Having the usual winter problems with starting so decided to strip down the starter motor and found that the grease plate / shim had jammed and holes had been burnt through as in Mike O's post.
The rest of the starter motor is fine, some light grease etc between the magnets which I've cleaned out, connections all fine and without the plate - temporary fix - the bike starts. It makes a very different noise on start up which is concerning -
Question is - can you just buy a replacement shim / plate? whats its real name as a host of google searches comes up with nothing. OEM does not go down as far as this component on the starter motor and all I can get is a replacement or refurb.
If this has happened is there more of a problem somewhere else in the starter motor or is repeated failed starts just putting more and more strain on this component causing the short.
Should i just get a new starter - its a r1150gs, 2004 with 62,000 on the clock.
Cheers!
Sid
The rest of the starter motor is fine, some light grease etc between the magnets which I've cleaned out, connections all fine and without the plate - temporary fix - the bike starts. It makes a very different noise on start up which is concerning -
Question is - can you just buy a replacement shim / plate? whats its real name as a host of google searches comes up with nothing. OEM does not go down as far as this component on the starter motor and all I can get is a replacement or refurb.
If this has happened is there more of a problem somewhere else in the starter motor or is repeated failed starts just putting more and more strain on this component causing the short.
Should i just get a new starter - its a r1150gs, 2004 with 62,000 on the clock.
Cheers!
Sid
