V1000 G5 Stator Removal (again))

[moto-uno]

  This may be frond upon in some places , before we stopped making copper pennies ( here in the great white north ) I took a
piece of thick walled steel tubing and proceeded to fill it with pennies , and then put my acetylene torch to it and continued to
add pennies until it was full , they melted into a lovely copper block that I attached a handle to , cheap and the best use of
pennies ever  , Peter

[Chuck in Indiana]

So i was wondering, is the brass hammer used to protect the bolt or does it deliver a more effective shock?

"copper" hammer. It won't mar steel, it won't chip and send some projectile directly toward your eyeball. It's easy on punches, chisels, you name it. Get yourself one. You'll be glad you did. 

[ozarquebus]

Replacement of timing chain and damper continues at glacial pace in Missouri 'swampland'.
 Now that I respect the threat of screwing up with the wrong tool, some may be glad to hear that in the removal of the front crank nut, I spared no expense. Using the correct spanner socket from MG Cycle and the electric 1/2 impact wrench from Harbor Fright, I put the G5 in gear and took all the slack out of the motor and drive train and froze the back wheel in place with a board through the cast wheel spokes. I carefully gave 'er heck and the nut came off in a couple of milleseconds. Also if turning the motor by the rotor bolt rotor off, put a thick spacer on it first to keep from bottoming the bolt out and squishing the first couple of threads on the rotor bolt, like I did. So I went out to the OTHER shed and tried to take the rotor cover off the front of the Convert engine, but only let the bolts soak since they would not loosen. If I could only find my tap and die set...Might have to order a new rotor bolt.