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New Bohemia, VA | I'm hoping it will survive the winter, but when I hit the starter first thing in the morning it makes a loud screeching noise. It is a sound much like bearing failure in electric motors. So far it only does it in the morning, and if I have to hit the starter button a second time to get it to start, it doesn't do it. Has anyone had a starter issue similar to what I'm describing??? |
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LaPorte,Tx. | varyder, sounds like maybe a dry bearing. There is a bearing on the end of the starter gear shaft, but that one looks like it would be getting some oil from the motor. Probably something inside the actual starter that drags on the first pull. ~$312 for starter on line, comes with o-ring. Doesn't look like it is too hard to change. A long-long time ago, I had a car that ate up starters once or twice a year. I could change anywhere, actually carried a spare in the trunk. Good luck! |
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| Say if your not under warranty look for a auto electric repair shop. A buddy tuck his bike starter to one and they fixed it with better bearings and a better armature for less that a stock starter.
I am sure you checked the cables on both ends right. |
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New Bohemia, VA | perhaps warranty, I'll have to call Region 2000 and see what they can do for me since I don't have a local dealer anymore. They're only 130 miles away, but it's all good. |
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South of Sweden | Could be the starter drive clutch aswell. Mine is replaced on a '10 vision. It doesn't turn the engine at all when i push the starter. But if it slips a little before it grips it makes a really loud screeching noise (on an old sukiyaki anyway).
Winter almost over :-) |
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