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early and late model starter
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:45 pm
by kbart1
can anybody confirm if the starter motor on a late model (pro-link) is the same as the starters on the early bikes? i have an '81 motor and i am looking for a starter, there appears to be several early model ones around. would it fit? are all the starters the same?
thanks a lot!
kent
Re: early and late model starter
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:29 am
by daves79x
Yes, all starters will work. The '80 ones were painted silver, all the rest were black, but functionally the same.
Dave
Re: early and late model starter
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:42 pm
by kbart1
thats awsome! thanks for that dave.
kent
Re: early and late model starter
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:35 pm
by cbx6ss
New if you can find one is >$500USD! I tore my ailing one down, and found the windings only had to be resoldered as they had separated from overheating. Worked fine after that. I have an extra late model motor if you need it. PM me.
/r
Brad
Re: early and late model starter
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:35 am
by Kool_Biker
cbx6ss wrote: I tore my ailing one down, and found the windings only had to be resoldered as they had separated from overheating. Worked fine after that. I have an extra late model motor if you need it. PM me.
/r
Brad
Indeed, this was also my experience.
Here's what I found when I opened my 'dead' starter ...
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A pic of the rotor commutator after cleaning, showing the problem in all its glory ...
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And what it took to restore it back to as new performance ... Works well to this day.
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Hope this helps.
Best, Aris