Starter going bad??

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When I hit the switch, I here it spin, but it won't engaget the flywheel. Pulled the cowling off and watched it. Battery is new, starter spins, but will not go up into the flywheel. I noticed a couple of times today that it sounded sluggish or hesitating and then it just stopped working. Thankfully it was 100 yards from the dock and I was able to load with the trolling motor. Any ideas or suggestions? Looks like I may be going to Dunlap for one of those Fatboy hamburgers at WinBobs - on the way to see James Perry (Wrechin2)..........Thanks, Jim :)
 
Yeah it may be the starter going bad... Im no expert by any means, but I've had trouble similar to this before and I turned out being the starter. All it may need is to be cleaned out with carb. cleaner or something. Never know. Good luck though!
 
Make sure you have the large battery cables on the battery first. The way the starter gear works is when the shaft spins, the gear is stationary and climbs the shaft and engages the flywheel. When the brushes in the starter gets glazed, the battery is weak, or has a bad connection, the shaft does not spin fast enought to get the gear to make contact with the flywheel and just spins. Give me a call and I will see if I can't "walk" you through some tests. You failed to mention what engine it is. Most "american" starters use the same brushes so I usually have them in stock. Rarely does a starter need to be replaced.
 
wrechin2 - 8/26/2010 11:40 PM

Make sure you have the large battery cables on the battery first. The way the starter gear works is when the shaft spins, the gear is stationary and climbs the shaft and engages the flywheel. When the brushes in the starter gets glazed, the battery is weak, or has a bad connection, the shaft does not spin fast enought to get the gear to make contact with the flywheel and just spins. Give me a call and I will see if I can't "walk" you through some tests. You failed to mention what engine it is. Most "american" starters use the same brushes so I usually have them in stock. Rarely does a starter need to be replaced.
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I have the same cables that I have always had - I checked connections today, but maybe not good enough??? Any info will be appreciated.....Even if I don't bring the boat over, I'm due for a Fatboy anyway!!!! We started to come tonight!! emoHungry emoHungry emoHungry
 
I don't mean replace the cables. Just make sure the original "LARGE" cables coming from the engine are on the battery post 1st. This keeps a good connection. If you have some of the smaller eylets on the battery before the large cable, it can sometimes create a connection issue.
 
old man101 - 8/27/2010 6:19 AM

i got to go see james today and now i think i am going to have to see what this fatboy is all about.
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I think that's what they call it. It's a 2 patty burger. I think the 3 patty is a Wideglide. Onion rings are good too!!
 
wrechin2 - 8/27/2010 12:13 AM

I don't mean replace the cables. Just make sure the original "LARGE" cables coming from the engine are on the battery post 1st. This keeps a good connection. If you have some of the smaller eylets on the battery before the large cable, it can sometimes create a connection issue.
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I checked this out and the starter cables were on the bottom. They looked clean and I tightened them back and it is still just spinning. The battery is only a couple of months old and is 1000 CCA, so not sure where to go from here. I may put some jumper cables on it just to make sure. Got any suggestions?? Thanks, Jim
 
If you have a multimeter see what voltage is at the battery. You may have dropped a cell and only have 10V to it. Charge the battery also due to the fact you can have 12.5V and only 10 amps available. JUST 1 TIME, give the bendix a 1 light shot of WD-40. See what happens. Let me know the results. Don't rely on the WD-40 because it will cause issues down the road. I have rebuit starters that were swimming in WD.
 
wrechin2 - 8/27/2010 3:21 PM

If you have a multimeter see what voltage is at the battery. You may have dropped a cell and only have 10V to it. Charge the battery also due to the fact you can have 12.5V and only 10 amps available. JUST 1 TIME, give the bendix a 1 light shot of WD-40. See what happens. Let me know the results. Don't rely on the WD-40 because it will cause issues down the road. I have rebuit starters that were swimming in WD.
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Charged her up again and it was 12.63 volts. I also hooked another battery to it with jumper cables. Shot a little WD 40 in there and it still will not work. It's just spinning now and not even really attempting to climb into the flywheel. I guess it's shot, but I sure was lucky to be at the dock when it stopped working!!!
 
u know the man at win-bobs told me that women could eat a whole fat boy.if that is true dont mess with the women in dunlap.omg what a burger.
 
It may just need a set of brushes and cleaned/lubed. What engine is it??? Brushes are a lot cheaper than a starter. emoToast
 
It's a Mercury 150 hp. I think it is a 85 or 86 year model, but not sure. Thanks for taking the time to respond to all of my questions on this.

Jim
 
Jim,
No problem! Even if the starter is bad, I have several that will fit it. 99% of the time it is just the brushes glazed and most of the time the brushes are still good and don't need replaced. I just checked and I do have a set of brushes if it comes down to that. emoToast
 

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