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i was replacing the stator cover. put everything in the new one the same way it came out of the old one. put everything back together started her up and what do i get a wierd rubbing noise coming from the cover. its not loud and kinda sounds like metal rubbing what could i have possibly done wrong

There's a little metal tab that holds the stator/pickup coil wires to the inside of the stator cover. If you ever let your stator cover dangle by the wires (like I did) it tends to bend said tab outward a little, letting it rub on the stator cup. Sounds like the bike is about to rip itself apart when you fire it up.

Thankfully it's a simple fix: take the stator cover back off and make sure that tab is as tight against the wires as possible to keep it from happening again.

Oh, and if it isn't that and nothing else is touching, I honestly don't know what it could be.

Hope that helps.

k thanks im gonna go back out there and try

No prob. I really hope that's all it is, for your sake. I can't think of anything else it could be.

right on point man thants exactly what it was thanks alot

Not a problem. If you didn't guess I learned that one the hard way.

Mine probably sounded worse, though. The tab was constantly rubbing the stator cup and a part of it was just tapping the timing tabs as they went around. Sounded like my motor was about to explode. I even ran for cover when I first heard it.

It's amazing how much trouble one little tiny piece of metal can cause when it's in the wrong place, isn't it?

haha yep it definitly didnt sound good when i started it