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Battery or starter?

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Wheelbreak said:
Well it's definitely the starter. Has anyone had luck with a rebuild kit or should I just order a used one? How often do these things fail?
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Someone had a starter for $20 shipped in the parts section, go get it!
 
so I just cleaned the brushes and where they contact per this guys video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHQJDhxZc0

And it's working like new again. I should of known when I tested the voltage of the input of the starter and it was getting 11.5 volts that it was the starter.

what a waste of money on the battery. I probably could have held off until spring. Oh well, live and learn.
 
I did it, and according to it the battery was not holding it's charge the way it should, but I think I could of got another month or two out of it. I'm doing a few hundred miles next weekend so maybe it's for the best.
 
Wheelbreak said:
so I just cleaned the brushes and where they contact per this guys video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHQJDhxZc0

And it's working like new again. I should of known when I tested the voltage of the input of the starter and it was getting 11.5 volts that it was the starter.

what a waste of money on the battery. I probably could have held off until spring. Oh well, live and learn.
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While you were in there did you happen to notice if the rotor was striking the stator? In my case the motor had been reassembled incorectly - the shim stacks were gone.
 
I just pulled the starter out without opening the covers, so I couldn't/didn't check.
 
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