Starter for 2002 CVO Road King
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Starter for 2002 CVO Road King
Solenoid failed on the CVO's starter. I removed the cover and drilled a 1/4" hole it in so I could start the bike with a Phillips screwdriver to get me home. Works quite well but I miss my handle bar mounted start switch, so looking for a well made unit, not some "off-shore" POS that will fail in 4 months.
I've never lost a starter on any of my other bikes, so don't know what's out there. Would prefer USA made and/or a nice unit with good internals.
I did a "google" search, and only cam up with a couple, and nothing mentioned about Country of origin, etc......Cliff
I've never lost a starter on any of my other bikes, so don't know what's out there. Would prefer USA made and/or a nice unit with good internals.
I did a "google" search, and only cam up with a couple, and nothing mentioned about Country of origin, etc......Cliff
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I ordered a push button end cover, was going to remove the starter after this season for rebuilding or replacement. Good idea there, might check out a rebuild kit for it before getting a new starter.....Cliff
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Since half my '00 Road Glide S/E was foreign made anyway, if I ever have to replace the starter (mine's still original,) I'll go with the $150 units on EBay with expectations that it'll last as long as the bike.
Since my wreck though, I've got a cracked wire somewhere in the wiring running into the headlight and never worried about it because I spent $28 on the button solenoid option too (also on Ebay.)
Since my wreck though, I've got a cracked wire somewhere in the wiring running into the headlight and never worried about it because I spent $28 on the button solenoid option too (also on Ebay.)
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My engine has pretty high compression, and manual compression released on the CNC ported SE heads. Once in a while I get CRS (happens more frequently as I get older) and forget to use them to start the bike.
Recently my original battery was starting to tire out, and I pushed things a bit too hard and probably toasted the solenoid, or at least didn't help it out much.
I was wanting to get a really good high torque starter to replace the stock one. Saw this one on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-*****-80...e5d69a&vxp=mtr
The advertising for them is pretty good, anyone have any direct experience with them?.....Cliff
Recently my original battery was starting to tire out, and I pushed things a bit too hard and probably toasted the solenoid, or at least didn't help it out much.
I was wanting to get a really good high torque starter to replace the stock one. Saw this one on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-*****-80...e5d69a&vxp=mtr
The advertising for them is pretty good, anyone have any direct experience with them?.....Cliff
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Not All ***** but when we owned our bike shop back in the 90's the High Torque starters had just started coming out. Spike was one of the bigger names back then and what they did was simply add windings to increase the electric motor out put.
Everything 'downstream' if you will, particularly the gear reduction unit was basically stock. That means that though you'll have more torque, the weaker components that tend to fail are still the weak points as you'll find in any starter.
If it were me, I'd go stock 1.2 KW(?) and remember the compression releases going forward. Good Luck!
Everything 'downstream' if you will, particularly the gear reduction unit was basically stock. That means that though you'll have more torque, the weaker components that tend to fail are still the weak points as you'll find in any starter.
If it were me, I'd go stock 1.2 KW(?) and remember the compression releases going forward. Good Luck!
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Good information. For now I've got the manual button installed on the solenoid and it starts fine. I'll look more into rebuilding the solenoid or replacing the starter this Winter.
Right now moving on to reducing the valvetrain "clatter" a bit. I installed the
"rocker lockers" yesterday and going to do some riding later today to see if that helped some?
All of the hold down bolts were really shiny where the shafts had been hitting them, so for sure they were clattering some and adding to the top end noise......Cliff
Right now moving on to reducing the valvetrain "clatter" a bit. I installed the
"rocker lockers" yesterday and going to do some riding later today to see if that helped some?
All of the hold down bolts were really shiny where the shafts had been hitting them, so for sure they were clattering some and adding to the top end noise......Cliff
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Looking forward to your findings on the "rocker lockers" you installed in a attempt to lessen valve train clatter.
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