1 K100LT starter turns over the engine - sometimes Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:57 pm
david w
New member
Can anyone help?
I switch on the keyswitch and everything powers up.
I press the starter button and sometimes the starter turns the engine and it fires up, great! However sometimes (seems to be more and more often) there is the click of a relay but the starter doesn't turn the engine. I press the button again and again but still the starter doesn't turn the engine. However if I now put the bike in gear and turn the engine by turning the rear wheel, then put it back in neutral and press the starter button it sometimes turns the starter motor and the engine fires up as good as gold. (Although I sometimes have to repeat this process to get it to turn).
Before I start stripping the starter motor, etc does anyone know the symptoms and the problem?
In my mind I am working towards worn brushes in the starter motor, or a bad earth. Can anyone confirm I'm heading in the right direction or steer me in another direction>
thanks
Dave
I switch on the keyswitch and everything powers up.
I press the starter button and sometimes the starter turns the engine and it fires up, great! However sometimes (seems to be more and more often) there is the click of a relay but the starter doesn't turn the engine. I press the button again and again but still the starter doesn't turn the engine. However if I now put the bike in gear and turn the engine by turning the rear wheel, then put it back in neutral and press the starter button it sometimes turns the starter motor and the engine fires up as good as gold. (Although I sometimes have to repeat this process to get it to turn).
Before I start stripping the starter motor, etc does anyone know the symptoms and the problem?
In my mind I am working towards worn brushes in the starter motor, or a bad earth. Can anyone confirm I'm heading in the right direction or steer me in another direction>
thanks
Dave