Green stuff inside my starter?
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Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:05
Well, i posted a thread on here about a burned up starter..
I jumped the leads with a screw driver on the solenoid and nothing clicked or turned. My engine in my bike isn't locked, the wheel spins when the bike is pushed and in gear and the motor turns. I unbolted the solenoid and disconnected it from the harness. Its in a box in my kitchen. I then removed my clutch cover for my pushrod and removed the starter cover. I Took some booster cables and hooked up positive to the wire coming off the starter and grounded the other on the engine block. The starter turned a few times and then it stopped... it wouldn't turn anymore after that. I removed it the starter and hooked up the booster cables to it when it was sitting on the hood of our car. It spun freely but not smoothly and the surfaces where the motor bolts into the engine were dirty as hell so i wire brushed them off so they are clean now. I took the starter apart to look for any damage on the inside and this is what i found... I didn't pry on anything, the starter came right apart after unscrewing it. I don't know what the warped metal is...
I jumped the leads with a screw driver on the solenoid and nothing clicked or turned. My engine in my bike isn't locked, the wheel spins when the bike is pushed and in gear and the motor turns. I unbolted the solenoid and disconnected it from the harness. Its in a box in my kitchen. I then removed my clutch cover for my pushrod and removed the starter cover. I Took some booster cables and hooked up positive to the wire coming off the starter and grounded the other on the engine block. The starter turned a few times and then it stopped... it wouldn't turn anymore after that. I removed it the starter and hooked up the booster cables to it when it was sitting on the hood of our car. It spun freely but not smoothly and the surfaces where the motor bolts into the engine were dirty as hell so i wire brushed them off so they are clean now. I took the starter apart to look for any damage on the inside and this is what i found... I didn't pry on anything, the starter came right apart after unscrewing it. I don't know what the warped metal is...
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:07
Warped metal?
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:09
sorry, wont let me post my pictures, wrong size... The edge of the cylinder inside the starter is warped all to hell and there is green corrosion on the spindle that wound with copper... I think i need i new starter. The motor spins but makes a weird whining noise and it vibrates like crazy...
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03 Jun 2010 19:09
Still recovering,some days are better than others.
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:15
Green stuff?
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:15
Sorry, i tried to post another pic, won't let me...
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:15
corrosion fromwater trapped in there,sounds like bad bearings

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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:18
Green Stuff $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 19:25
yeah need a pic man!!! you can resize your pics in regular old microsoft paint..just go to stretch and skew and lower the numbers.
im an auto tech, and ive seen this before. you need a new starter!
im an auto tech, and ive seen this before. you need a new starter!
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 21:50
The starter armature is loaded with bare copper which corrodes to a green color.
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 22:17
Try here if you think it can be rebuilt:
A. www.mawonline.com/newsite/rick_s_motorsp...-starter_brushes.htm
B. www.cyclewareables.com/pages/street_star...kits/startmtrkit.htm
Also ask around at the local electric motor rebuilding places that work on car starters.
A. www.mawonline.com/newsite/rick_s_motorsp...-starter_brushes.htm
B. www.cyclewareables.com/pages/street_star...kits/startmtrkit.htm
Also ask around at the local electric motor rebuilding places that work on car starters.
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Re: Green stuff inside my starter?
03 Jun 2010 22:23
I thought it was water... Im just going to buy a new one. The shell of the starter is all warped from heat. Its jacked i think. The inside is more of a wavy oval than anything like a circle... And i couldn't remember what the option was to resize my pics. Skew was somewhere in my brain but it wasn't anywhere in there where i was looking:D
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