7.1.24. ⚠️Just a heads up if you don’t know already… The four-cylinder Goldwing’s have issues with their stators burning up, and that entails actually pulling the engine to pull the rear cover off.☝🏼
I am aware, mine has the "fix" completed ( elimination of the clip and the three wires soldered together) on it and I haven't had any problems yet. Im aware of the po-boy alternator, but I ran across a photo of someone who mounted the alternator directly to the cam shaft with it mounted to the front of the valve cover, no pully needed. it looked pretty cool and I would need to do some more research but I think I would go that route if the stator goes out.
Consider re torquing the head after a heat cycle, the aftermarket and current honda gaskets seem very compressible ( compared to the original asbestos honda ones).
That’s a good point flash. I’ll probably do this as part of my update on how the repair is holding up. With the torque wrench I have I should be able to see if they start turning before the 40lbs I set them to.
A few reasons. First there was nothing wrong with them. Second, the cams looked intimidating. In my quick search I didn’t find anyone else who had done a 1200. Plenty of 1100s but the 1200 has hydrolic tappits. Which are discribed as “virtually maintenance free” and third is that I didn’t know the quality of the seals I had gotten in the kit. I would hate to have replaced perfectly fine gaskets with ones of inferior quality. If something does go wrong with the existing valves I’ll be sure to do some additional research and make a video about it.
