my starting problems fixed!! could this be sticky soon???

KarlosVTR · Post by **KarlosVTR** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:33 am

now as we all know, the humble vtr firestorm is prone to a few problems, CCTs, iffy forks, and so on.

the proble which is the crimp of them all is the starting problem. ths has to be the worst problem of all because if you have no running bike, you may as well have a pile of raw materials sat there on the yard.

Q: the problem

it wont start, starter churns like it has hardly any power in the battery but its full.

starts intermittently absolutely fantasticly or vica versa

sound familiar? it does and did to me

A: the solution

it has been said that it could be the threaded pole pin which was absolutely fine on mine so i investigated further.

the commutator was covered in thick black deposits of graphite, causing a bridged gap, and worst of all 2 of the 4 brushes were ceased in place, not even touching the com.

a healthy clean and polish of the com, freeing up the brushes and such has given this motor a new lease of life. its like new, not even the merest hint of a struggle to start and, best of all, it was free to fix.

its like 2 cylinders full of mixture dont exist to it any more

hope this helps anyone before they start buying expensive stuff they may not need

safe riding

Karlos

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:08 pm

Nice find Karlos

Well Done

Pete.l

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:33 pm

Well sorted Karlos

Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horn's

Chris.

PS. At least your tank will live another day

KarlosVTR · Post by **KarlosVTR** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:12 pm

i do try.

just happy to help anyone in as embarrassing situation as me, before their tank cops a few fists

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:22 pm

Karlos, just out of interest what year is your bike and how many miles has it done

I might give mine a check over when I have a spare hour or so

Chris.

KarlosVTR · Post by **KarlosVTR** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:08 pm

*cough* hmm its a 97 and done 40500 miles

the pin was plastered in copper grease so it was fresh as a daisy when the plastic came off

although the innerds were lets say, lacklustre

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:55 pm

KarlosVTR wrote:*cough* hmm its a 97 and done 40500 miles

the pin was plastered in copper grease so it was fresh as a daisy when the plastic came off

although the innerds were lets say, lacklustre

Thanks for the info Karlos