DIY alpha moped starter repair

In detail: do-it-yourself repair of the alpha moped starter from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Disassembly and repair scooter starter

With a habitual movement, he turned the ignition key, pressed the starter button ... And silence. I repeated the launch - starter does not plow.

If, after pressing the starter button, you hear a short, unusual grinding sound and the engine does not start, then most likely the matter is not in the starter - the battery is simply dead. Symptoms of a starter malfunction are different: when the start button is pressed, a single metallic click of the contacts of the starter relay is heard, but no motor noise follows. What should I do?

Engage first gear and with the clutch depressed, pushing the motorcycle back and forth, press the starter button. If the motor starts working, we can conclude: there is poor contact between the carbon collector brushes and the collector. Dust got between the rubbing parts (collector brushes), because of it sparking occurred and a kind of dielectric was formed. When the motorcycle was pushed back and forth, when sliding the brushes found contact - and the starter started working.

This way of starting a motorcycle will help out if the "illness" is at an early stage. However, a moment will inevitably come when the motor cannot be excited.

Let's consider the repair of a failed starter using the example of the Honda XR250 Baja. Fortunately, there is no cladding on the motorcycle, and the part we are interested in is easily accessible (photo 1).

For work you will need: keys - end keys "for 12" and "10", open-end keys - "for 7" and "10". Place the unit on the stand. To get to the starter, dismantle the exhaust pipe. To do this, unscrew the four nuts on the pipe flanges (photo 2, 3). Just loosen the bolt on the clamp.

Video (click to play).

Unscrew two bolts of the oil line and fastening the starter housing to the crankcase (photo 4). Disconnect the terminal on the starter. Lightly tap with a hammer (through a wooden block) the starter housing (photo 5) - so that the splines of the armature shaft disengage with the overrunning clutch gear (photo 6). Pull the starter out of the frame through the left side.

Opening the starter. Remove the two bolts (Photo 7). Both housing covers are removable, the armature easily comes out of the rotor (this is a permanent magnet). Be careful and prudent: do not confuse the order of the washers on the armature shaft!

In photos 8 and 9, dirt is clearly visible, which finished off the starter of the "unkillable" Honda: the collector was covered with a dielectric, the slats (slots in the rotor) were clogged with dirt, the current collector brushes hardly move in the nests.

Repair. Sand the collector with sandpaper (grain size - fine), clean the lamellas with a scraper made from a hacksaw blade (photo 10). Wash the anchor in clean gasoline (photo 11). Also "bathe" the housing cover with carbon brushes, treat it with fresh gasoline and the needle bearing in the other cover especially carefully (photo 12).

Assembly. The needle bearing is lubricated with engine oil while the motor is running, but when reassembling, lubricate it with the same engine oil anyway. A sintered bushing is installed in the housing cover on the side of the brushes - fill it with grease (Castrol LMX).

Connect all the parts - washers, O-rings (install them in the order in which they are laid out in photo 13). Do not confuse which side the stator housing is joined to the cover in which the brushes are located; for this there is a special groove on the housing (you can see it in photo 9) and a counter protrusion on the cover (it is in photo 8). If the sealing rubber ring (there should be two of them) on the stator housing is torn, but there is no replacement, you can use a sealant (and we had to use it).Bolt the starter parts together. Check if the anchor is scrolling in the hull? Is nothing jammed?

Install the starter motor to the motorcycle. Carry out all operations described in disassembly in the reverse order.

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my starter is constantly turning even when the engine is running. what to do?

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fucking doesn't work hahahha it was necessary to replace it with a new one then it would work

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you do not need to spend money on an anchor puller, it can be easily removed by mounting)

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