STARTER NOT WORKING, JUST CLICKING

[Foxrage]

My friend had the same problem with his 300ex. He didnt buy a new starter though. I will Ask him what he did to fix it.

[MARCUMS ATV]

A little wisdom on your starter woes, it would be very beneficial to open up the starter now and replace the brushes. You should be able to get a set for less than 25 bucks. Generally when a starter starts sticking the brushes are worn almost to the limit and will only begin to ruin the armature. At that point unless you know someone with a lathe to turn the armature for you a new starter would be the only fix.

Terry

[Leo]

good stuff

sending this to the "best of" forum..

Leo

["BLAHH"300!!]

hey i had the same problem a while back-

- not hard to fix- $ 75.00 for me

take off your starter get it out of there-

-it has two bolts on it that run all the way through-take em out
- it'll come in to three pieces- well wait- check too see if the teeth are good first-

-take the bolts out-
-there's a rod that spins in the middle-
-there's two things that slid on it while it spins,,little -{springs}- thats keeps em on there tight-
-see if they are worn down- if so - there you go- replace them.

go to your local started shop and show them whats up-


later

["BLAHH"300!!]

i thought i already did this-

- 300ex starter- i had the same problem awhile back-

-easy to fix $75.00 for me-

-take off your starter
-look at the teeth see if there good first-- ok then
-there's too bolts that run all the way through te starter-
-take em out- it'll then come into three pieces
-there's a rod that runns all the way through and spins
-look at the "inside" end-
-there's too brushes that slide on this rod
-see if they are worn-- if so
-take it to a starter shop and show them-
-they should have some in stock
-also- the starter is on the motor in a tight spot so if you take off the other piece that it slides into there's a gasket behind it-
- $4.00 get that too- $79.00 done

if u wanna go riding and it doesnt start just pop start it.
hold the clutch in 2nd gear and run with it. pop it and it should start. i dont know if it will since ur starter sucks.