds all assuming the stator as a running problem when the culprit was outside of the motor. Stators are pretty simple. I wish I had taken a picture of what was left of the one I am using on my XP right now before I closed the motor up, ugly as anything but fires the plugs and charges the battery without a problem. It had corrosion, rust, warping of some of the core layers, I had to use emery cloth on the faces to get the flywheel to not contact the core.