Hi guys and girls, it's a high honor to join your community
I would really appreciate some clever advice.
I've bought my first ever V-strom, the bike was running OK, but was not charging. Testing the coils showed no continuity whatsoever. So I thought mabe the alternator coils are toasted, things happen... So we struck a deal and I hauled the thing back home only to discover the magneto ROTOR was ruined. One magnet came loose and destroyed everything inside. A dreadful sight, bits of magnet came to rest on every iron surface, later I'm gonna post pics. From as far as I can see it has already been modified before by someone not very clever, as instead of 6 permanent magnets arranged in a hex shape, the rotor had 4 big magnets, one of which gotr detached and scattered all across the engine.
My question is: how dangerous is this for the engine itself? Can those magnets possibly pile up somewhere, blocking an oil passage or something? Is it possible to extract them removing the clutch cover, or a teardown is imminent?
Also, is there any way to get that rotor fixed somehow? The sad truth is that I live in Balkans, where nothing is available but firewood, and the new unit cost is comparable to what I make monthly, and even so, shipping to this pothole of the Earth can take months and months . Maybe someone had previously solved this problem using some custom-made or industrial magnets?
I know the problem is fairly common on the V strom, so my apologies if this has already been discussed at some point in the past.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Also I'd buy a used rotor if someone has a spare one lying around
P.s. here we have a dirt cheap TL1000 for sale, I wonder if the flywheel is the same and if I could use it for my DL?
I've bought my first ever V-strom, the bike was running OK, but was not charging. Testing the coils showed no continuity whatsoever. So I thought mabe the alternator coils are toasted, things happen... So we struck a deal and I hauled the thing back home only to discover the magneto ROTOR was ruined. One magnet came loose and destroyed everything inside. A dreadful sight, bits of magnet came to rest on every iron surface, later I'm gonna post pics. From as far as I can see it has already been modified before by someone not very clever, as instead of 6 permanent magnets arranged in a hex shape, the rotor had 4 big magnets, one of which gotr detached and scattered all across the engine.
My question is: how dangerous is this for the engine itself? Can those magnets possibly pile up somewhere, blocking an oil passage or something? Is it possible to extract them removing the clutch cover, or a teardown is imminent?
Also, is there any way to get that rotor fixed somehow? The sad truth is that I live in Balkans, where nothing is available but firewood, and the new unit cost is comparable to what I make monthly, and even so, shipping to this pothole of the Earth can take months and months . Maybe someone had previously solved this problem using some custom-made or industrial magnets?
I know the problem is fairly common on the V strom, so my apologies if this has already been discussed at some point in the past.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Also I'd buy a used rotor if someone has a spare one lying around
P.s. here we have a dirt cheap TL1000 for sale, I wonder if the flywheel is the same and if I could use it for my DL?