M8 2009 warm start issue

[2006sigouin]

Just got back from a good 4 days of riding with my snow hawk powered by a m8 2009 engine .

Its been 2 years i ride it with no issue .

This weekend ,when the engine was getting hot ,it woud not start .would only start after sitting a couple minute of cool down.

Finnaly i did some testing and realized that there was no spark when this was happening .

Unplug the wire from the handlebars still no spark ....only the cool down make the spark come back ....

When riding in the trail in some cold wheater ,i had no issue but in deep snow cold wheater it is doing it .

Any idea ?

 

[Thunder101]

stator is my bet.
sweet ride with the 800 cat

 

[Cat00]

stator is my bet.

That would be my guess too usually the stator doesn't act up till engine is warm

 

[Frostbite]

How hard is it to change a stator? My 09 M8 is doing the same thing.

 

[mountaincat 800]

How hard is it to change a stator? My 09 M8 is doing the same thing.

It's really not that hard. You will need a good puller to get the flywheel off. After that just unbolt and replace.

 

[Frostbite]

I still haven't changed the stator on my M8 yet. I see new stators are $800 from a Cat dealer ($714 at County Cat) but there is one on Ebay for $199 with free shipping. Is there any reason to pay the extra for the Cat part? Here's a link.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stator-Arct...ash=item35e8bfc8fe:g:t~sAAOSwPgxVNUc7&vxp=mtr

Based on the number of used stators for Cat 800 motors listed on Ebay. I am lead to believe that stator related problems are fairly common on these engines?

I am also guessing I will need a good three arm puller? I only have a two arm puller now.

 

[Blk88GT]

A proper flywheel puller is what you need.

This is what I use: https://www.startinglineproducts.com/catalog.cfm?pageID=detail&catalogID=3&catID=24&productID=220

 

[Frostbite]

Wow, that's a heck of a puller! I can't believe it costs almost more than the stator! Having never pulled a flywheel before, I had no idea. Thanks for the tip.

How does the linked stator look for quality?

 

[montananate]

800 bucks I would be interested to know if the cat part is worth it seems awful expensive for a stator! I think my new skidoo stator was less than half that why are the cat stator so much money.

 

[tatorsalad]

Call oregon trail sports 541 523 3500

 

[Frostbite]

I think I will probably just order the $199 one on Ebay.

However, I may give Michelle a call just to check the price.

 

[tchriste]

why not just get your stator rebuilt?

 

[Frostbite]

I had no idea you could get a stator rebuilt ( I guess I have never had one go bad) until I read a PM in my inbox today. I thank you and the PM writer for pointing out that option. I still need to pull the stator. I was looking at some other types of pullers to see if I could find a fairly affordable option.

I currently have one similar to this. This won't work, right?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/46Pc-Harmon...:g:sc8AAOSw9r1V~ZMX&item=262056195232&vxp=mtr

Here is an inexpensive option:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BikeMaster-...ash=item1c5aac08b2:g:XusAAOSwFnFWE~PH&vxp=mtr

This one sounds like it will pull just about anything:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNIVERSAL-P...SecHM8luGQCDTTw43aw&item=200865581857&vxp=mtr

Here's another SLP puller but, it's more of a universal puller:

http://www.motocrossgiant.com/Produ...m_medium=cse&utm_term=38010165pu&click=207841

Or.....I can stick with the one linked above by Blk88GT

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SLP-Maximum...ash=item51d3f2ba5a:g:5skAAOSwMmBVnGWU&vxp=mtr

Thoughts? Is it really that hard to pull a flywheel? The answer is probably sometimes or it depends.

 

[CB.8]

why not just get your stator rebuilt?

Had mine rewound no regrets.

 

[Frostbite]

I will get mine rewound as well.

Once I figure out if my existing puller will work to pull the fly wheel.