Deleted member CB
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2003 1150GSA 34000kms
Yesterday pulled into a filling station after doing about 250kms, went to start the bike & got the symptoms of a flat battery, turning really slowly, I knew the battery was good so was a bit puzzled.
Luckily I had a friend with me & we managed to bump it, anyone who has tried this knows how easy it is
Later in the journey it started normally but sounded a bit noisy/grindy, but got me home.
Stripped the starter today & found the shield that keeps grease in the gear housing & out of the motor had come adrift & was shorting on the armature, I refitted the shield after cleaning the grease etc from the motor, re-greased the planetary gears, fitted the shield & because it's just a tight fit in a plastic housing, I melted the edges over it with a hot piece of metal to be on the safe side.
I was pleased to find this because it explains some starting problems that have occurred from time to time, though not regular, maybe four months apart.
I was half expecting to find the famous un-bonded magnets. In my big box O starter motors
I have a starter off (I think) a early/mid 90s Peugeot 205, 1.4 petrol, It turns in the opposite direction but the housing (bit with the bonded magnets) is exactly the same, though little else is, except maybe the solenoid, even the armature has different splines on the drive end but it might be useful to know for anyone who has a dislodged broken magnet, not difficult to find in a scrappy.
It'll come in handy for me when my magnets fall off in three weeks time
Yesterday pulled into a filling station after doing about 250kms, went to start the bike & got the symptoms of a flat battery, turning really slowly, I knew the battery was good so was a bit puzzled.
Luckily I had a friend with me & we managed to bump it, anyone who has tried this knows how easy it is
Later in the journey it started normally but sounded a bit noisy/grindy, but got me home.
Stripped the starter today & found the shield that keeps grease in the gear housing & out of the motor had come adrift & was shorting on the armature, I refitted the shield after cleaning the grease etc from the motor, re-greased the planetary gears, fitted the shield & because it's just a tight fit in a plastic housing, I melted the edges over it with a hot piece of metal to be on the safe side.
I was pleased to find this because it explains some starting problems that have occurred from time to time, though not regular, maybe four months apart.
I was half expecting to find the famous un-bonded magnets. In my big box O starter motors
I have a starter off (I think) a early/mid 90s Peugeot 205, 1.4 petrol, It turns in the opposite direction but the housing (bit with the bonded magnets) is exactly the same, though little else is, except maybe the solenoid, even the armature has different splines on the drive end but it might be useful to know for anyone who has a dislodged broken magnet, not difficult to find in a scrappy. It'll come in handy for me when my magnets fall off in three weeks time
