{"id":2062,"date":"2021-11-17T11:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:33:58","slug":"how-to-properly-measure-your-stator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/how-to-properly-measure-your-stator\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Properly Measure Your Stator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\">\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Stator Measurements Guide<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">It is often necessary to take stator measurements and compare to specifications to make sure that the correct part is being purchased, especially on \u201csplit year\u201d models. There are typically three measurements that are used to identify the stator: the \u201coutside diameter\u201d, \u201cinside diameter\u201d, and \u201cstack thickness\u201d. These measurements should ideally be taken using a vernier caliper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1929 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1ea11977-3c91-411d-88fa-207eecb1da3f_1.3455e1bca567b8fd60b198f63305fe13-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1ea11977-3c91-411d-88fa-207eecb1da3f_1.3455e1bca567b8fd60b198f63305fe13-1024x675.png 1024w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1ea11977-3c91-411d-88fa-207eecb1da3f_1.3455e1bca567b8fd60b198f63305fe13-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1ea11977-3c91-411d-88fa-207eecb1da3f_1.3455e1bca567b8fd60b198f63305fe13-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1ea11977-3c91-411d-88fa-207eecb1da3f_1.3455e1bca567b8fd60b198f63305fe13.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Outer Diameter (OD)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><strong>:<\/strong> This is the diameter of the stator, taken across the outer surface of opposing poles. It should be taken using the external jaws of the caliper:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2065\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring1.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring1-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Inner Diameter (ID)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><strong>:<\/strong> This is the diameter of the inside of the metal stack, taken across the surface of the inner circle of the stator. It should be taken using the internal jaws of the caliper:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2064\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring2.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring2-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">Stack Thickness (THK)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><strong>:<\/strong> This is the thickness of the metal stator core. It is measured on the circular inside core itself from the top surface to the bottom surface, not the outer poles. It should be measured using the depth bar of the caliper (make sure the right angle of the bar and caliper body is flush against the surface):<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2063\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring3.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stator_measuring3-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><span class=\"JsGRdQ\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> We measure stators in metric units, so these measurements are typically given in metric units (millimeters). If the available measurement is in standard, remember that 1\u201d=25.4mm<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1852\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"55\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stator Measurements Guide It is often necessary to take stator measurements and compare to specifications to make sure that the correct part is being purchased, especially on \u201csplit year\u201d models. There are typically three measurements that are used to identify the stator: the \u201coutside diameter\u201d, \u201cinside diameter\u201d, and \u201cstack thickness\u201d. These measurements should ideally be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,2],"tags":[10,11,5,62,89,19,63,46,99,58,50,33,222,223,48,75,15],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-questions","category-how-to","tag-charging-systems","tag-honda","tag-how-to","tag-howto","tag-kawasaki","tag-kawasaki-stator","tag-motorcycle","tag-motorcycle-stator","tag-motorcycles","tag-polaris","tag-suzuki","tag-tips","tag-triumph","tag-triumph-stator","tag-tutorials","tag-vintage","tag-yamaha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ricksmotorsportelectrics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}