kc 300EX
08-13-2002, 08:29 PM
ok, this is on my cousins Warrior(junk i know, but try to help anyways)
Last week we were riding through a LOT of water, as in, all day, water skipping, riding up and down this river, water over our wheels, quads floatin, drowning out, being pulled out, the fun stuff.
So anyways, my cousin got water in his airbox a few times, and he had to crank the **** out of his quad to get it to start. Eventually it wouldnt crank anymore, just click. he had this problem before, and we knew it was his starter, so we pop started it a few times, then had to go home. Today he took the starter to a place to be fixed, they said that it over heated from being cranked to much and melted the sottering or something inside it. So my cousin payed some crazy price to get it fixed. Well, now the starter works fine, but it WONT crank the quad over, we dont understand. When we hook up the starter, it turns, it has a gear on it and we can clearly see that i spins, but nothing in the engine turns over, just the starter spinning. We called Yamaha and they siad it was the starter clutch. I have no idea what that is, but its like 200 bucks to fix. My cousin says he doesnt think thats it and Yamaha is full of crap because he took it all apart and everything is fine. Please tell me if he knows what hes talking about? His theory is that the starter is spinning backwards, is that possible??
Last week we were riding through a LOT of water, as in, all day, water skipping, riding up and down this river, water over our wheels, quads floatin, drowning out, being pulled out, the fun stuff.
So anyways, my cousin got water in his airbox a few times, and he had to crank the **** out of his quad to get it to start. Eventually it wouldnt crank anymore, just click. he had this problem before, and we knew it was his starter, so we pop started it a few times, then had to go home. Today he took the starter to a place to be fixed, they said that it over heated from being cranked to much and melted the sottering or something inside it. So my cousin payed some crazy price to get it fixed. Well, now the starter works fine, but it WONT crank the quad over, we dont understand. When we hook up the starter, it turns, it has a gear on it and we can clearly see that i spins, but nothing in the engine turns over, just the starter spinning. We called Yamaha and they siad it was the starter clutch. I have no idea what that is, but its like 200 bucks to fix. My cousin says he doesnt think thats it and Yamaha is full of crap because he took it all apart and everything is fine. Please tell me if he knows what hes talking about? His theory is that the starter is spinning backwards, is that possible??