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TooJuicy
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Brian, can you kindly clarify which pivot you mean? I'm hoping I won't have to dismantle the electric motor itself in getting to the bendix lever arm pivot. Is the pivot you greased accessible if I remove the solenoid? I'm hoping it's the end of the lever arm you suggest to grease, where the plunger connects. Tony
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TooJuicy
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I have just fitted a new Yuasa battery. The Yuasa battery fitted to the bike at time the starter failed was only a few years old, however it had had a tough life. The bike was hardly used through 2020 & 2021 and also sat unloved in a dealer workshop for two months Nov/Dec 2020 where I imagine it was allowed to run flat. Still, that battery is now history.
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Brian UK
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First, was the new battery fully charged? Repeatedly starting will discharge a partly charged new battery, and they are often only partly charged. Yes, I do mean the pivot on the solenoid to pinion operating arm. But first of all make sure the plunger is clean, and the inside of the solenoid body. Sticky grease in there affected mine.
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TooJuicy
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Brian, yes battery was fully charged.
The present Yuasa is brand new from Tayna as of September and when it arrived I put it on my CTEK charger for best part of a week to bring the voltage right up. This battery has not been connected to the Guzzi at all until yesterday for first time, it got put on the CTEK occasionally between September and yesterday, including the last few days before firing up the engine first time this morning. I can test the voltage tmr but unless the new Yuasa is a dud it should have been in great shape today. The starter wasn't really operated repeatedly until I was back from a 90 minute ride today, and is straight back on the CTEK. Yesterday I hooked up freshly charged battety for first time and I let the startet turn once before killing it before the engine fired. Put it back on charge. Today it started bike for first time, I rode to petrol station and got a No-Start, then it started second push of button. Then after my ride with everything hot I tried starter twice back at home and both times it turned over and engine fired quickly like a good'un. ECU had been flashed by Tod in SoCal so the 1200 starts quickly and straight to a rock steady idle. Tony
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TooJuicy
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Ok thanks for confirmation. I'll remove the solenoid and clean up the movement inside. Tony
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Mike H
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Silly question time - have you checked for loose or dirty or bad connectors - the 'it doesn't work then it does' suggests this. Or even the starter button.
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"Chicken nuggets don't dance on a Tuesday."
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Brian UK
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When it goes clunk but doesn't start, but you get another clunk as you hit the kill switch it means the button etc is working fine, but the solenoid isn't pulling in enough to make the big contact at the end. Various reasons for this. 1. the pinion won't mesh with the starter ring, thus stops it going full travel. 2. not enough volts to the solenoid coil, so it doesn't pull in completely - your wiring mod should have stopped this possibilty. 3. something else is preventing the solenoid from going to the contacts, and this could be sticky grease on the plunger, which I had once. But I suggest you also have a look at the "how to test a starter motor" topic in the electrical section.
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Brian.
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theone&onlymin
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Whatever you do, don't hit it ! Think that's right Brian, if it's a Valeo.
Cheers Min
Edited by theone&onlymin - 18 Nov 2021 at 21:31 |
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Brian UK
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Swearing at it in Italian might help, but if it's a valeo starter, the last thing you should ever do is hit it. Those magnets are not that well glued in and hitting usually releases them.
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Brian.
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theone&onlymin
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I'm only used to a Bosch so I am.
Cheers Min
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Can you Bosch them?
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Ken-Guzzibear
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The Bosch starter is way more robust in my experience it will withstand much more churning over tried a valeo on the V1000 yes it worked but sounded awful
To be fair they use Bosch starters on Merc Sprinters and they need a fair bit of churning on a cold morning
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TooJuicy
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Thanks for all your suggestions. I suspect the problem lies with the action of the solenoid somehow - when I press the starter button & kill button the solenoid is activated & deactivated, so the solenoid is being switched on and off electrically. My next step is to remove the stater to "service" the solenoid plunger and the starter connections will be examined while the starter is off. I favour inactivity as the culprit since the problem has arisen after 18-month Covid enforced lay-up.
I have not looked to see which make of starter is fitted, but its a 2012 1200 engine. Presently all work on bike is suspended while I'm on family duties hundreds of miles from base. Appreciate the support & ideas. Tony
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Brian UK
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Actually it probably is a late Bosch, but they have permanent magnets fitted too, so always the possibilty of them being damaged with hitting the starter. As a point of information for all, you should never need to hit it to make it work. If it doesn't work then there is a fault which should be rectified.
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