Timing help!

As i stated before I am not a mechanic but i would like to be competent enough to fix the items that seem to be require the most, stator replacement being one of them. from what i understand after the stator has been replaced the ignition has to be timed. is there only one position the stator can be installed to? meaning- is there a mark or something that need to be lined up with the mark on the case before you put the flywheel on? the shop manual does not specify for the stator, just the flywheel, and i would assume that the stator would have to be in a certain position.

is there a way to make sure the piston is TDC without a dial indicator? any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Edit: the bike is a 98 fe600 w/ estart

Jared

thanks very much for the input, believe me i am grateful! but, Damn I am frustrated. I must be very dense,
here is the scenario (I will use numbers like the face of a clock so that i can eliminate any confusion):

with the Piston at TDC, the key in the crank ends up at approximatly 2:30-3:00, so the flywheel can only go on in one position right? at that spot the pin hole in the flywheel is at the 9:00 position so there is no way to rotate it slightly so that the pin falls into the slot on the stator, which i mounted with the slot as close the the 6:00 position that i could. (which turns out to be more like 5:00)

so i took the flywheel and stator off and mounted the stator with the allingment slot at rougly 9:00. This allowed me to mount the flywheel with the piston in TDC (lined up with the key on the crank) and still line up the pin hole with the slot on the stator. however, now the factory timing mark on the flywheel is about 33 degrees counter-clockwise of the mark on the cover flange. however, there is a mark on the flywheel at that position that corrosponds with the mark on the case. it looks like a mark made by a previous owner. but with that all lined up the bike still wont start.

I did check for spark and i saw spark twice while it was cranking but then it went away. so if i have some spark i must have done something right, right? if the stator and flywheel are'nt lined up right i would not get any spark right? Or am i just blowing smoke up my own ***


I double checked the stator i pulled off, it is exactly the same. i should have noticed more closly the position it was in when i pulled it off... next time...

so am 180 degrees off, am i on the exhaust stroke and not compression? does that matter? i believe i rotated the crank all the way around and the piston came to the top always with the key at 3:00


come to think of it I did have some puffs of smoke from the pipe while i was trying to start it- so that must mean that something was burning but that could mean that i am sparking at the worng time? because usually the bike would just fire right up even cold and sitting for a few weeks.

I think am am going to hook up the charger tomorrow and use it to crank the beast for a bit to see if i can get it to even try to fire..

unless someone else hase any suggestions.

thanks

Jared
damn i should have paid more attention in autoshop :cry:

can anyone confirm for me that if i have spark the stator and flywheel are set up properly? granted my timing may be off... to far off and the bike won't start right?

i realize that for most this must be a no brainer- but hey I am new to this motorcycle thing, so bear with me for a bit... what was i thinking buying a Husaberg right from the start but damn its fun when it is motivating down the road.