Dirtmerchant
05-13-2009, 09:10 AM
I have a problem with my sons Predator 50 electric starter. I think the bike is an 06 but not sure, it is the last year of the 2 Stroke.
The bike is about 3 years old and has always been VERY hard to start cold, chock, no chock, throttle, little throttle, well, you get the idea.
About a month ago the electric starter quit working, the battery is original but is holding a charge at about 12.4 volts I took the battery to a local motorcycle shop and they used a full sized auto draw down tester and said it was bad but I don't think that is appropriate to use on such a small capacity battery although it did hold green for a second or two...
When pushing the starter button all you get is a starter click as it engages but will not turn the motor just dims the tail light but not totally dark.
I decided to pull the starter off, it would spin fine off the bike. I pulled the starter apart thinking the brushes may be worn since it is such a bear to start and requires a lot of spinning to fire. To make a long story longer, while the brushes looked a bit worn they weren't bad but I managed to damage them putting the starter back together again. I am going to pic the starter up from the shop in a day or two but I have a feeling that I'm going to be starting back at square one. I had thought about pulling the side cover off the drive to see if anything looks hung up in there but really just grasping at straws. :confused:
Anyone have any ideas as to where my problems is with the starter?
Secondly, are these bikes all such a bear to get started cold? I picked up a new spark plug but I think is likely more due to fuel delivery.
The bike is about 3 years old and has always been VERY hard to start cold, chock, no chock, throttle, little throttle, well, you get the idea.
About a month ago the electric starter quit working, the battery is original but is holding a charge at about 12.4 volts I took the battery to a local motorcycle shop and they used a full sized auto draw down tester and said it was bad but I don't think that is appropriate to use on such a small capacity battery although it did hold green for a second or two...
When pushing the starter button all you get is a starter click as it engages but will not turn the motor just dims the tail light but not totally dark.
I decided to pull the starter off, it would spin fine off the bike. I pulled the starter apart thinking the brushes may be worn since it is such a bear to start and requires a lot of spinning to fire. To make a long story longer, while the brushes looked a bit worn they weren't bad but I managed to damage them putting the starter back together again. I am going to pic the starter up from the shop in a day or two but I have a feeling that I'm going to be starting back at square one. I had thought about pulling the side cover off the drive to see if anything looks hung up in there but really just grasping at straws. :confused:
Anyone have any ideas as to where my problems is with the starter?
Secondly, are these bikes all such a bear to get started cold? I picked up a new spark plug but I think is likely more due to fuel delivery.