weirdness
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:08 pm
First thought I had another sprag gone bad so searched for another spring and installed it.
Started once and all was fine. Let it warm up and cool down. On the second attempt to start, started then the usual grind scratch chunk like the spring broke again. Took it apart and sure enough broken spring. After removing the hub discovered it still would not spin over just clunk clunk clunk. Figured I had damaged the starter when the sprag went bad again. Turns out the cog gear seems to be the issue. Turns very hard on the shaft and even with heating and a puller I can't get it off.
Anyone run across this before ?
Started once and all was fine. Let it warm up and cool down. On the second attempt to start, started then the usual grind scratch chunk like the spring broke again. Took it apart and sure enough broken spring. After removing the hub discovered it still would not spin over just clunk clunk clunk. Figured I had damaged the starter when the sprag went bad again. Turns out the cog gear seems to be the issue. Turns very hard on the shaft and even with heating and a puller I can't get it off.
Anyone run across this before ?