Subject: RE: Hard Starting Eldo
Author: Bruce Giller
Date: Apr 15, 2005, 9:22 AM
Post ID: 1718708340
My money is on your starter that has steadily been going south on you.
You can bench test the starter off the bike. Clamp it in a vise for there
is no point in trying to hold it with your hands; lots of torque. Get a
well-charged battery and some jumper cables. Clip the negative to the body
of the starter.
Test the solenoid: apply the positive cable to small wire connection
(usually a spade type) on the solenoid; you are playing the part of the
starter switch. The solenoid should click loudly and throw the ring teeth
engagement gear out into the nose of the starter. The starter should not
turn.
Test the starter: now apply the positive cable to the big nut on the
solenoid that was NOT used for the battery cable on the bike. Here you are
bypassing the solenoids' internal T-bar electrical connector and feeding
current directly to the starter. The starter should whirrrrr confidently
but the ring teeth engagement gear should not budge.
If both components work independently, you can bench test the starter as a
whole. Clip the positive cable to where the bikes' battery cable used to
attach (big nut). Get a small jumper wire and attach one end to the
positive cable and the other to the solenoid connection. Now the solenoid
should kick out the engagement gear AND the starter should turn.
Bruce
'72 Eldo
-----Original Message-----
From: dc-@webtv.net [mailto:dc-@webtv.net]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:58 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Hard Starting Eldo
This issue has come on slowly.I tried getting juice from the car
battery,but still have the problem.
I took the strarter out and it was warm.I gounded to the engine and hit
the button and it turn very slow.It seems that power is going to the
starter but the soleniod does not kick in and the gear just turns very
slowly.