Brushing up on My AC/DC

So in the process of tearing down the motor, I removed the generator cover and found these little treats. 

The wirey copper thingy is part of the black magic pieces call a "Stator".  Another part called a "rotor" is inside the stator and agitates the little demons that live there through some kind of voodoo called inductance.  The demons go running around the wire part (stator) screaming bloody death until they finally come out of of it looking for something to kill (they are called AC here for Angry Cherubs), the only exit is the black wires to the bottom of the picture that tricks the demons into going into a "regulator/rectifier"  that calms the demons and makes them cooperative (Domesticated Cherubs)  thus DC. This is the source of such tunes as "Back in Black" and "She Shook me all night long".  It also makes headlights and spark plugs work.

Anyway, the small black plastic item to the right of the stator is a housing that olds two electric pick-up brushes that rub on the face of the rotor.  Unfortunately, as you can see in the following picture one of the brushes is fractured and will need to be replaced.  Honda part price?  $30.00.  Ouch.

Drum Solo

So I disassembled the rear drum and cleaned it up for a change of pace.  Trying to decide what to do with it. 

Functional features of the rear drum cover are the center boss which mounts on the rear axle, the lower opening that allows the Cam actuator to exit the housing (gold piece upper right), The upper two bosses that have rivets mounted in them (these provide pivots for the brake shoes) and the boss extending out to the right in the casting that provides the mounting point for the rear brake stay.  One thought is to smooth out the extraneous ribs on the left face of the casting, then drill some uber sweet lightening holes in the face which allow water to get in when it rains, thus cleaning out all the nasty brake dust..... so it serves two purposes, lighter for speed and self cleaning.... Or maybe I just hack away as much of the housing as possible to allow for better air cooling of these hi performance drum shoes.....Decisions, decisions. 

And motor de-construct

Also startedi in on the Motor. The head gasket leaks so will tear it down at least to the bottome cases, still undecided if I will split them. 

There is the valve cover and the little cam caps next to it.  I wil be considering the cam caps.  I am tempted to see if I can make a replacement part, not sure how I feel about them yet.  They remind me of chrome "outie" belly buttons when they are in place.  I am curious about how a half moon shape would look in contrast.... hmmm. 

A close up of the little beasties.  The half moon shape is trapped in the rubber gasket between the valve cover and the head with the round chrome cap facing out. 

SwingArm Strip

So got the swing arm off, taped over the ends where the bearing reside(I was pleasantly suprised to find needle bearings residing there) and went at it with oven cleaner and  a hose, followed by a twisted wire brush on my angle grinder.  Will do a little hand clean up then prime it.  Oh the joy!