After looking at a diagram my trouble was with the armature(rotor) and not the stator,my bad.Even after spliting it to get it off the shaft (which was easy task) there doesnt seem to be any way to pull the windings through.I'm thinking this piece is better left alone or maybe just cut the ends of the windings of and leave it at that.Getting the case off the stator,cutting the windings and pulling through took about 1/2 hr. Very interesting though and who doesnt have fun taking things apart?