Modern Vespa

I have an 2006 LX50 2 stroke and my alternator has stopped working and I am wondering on how difficult it is to replace it myself? I have a new one ready to go in but I am unsure to what I need to do to get into the alternator and where it is? I've seen many videos of what to do when you are replacing it but now to how to get to the alternator in the first place. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It's on the right side of the scooter, opposite side of the Variator, underneath the fan shroud. Who told you it was the stator? Not a particularly difficult job. You will need the correct flywheel puller and an impact wrench or a device to hold the flywheel to get the nut off. Are you sure it's not the voltage regulator?

Use a real flywheel puller and not any of the halfwit suggestions you see on youtube. The magnets in the Piaggio flywheels are held in with plastic, and it's easy to break something if you use a crowbar, steering wheel puller, dent pulling hammer or whatever else someone put on youtube for likes.

seconded.

buy the tool for the job. otherwise you'll wind up buying a new flywheel, and the tool to do the job again, and maybe a stator too.

it's a super straight forward job. just make sure you get the woodruff key in both the crank slot and flywheel slot and that it's not cocked or mashed up against the base of the crank. a quick check with a flashlight can verify that. torque up the crank nut to factory spec as well.

I've always thought it's a different name for the alternator, I've managed to get into it but i'm now just waiting for the flywheel puller to come now. I mean it could be but I was unsure to what it could've been so i'm just doing one thing at a time and it doesn't fix the problem i'm going to replace that afterwards.

I have tapped the flywheel a few times with a hammer before reading about this. How easy is it for it to break?

Yes I have managed to get to it but i'm now waiting for the pully for the flywheel.

Can you give me more of a description of that please? I'm unsure to what you are on about.