• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Starter question

  • Thread starter Thread starter granda0101
  • Start date Start date
G

granda0101

Guest
I have a 1981 GS650E with 9400 miles on it. I had some trouble with my electric starter a while back. The solenoid clicked but no starter action. It turned out to be a bad ground. I cleaned up the starter motor bolts,remounted it and all was fine.
My current problem is that the starter motor turns fast and strong for about 3 seconds and then slows down to nothing after about 7 seconds. The battery tests fine. I switched the battery with the battery in another bike and the GS battery did just fine in the other bike and the new battery in the other bike did the same thing in the GS as did the original battery. Both batteries are new, so it must be the bike. I removed the starter and it spun freely on the bench. After remounting it in the bike I put star washers between the starter motor mount and the block and then ran a new ground wire from the starter motor mount to the frame just to make sure the ground was good. None of this seemed to help. Any suggestions? Thanks.

P.S. There is no way I am going to put that factory air box and plenum back on. Anybody have a good source for K&n's?
 
granda0101 said:
I have a 1981 GS650E with 9400 miles on it. I had some trouble with my electric starter a while back. The solenoid clicked but no starter action. It turned out to be a bad ground. I cleaned up the starter motor bolts,remounted it and all was fine.
My current problem is that the starter motor turns fast and strong for about 3 seconds and then slows down to nothing after about 7 seconds. The battery tests fine. I switched the battery with the battery in another bike and the GS battery did just fine in the other bike and the new battery in the other bike did the same thing in the GS as did the original battery. Both batteries are new, so it must be the bike. I removed the starter and it spun freely on the bench. After remounting it in the bike I put star washers between the starter motor mount and the block and then ran a new ground wire from the starter motor mount to the frame just to make sure the ground was good. None of this seemed to help. Any suggestions? Thanks.

P.S. There is no way I am going to put that factory air box and plenum back on. Anybody have a good source for K&n's?
Click to expand...
The commutator most likely needs to be cleaned up. That's the part of the starter the brushes make contact with. Clean it up with some fine emery cloth and gently clean out the grooves in the commutator.
 
I'm sure Billy Ricks is probably on the right track. I would wonder if the voltage is dropping due to a problem with the solenoid. If cleaning the commutator doesn't do it watch the voltage at the starter while it cranks.
 
check the voltage acrost the solenoid. I am betting its getting hot and the cotacts are bending or are frying.
 
I pulled the starter out and apart

I pulled the starter out and apart

looks like one of the brushes is burnt. The other looks like new. The brushes look soldered to a short piece of wire and then soldered at rhe other end as well. Anyone know where I can get this thing rebuilt? Thanks.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top