1989.5 and up Starter Shenanigans
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1989.5 and up Starter Shenanigans
1990 Softail
(parts manuals don't show squat for '89 or '90, but they should be like the '91 which DOES show up in parts manuals)
Symptom: starter solenoid engages, motor turns over and fires up. Starter stays engaged. Kill ign, motor dies, starter keeps moving crankshaft.
Kill starter by arcing hot solenoid/starter terminal against starter case.
Culprit: The solenoid plunger is sticking due to contacts being pitted and arcing. They need replaced or refinished.
Here's 3-d operations for the concept:
Here's the solenoid for a Dodge Ram which is the same as what you have on your Harley so you see what's involved:
This is the kit you would need to replace pieces if you didn't want to clean them up and resurface the faces with some emory cloth:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REBUILD-KIT-...9bd7a2&vxp=mtr
.....or any of the hundreds of kits like it.
If you're dead-clicking or if you're dragging the starter, disconnect the negative battery cable, back the 3 screws off the endplate peeking out just under the oil tank on the right side, pull the plunger and start looking for pitting on copper mating surfaces.
Friendly, free advice. - Joker
(parts manuals don't show squat for '89 or '90, but they should be like the '91 which DOES show up in parts manuals)
Symptom: starter solenoid engages, motor turns over and fires up. Starter stays engaged. Kill ign, motor dies, starter keeps moving crankshaft.
Kill starter by arcing hot solenoid/starter terminal against starter case.
Culprit: The solenoid plunger is sticking due to contacts being pitted and arcing. They need replaced or refinished.
Here's 3-d operations for the concept:
Here's the solenoid for a Dodge Ram which is the same as what you have on your Harley so you see what's involved:
This is the kit you would need to replace pieces if you didn't want to clean them up and resurface the faces with some emory cloth:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REBUILD-KIT-...9bd7a2&vxp=mtr
.....or any of the hundreds of kits like it.
If you're dead-clicking or if you're dragging the starter, disconnect the negative battery cable, back the 3 screws off the endplate peeking out just under the oil tank on the right side, pull the plunger and start looking for pitting on copper mating surfaces.
Friendly, free advice. - Joker
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Have one question. Can you replace all the parts, that is shown in the rebuild kit, with the starter still bolted to the primary? I need to do this, but can wait till cold weather if ya have to pull the starter completely out to replace the internals. This is for a 96, FXDL.
Ride Safe,
Harold
Ride Safe,
Harold
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On my '94 Softail (probably typical of Evo Softails with unitized starters), I could replace the center plunger and the upper contact (had to alter a 14mm socket so I could turn it with a wrench through a hole in the oil tank). I couldn't remove the lower contact with the starter in place.
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From: Haslet Texas
Have one question. Can you replace all the parts, that is shown in the rebuild kit, with the starter still bolted to the primary? I need to do this, but can wait till cold weather if ya have to pull the starter completely out to replace the internals. This is for a 96, FXDL.
Ride Safe,
Harold
Ride Safe,
Harold
It don't take that long to pull a starter.
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