You may want to consider it, one day when you are out in da middle of Bumfck South Africa and the starter won't catch and you end up being lion droppings...ya, you might want to consider it. lol

 

You do not need a new starter, you need a starter clutch.

 

Us South-Africans aren’t scared of loins, we are used to those. Its jealous boyfriends on fast Japanese bikes that worry us, so a bike that won’t start can be a bit of a problem when things heat up

 

Thanks, I will do some more research on that. My starter is the original that came with the bike, so I probably have to get a new clutch from the dealer?

Cheers

KC

 

Ok guys, my gel battery will not take any kind of charge at all. I left it on a trickle (2 amp) charge over night and it wont even kick the light on! So I am over here in Germany and need to find a motorcycle shop or get a battery shipped from the states. The gel battery had a date on it from when my choppper was built back in 04. Not to bad but the bike only has about 1500 miles on it.

 

Ya need to stick a Ultima 127 in da bike, a little easier to stay ahead of those jealous boyfriends. lol

 

Got my new Ultima starter today. Have a service manual for '84 - '90 Flt/Fxr, when I took the primary side jackshaft bolt, lockplate, I have (2), one facing to bolt head and one facing in to pinion gear off, I noticed that their was not a key for the jack shaft, to tell you the truth I don't remember it from 2 years ago when I swapt out starters. All I recall is tightening down jackshaft bolt. Is my second lockplate supposed to face the key and a cutout in it supposed to mesh w/ key, the diagram I have in my book is not the exact same setup as I have. Thanks in advance.

 

Here are some pics of my bike. She is running!

 

If the started has a "Flat spot" you might try rotating it manually. You'll have to put your bike in gear, engage the starter, and role your bike forward or backward. Be ready to engage the clutch if your bike kicks! First you should check and make sure you are getting the approprate power to all the right places on the starter. Good luck!

 

I have the same issue on my 1995 FLHTCUI 30th anniv. edition.
I recently replaced:
rotor
stator
regulator
cir. BRKR
starter relay

funny thing is that if I push start and ride for a bit, it will start again if shut it off.
until the next day - then the infamous "death-click"

any thoughts on this?