Starter Clutch

ADY · Post by **ADY** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:20 pm

Any one had problems like this?

Went for a spirited run of just 50 miles to a freinds, and then when ready to come home the bike would not start - it seemed to just spin the starter, make an odd noise and not a lot else

I stripped and serviced the starter but no change

Read up on the starter clutch, striped and checked it, and fitted a new 'Sprag Assembly' - no change

Fitted a new drive unit and drive plate - no change

Started looking at how it all worked with an inspection scope and found the idlewheel was turning but the intermediate drive wheel wasn't - took this out and its held together by a circlip and nothing else which is odd as they move together and should not spin. I pulled it apart and could see the marks / pick uo where it had been spinning and realised it had been pressed together and should be fixed as one, otherwise it would not work
As a stop gap I welded the 2 parts and re-assembled it all to try it before buying even more bits

It works now...........and its staying like this for a while to see what happens!

yellafella · Post by **yellafella** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:54 pm

hate to say it ! But . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a decent manual and you could have figured that out quicker, or even better . . . . . ask someone on here !!!!!!!

Bink · Post by **Bink** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 9:13 pm

Then again ... there is great staisfaction in finding & fixing a problem all by yourself

ADY · Post by **ADY** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:14 pm

Yeah know what you mean about the manual, Haynes just says about all the other parts beiing worn etc, nothing about the idle / drive wheels

I did look at the site to see if anyone had the problem and found nothing about it so presumed it was a one off - the stuff about the starter moter was useful

The guys at Silvers where very helpful but even the official manual they had did'nt mention it

Oh well at laest I am back on the road