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Starter Clutch Repair help needed.- RESOLVED!!!

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by roverguy, Sep 7, 2008.

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  1. bill

    bill Active Member

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    Re: Starter Clutch Repair help needed.

    The interesting thing captain is if you shift the plate the locating tab will hold the plate up at an angle and make it difficult at best to get it back together. I know I tried :oops:

    Anyway I won't speculate any further - hopefully that's all the problem is..
     
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    Re: Starter Clutch Repair help needed.

    Yeah I hate guessing.
     
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    SUCCESS!!!!!

    :D

    Thanks to all the input & inspiration. I have resolved the problem.
    I did have the brush plate rotated about 10 degrees out which causes the orientation to the permanent magnets in the starter body to spin the starter in the wrong direction.

    Thanks esp CapNemo for sneaking out of work & confirming the correct rotation of my starter! I thought I was losing my mind.

    You guys saved this project. Now I don't have to split the case!

    However I got some good wrenching experience on my first bike. I can honestly say I could now pull the starter & rebuld it in probably an hr.

    I can also say I could pull the generator & do any work in that area.

    I don't know why I had bent one of the tabs over to line up with the notch, but now that I think back I remember a little hickup when I was reassembling the brush plate.

    See the attached sketch with the hint on re assembly.

    Again guys, thanks!!
     

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    Right on!
    I'll be in Cohasset at the beginning of November and I'll collect my beer then.
     
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    Right on!
    I'll be in Cohasset at the beginning of November and I'll collect my beer then.
     
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    I'm in Melbourne, Australia and I'll have to take a raincheck on the beer but I'll keep checking my postbox each day anyway...

    Good collective work folks.
     
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    You too were instrumental in getting me through this.

    Thanks
     
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    Great news - I'm surprise that the small rotation caused the issue so I learned something new. I see how you got it back together now. Like I said earlier I did the same thing but could not get it back together and discovered my problem.
     
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    Man I'd love to be there. ^^^ I hope you are enjoying it enough for us all!
     
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    I'm cranked, now I can thnk about pulling the carbs & cleaning out the fuel system
     
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    Re: Starter Clutch Repair help needed.

    Is the orange highlighted portion True or False? if it's true then my starter clutch has issues because I can't spin that wheel in the case for the life of me.
     
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    It is true amigo. Bad news, sorry to hear it.
     
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