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I haven't seen too many starter issues here on site, but I may be contributing a new one.
I first noticed a hot start issue at the end of last year and today when I had the bike out after a 20 minute ride on first hit the starter just stalled. Second hit started up but struggled. When I earlier pulled it out of the garage and did a cold, long crank the starter ran up fine. And tonight cold it wound up well for a while with the choke off so the motor would not kick right in.
Electrically it should / looks fine. The batt is 1 year old, on trickle over the winter, the solenoid has good voltage on both the batt side and the starter side when I just now cranked it cold. Connections are all free of corrosion. And yes I know hot cranks can be the hardest.
I'll pull the starter over the weekend to look at the brushes and commutator, then check the ammature. I've rebuilt starters during my life from lawn mowers to bulldozers when needed so I'm not going at this blind.
But not seeing a history of starter motor problems on the site has me a little more perplexed. Have there been issues in this model year range that I've missed? If so, were the magnets found to be weak so a new starter is necessary? I see Jim's Electrics has motors available for EZs if you sent in the old starter for the back end to be switched for about half of the OE $310-$400 price. Anyone use his?
I first noticed a hot start issue at the end of last year and today when I had the bike out after a 20 minute ride on first hit the starter just stalled. Second hit started up but struggled. When I earlier pulled it out of the garage and did a cold, long crank the starter ran up fine. And tonight cold it wound up well for a while with the choke off so the motor would not kick right in.
Electrically it should / looks fine. The batt is 1 year old, on trickle over the winter, the solenoid has good voltage on both the batt side and the starter side when I just now cranked it cold. Connections are all free of corrosion. And yes I know hot cranks can be the hardest.
I'll pull the starter over the weekend to look at the brushes and commutator, then check the ammature. I've rebuilt starters during my life from lawn mowers to bulldozers when needed so I'm not going at this blind.
But not seeing a history of starter motor problems on the site has me a little more perplexed. Have there been issues in this model year range that I've missed? If so, were the magnets found to be weak so a new starter is necessary? I see Jim's Electrics has motors available for EZs if you sent in the old starter for the back end to be switched for about half of the OE $310-$400 price. Anyone use his?
. Thanks.
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