Engine noise during cold start
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From: poway
Can I jump in here and ask about the possibility of a bad clutch? Is the starter clutch part of the starter, or the Primary? Can it be narrowed down to the starter clutch as the culprit? In other words, is there a way to confirm it without having to remove the primary cover? I've already removed the primary cover in the last week to check the Compensator, and I am not looking forward to doing it again. Thx.
2. Starter but in order to pull it you'll need to remove the primary cover. The clutch is inside the starter.
3. Best way to narrow it down is to have an experienced guy listen to it. Starter clutch is a common failure. Especially on bigger motors.
4. See 3.
Since you have an early TC with a bigger motor, and it's a softail. The battery may simply be getting weak. Softails (and Dynas) use a smaller battery than the baggers and the batteries tend to not last as long. If the motor is turning over slowly on the first start of the day, it can kick back and make the grinding of a bad starter clutch. Also, make sure that your battery terminals are tight. You can upgrade the starter cables also.. BTW, pulling a starter on a softail is a pain and typically early-early TCs (timken main bearing) don't have issues with compensators.
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I can get through it now a lot quicker but it took a couple of times to learn the short cuts but any way you go at it is challenging.
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And max is dead on, beef up cables and even the slightly larger HD starter for softails (think it’s 1.4kw) did the trick for mine, non bagger starters have always worn out in my experience
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