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To get the armature out of the frame you can gently tap on the armature with a small rubber mallet..

Meth-amphetamine addicts: STOP NOW.  Take generator to qualified service personnel.  You will only peen the armature into a ball of useless metal as you use a 2 pound sledge or, worse yet, you will try to pry the end bell off with that tire iron you always have so handy.
We finally get to see the problem:  When the old '62 sat for a month the motor sumped.  This means the oil in the oil tank leaked down into the motor.  When I started it all the oil was forced into the gearcase.  A bunch of oil blew out the gearcase breather tube but the pressure got high enough  to push this oil seal out of the generator.  Oil leaked out the generator every time I ran the bike since.

Meth-amphetamine addicts: STOP NOW.  Take generator to qualified service personnel.  Polishing armature will have no benefit in generator performance.  It is shiny enough as it is.

Gently tap armature out off the end bell with a small rubber mallet.  I really mean rubber-- if you use a regular hammer you will mash the threads on the and and life will be difficult.  If you must be a wino at least thread the nut back on the armature and pound on the nut. 

Meth-amphetamine addicts: STOP NOW.  Take generator to qualified service personnel.  You will only peen the armature into a ball of useless metal as you use a 2 pound sledge or, worse yet, you will try to pry the armature off with that tire iron you always have so handy.
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