Busted aMOSa starter
- jaimenv
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Busted aMOSa starter
Anyone out there want to part with a rebuildable OEM starter for a 1100. I sure has a few good parts from the failed one.
Jaime
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
It's pretty common. They use cheap plastic or pot metal gears that can't handle the torque.
Many people take the head (containing the OEM planetary gear set) off their old, dead starter and graft it onto their new China starter in place of the plastic gear set that the China one comes with.
Many people take the head (containing the OEM planetary gear set) off their old, dead starter and graft it onto their new China starter in place of the plastic gear set that the China one comes with.
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Yes it makes cense the way the gear end cracked and the gears turned to gravel.
Got a hold of the PO to see if he had the old starter, he said it is gone in to the garbage.
Guess my best bet is going to look for a refurbished one.
On the mean time I got the rear breaks to release the rear tire, the pressure drain port on the master cylinder was plugged.
Got a hold of the PO to see if he had the old starter, he said it is gone in to the garbage.
Guess my best bet is going to look for a refurbished one.
On the mean time I got the rear breaks to release the rear tire, the pressure drain port on the master cylinder was plugged.
Jaime
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Somebody may have a spare gearhead laying around...I'll look too.
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Thanks I appreciate the effort.virgilmobile wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:31 pm Somebody may have a spare gearhead laying around...I'll look too.
Mean while I checked the timing belts and radiator for oil. Belts are stretched yet usable for testing for other problems, radiator is good no oil residue. Tomorrow I drain the oil and look for metal particles.
Did a hand job compression test (no starter) and found #2 way low and #4 little better, So I decided to check valve clearance on the offending cylinders they both had very tight no play exhaust valve clearances, figure might as well check and adjust all cylinders. Checked compression again and the offending cylinders came back to match the others, just awesome.
Jaime
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You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time

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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Timing belts do not stretch.jaimenv wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:16 pmThanks I appreciate the effort.virgilmobile wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:31 pm Somebody may have a spare gearhead laying around...I'll look too.
Mean while I checked the timing belts and radiator for oil. Belts are stretched yet usable for testing for other problems, radiator is good no oil residue. Tomorrow I drain the oil and look for metal particles.
Did a hand job compression test (no starter) and found #2 way low and #4 little better, So I decided to check valve clearance on the offending cylinders they both had very tight no play exhaust valve clearances, figure might as well check and adjust all cylinders. Checked compression again and the offending cylinders came back to match the others, just awesome.
The length of the timing belt is critical to ensure the timing of the engine is correct. For this reason, they have lengthwise fibers inside them that do not stretch, at all, unlike traditional V-belts or serpentine belts. Even an aged timing belt does not stretch.
This is why timing belts that are old and in desperate need of replacement can still look good: they don't crack, because they don't stretch.
That said, if your belt IS showing cracks, that's a good indication that the fibers inside it are failing, and the belt itself is likely to fail in the near future. However, most timing belts give no indication of failure - one that is going to fail the next time you start the engine can look exactly the same as one that will run for another 20,000 miles.
Timing belts are cheap. You will be kicking yourself if one fails and you trash your engine. I'd suggest changing them before you try starting it up.
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Advise taken.
I will replace the belts before I try to start the engine.
Thanks.
I will replace the belts before I try to start the engine.
Thanks.
Jaime
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can

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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Low and behold it is a refurbished Taiwanese one what look like new in the inside.
But the real kicker is the fact that the power connection is in the opposite side, so I will need to make me a longer power cable to reach the connection.
This is what happen when you wear beer goggles when ordering stuff

I should have noted from the posted picture that the connector was on the other end and that the field magnets (?) screws where missing from the body. This means that the field magnets are glued to the body unlike the OEM that are screw/bolted in place. Also the starter uses 4 brushes instead of 2 as per OEM starters.
At any rate it spins in the correct direction and the bike started and ran till I smelled gas from #1 carb stuck float. So far happy camper.
PS I did change the timing belts

Jaime
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Looks like you didn't get a gl1100 starter with your beer goggles on ordering.
jaimenv wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:01 pm WP_20190223_09_36_37_Pro.jpg
Well got me a replacement starter supposedly a used one hoping it would be OEM, so in the case it would not work I at least could use my spare parts from the busted one the bike came with.
Low and behold it is a refurbished Taiwanese one what look like new in the inside.
But the real kicker is the fact that the power connection is in the opposite side, so I will need to make me a longer power cable to reach the connection.
This is what happen when you wear beer goggles when ordering stuff.
I should have noted from the posted picture that the connector was on the other end and that the field magnets (?) screws where missing from the body. This means that the field magnets are glued to the body unlike the OEM that are screw/bolted in place. Also the starter uses 4 brushes instead of 2 as per OEM starters.
At any rate it spins in the correct direction and the bike started and ran till I smelled gas from #1 carb stuck float. So far happy camper.
PS I did change the timing belts.
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
Lol
It works, luckily
Again lol
It works, luckily
Again lol
Jaime
When there is some you don't want none, when there is none you want some
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You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can
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When there is some you don't want none, when there is none you want some

You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time

Do what you can, with what you have, while you can

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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
It turns out to be a Ricks Electrics aftermarket one.
Jaime
When there is some you don't want none, when there is none you want some
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You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can

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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
It's been said the Permanent-Magnet starters have a little advantage over the standard starter, with the magnets you aren't using current to hot up the field, and 4 brushes means you have two armature windings hot instead of just one, could provide better torque.
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Re: Busted aMOSa starter
It's been said the Permanent-Magnet starters have a little advantage over the standard starter, with the magnets you aren't using current to hot up the field, and 4 brushes means you have two armature windings hot instead of just one, could provide better torque.
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
It feels peppy when it turns the motor, yet I don't have much experience since I just started working on this bikes.
They are for sure a challenge to work on due to the size and weight, but never the less a mechanical wonder. I enjoy working on them a lot.
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
It feels peppy when it turns the motor, yet I don't have much experience since I just started working on this bikes.
They are for sure a challenge to work on due to the size and weight, but never the less a mechanical wonder. I enjoy working on them a lot.

Jaime
When there is some you don't want none, when there is none you want some
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You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time
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Do what you can, with what you have, while you can
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When there is some you don't want none, when there is none you want some

You can please some people some of the time, but not all the people all of the time

Do what you can, with what you have, while you can
