Frogger
Member
Ok, first off I have a 2006 Mastiff; I have a new Braille battery on order from autoanything.com and a new starter on order from shovelheadkicker on eBay.
Prior to installing a new starter, which I know I will eventually have to do I wanted to run this by you guys.
Symptoms:
When attempting to start the bike it sounds like teeth are broken on the starter, a continuous clicking/grinding as long as I hold the start button. It is a horrible sound and the engine never turns.
I charged the battery to 100% and left it connected to the charger which has a start option, hoping it would act as a fully charged battery, even if the battery was bad (not sure this works). It continued to make the sound of death with no start.
I assumed it was a broken starter shaft or broken teeth. I removed the starter and examined the shaft and teeth, It appeared normal. I went to a Honda dealer (the only nearby motorcycle mechanics) to have them bench test the starter. They said the shaft popped out but did not spin and that the starter was most likely bad.
I read Raywoods post "Starter System," I removed the starter end cap to examine the solenoid contacts, they were a little black and dirty but no pits.
Now that I have a starter on order, I started thinking about the bench test, and came up with the question.
Is it possible that the "Key, Run, Start" safeties prevented the bench test from working properly?
I just don't want to replace a working starter with a working starter, nor do I want to re-instal the old starter just to have to take it off and put the new one on.
Any advise?
Prior to installing a new starter, which I know I will eventually have to do I wanted to run this by you guys.
Symptoms:
When attempting to start the bike it sounds like teeth are broken on the starter, a continuous clicking/grinding as long as I hold the start button. It is a horrible sound and the engine never turns.
I charged the battery to 100% and left it connected to the charger which has a start option, hoping it would act as a fully charged battery, even if the battery was bad (not sure this works). It continued to make the sound of death with no start.
I assumed it was a broken starter shaft or broken teeth. I removed the starter and examined the shaft and teeth, It appeared normal. I went to a Honda dealer (the only nearby motorcycle mechanics) to have them bench test the starter. They said the shaft popped out but did not spin and that the starter was most likely bad.
I read Raywoods post "Starter System," I removed the starter end cap to examine the solenoid contacts, they were a little black and dirty but no pits.
Now that I have a starter on order, I started thinking about the bench test, and came up with the question.
Is it possible that the "Key, Run, Start" safeties prevented the bench test from working properly?
I just don't want to replace a working starter with a working starter, nor do I want to re-instal the old starter just to have to take it off and put the new one on.
Any advise?
