Maintnance on the R6, Changing the Stator Cover Gasket! 

MATT2P thank you it means a lot! It’s not a hard thing to do, just a little time consuming getting the gasket off

NRB. Thank you, it means a lot!

NA Na the repair manual says to use it for the spot around the grommet. I haven’t tried to put it on without it before so I’m not sure if it would end up leaking. I would recommend using some sort of silicone or yamahbond silicon, which is the Yamaha version that is used

And you will need a replacement paper gasket because the old one will be ruined when you pull of the cover as well

@@shedsomer6843 thanks mate for your answers.

I can’t really answer that for sure, I’m sure there’s a chance it wouldn’t leak. I used the sealant because it’s what was in the repair manual I had

Cristofher7921 Martinez on the 2002 if you are sitting on the bike it is next to your left foot, it Marty vary between bikes

@@shedsomer6843 Is a 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6 is the left side , Ok man thanks.

You’re welcome, any other questions feel free to ask. I’ll answer whatever I can

Carlos MartineZ I think at the time I had gotten it from eBay but I could be wrong. Now I get mostly everything through partzilla.com

You are correct, the paper gasket will take care of the rest!

J-Will you are correct, there are just a few bolts holding the stator in place

They may be a brand of bike out there that does it that way but I’m sure a lot are like the r6

Cool ima do it tomorrow.. Thanks alot again bro 👌👌💯

J-Will anytime!

Itachi_Heartnet for taking off the stator cover I used a ratchet with a I believe 8mm Allen head, I may be wrong on the size I would have to check. And then putting it back on I used a torque wrench with the same Allen. I think the bolts holding the stator in place are the same if I remember correctly. To remove the fairing to get to the stator cover it was just a philips head screwdriver or a 4mm Allen now that I converted the fairing bolts

@@shedsomer6843 thanks a bunch !

Martin Morales on the 99-04 r6 it is 12nm or 106 in pounds of torque or about 8 1/2 foot pounds for the statue cover bolts

@@shedsomer6843 Thanks a lot.

Let me know how you make out!

did the swap about 2 weeks ago, everything was clean. It gave me one more problem, the regulator rectifier. For anyone who has a 99-02 r6,the stator does not begin to charge the battery until about 6,000 RPMs. The rectifier has a tendency of burning out on these bikes as well just do to positioning. You can go on eBay all you want and buy them for $20 but its going to burn out and you are going to be stranded. It happened to me. I read around, and the best way to avoid being stranded with a dead bike is to buy the Regulator Rectifier for a 02 GSXR 600. It Works! I've been running it and have had no problems with the charge what so ever. Good Luck to anyone doing this and thanks for the stator tutorial, helped me so much

Just Lu. When I was changing my stator and diagnosing the problems I was having I had check my rectifier and someone before me had cut all of the wires and put different connectors on them which was odd, my grandfather and I checked the rectifier with a multimeter and determined it was working. But it definitely seems like the rectifier is a common problem as well. Thank you for the info and suggestion to others!

Benson West are you referring the can shaped thing with the bolt on the cap to the left of the stator cover?

@@shedsomer6843 no its called the oil cooler. how often must these be replaced??

In the repair manual for my bike I can’t see anywhere where it mentions how often to replace the oil cooler. It does however tell you what to inspect on it, I can type that out if you’d like to know what it says

Also I could email you the photos of the book if you’d like

Agent Orange it’s been awhile but if I remember correctly the cover bolts are a 7mm Allen. I will check when I get home!

@@shedsomer6843 thanks man, i got the same problem with the same bike lol i got it a few days ago. The guy i got it off replaced the stater and now its leaking in my garage.

At least it’s a pretty simple thing to change, just remember to throw the coolant Reservoir bracket back on before torquing everything down, I always forget that and have to pull them back out to put it on

@@shedsomer6843 im hoping thats where its leaking from.. Or that gramet on top

I recently found a product called 1-minute gasket, found it at advanced auto parts. Seals well and can be riden immediately. Wouldn’t hurt to put some of that around the grommet.

luvuyo ncapayi I had bought mine from amazon but if I did it again now I would probably get it from revzilla.com

luvuyo ncapayi I had bought mine from amazon but if I did it again now I would probably get it from revzilla.com

And are you referring to the stator cover rather than the stator itself?

ShedSome R6 shit sorry ya I meant a stator cover

I’m not sure the quality but amazon has some like this, which I personally like the look of: Motorbike Billet Motor Engine Stator Cover Yamaha Yzf R6 Yzf-R6 1999-2002 Black Left Side www.amazon.com/dp/B00YYSK91E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_d938BbCC890GG

Rafael Rodriguez did yours start leaking at the top as well or was it lower on the case?

ShedSome R6 i haven’t checked but I think it’s from the same place on top because my cover it’s oily and that happened yesterday coming from a ride I notice my boot was wet and when I check it was oil so I trace it back to the cover on top and it has that grey glue JBL quick fix so I think last guy before me had done something to it

It definitely seems like a fail point on the design but at least it’s not a huge task to pull off and seal up, I havnt had the best luck with the sealants I have used so far but one of these times I’ll find one haha

nick the way I look at it is, if you are going to spend money on something such as a watch or a bike or really anything to enjoy it. Can you fully enjoy it if you are afraid for anything to happen to it. I understand that it could get scratched and it has many scratches on it but in the two or so years I have had the watch I’ve gotten my use from it and I’m okay with accumulating more wear. To me it’s like a pocket knife carried in your pocket day after day, eventually the paint wears off and turns lighter, I see it as showing the daily ‘life’ of the object and it shows almost a character. That’s just my thoughts on it but I definitely can understand your side of it, just figured I’d throw out they way I have always viewed things like that

The sealant only goes where the rubber grommet is to help seal between the rubber and the aluminum case, the rest only has the paper gasket. Recommended by the repair manual

@@shedsomer6843 thank yu for the information.what brand you used for that ??

@@zakariamouih97 it’s been awhile since I did it now but I believe I used rtv silicone, the manual calls for Yamaha brand which is yamabond. I believe I showed the packaging for what I used if you scrub through the video it should be there

J-Will I used the paper gasket and then rtv silicone around the rubber grommet

Thanks alot

J-Will did you work on it today?

nick by the sounds of it a $250 Apple Watch wouldn’t be much of a loss to get over two years out of then.

Bee in the Clouds it seems to be holding up still

ShedSome R6 awesome man. do you absolutely have to drain the oil or can I lean the bike slightly to the opposite side?

Bee in the Clouds the first time I did it before I made videos I did it without draining any, lost a few drops but definitely possible as long as the bike is level or slightly leaned to the opposite side

ShedSome R6 thanks for the quick replies bud. Really appreciate it. It was my first time taking off my stator cover a couple months ago and now that it’s nice out in New England it’s time to bring her out. And ended up with oil all over my shoe haha. I’m guessing my leak is from the gasket (not 100%) but I never used silicone on anything. Going to give it a second attempt.

Bee in the Clouds anytime! And the first time I took mine of it was definitely a little nerve racking but after the first time it seemed like a fairly straight forward thing. When you take it off I’d try to get the surface as clean as possible and the silicone around the rubber grommet should help you with the leak

That’s a shame, hopefully it won’t take you much to get it back up and going. At least the stator cover is an easy swap

@@shedsomer6843 yea a lot of oil came out or whatever fluid that was you video definitely giving me confidence