starter

ok well the vmax has been having starting issues...ever since it got cold it wouldnt wanna fire up i assumed it was the battery, but it also sounds like maybe the starter battery looks like this does that mean i need to add water to it until its up to the upper level? ive never had a...

So long story short, I thought I ordered 3 new bolts for the starter clutch and wound up getting one. My mistake:bang head: I called about getting the other two. They said It would take a week or better to get them, and I have a guy set up to help me change it this week. So I figured I'd try to...

I'm going to be doing this in a few days. I read a bunch on the searches, so I have a good Idea whats going on. I was looking up the torque specs and the starter clutch bolts are to be torqed to 24NM or 17 ft lbs. On some of the search threads they said to really tighten them which I assume...

Hi all: In my attempt to clean up my starter button on my '89 Max, I broke some off the chintzy solder welds (don't ask!) because they're so dang crappy. Knowing it'd be best to just replace that whole unit (the case with the starter button, as well as the "ON"/"RES" lever), I checked the...

I had just remembered that this was somehing I was going to look into over the winter. Since I got my Max last summer, on rare occasion, usually when the motor is cold, the starter won't catch, or only catch for a second then let go. Waiting for it to stop then trying again has always worked...

Couldn't find a write up on changing the starter clutch, anyone know of steps to getting it done easily?

I'm trying to get the bike back together this weekend and running but the starter butting won't start it! The relay clicks and everything but doesnt engage the starter. I took the connections off, cleaned then, and put them back on and still no go but if I jump between the 2 connectors the...

I am thinking about making a starter clutch out of s7 steel or other shock absorbing tool steel and heat treating it. Instead of the sheet metal I was going to make the outer diameter bigger and press pins in the dowel holes to close them up. Does anyone know what pcw makes their heavy duty...

What's the LEAST amount of stuff I have to remove to get it out. It looks pretty tight behind all the cooling hoses. LEAST being key, as I'm lazy and tired of working on the bike!!

hey guys new max owner here. long story short bought a max with 13000 miles battery was weak brought it home charged battery no problems for a few days. started it on third day no problem went to start about 2-3 hours later rolled over fine i thought but would'nt fire which quickly ran battery...

hey guys new max owner here. long story short bought a max with 13000 miles battery was weak brought it home charged battery no problems for a few days. started it on third day no problem went to start about 2-3 hours later rolled over fine i thought but would'nt fire which quickly ran battery...

Hello, I need to work on the starter clutch. Has anyone posted pictures of the job on this site? just wondering before I start scraping knuckles

Need a Starter Clutch for a 94 vmax from the diagram i see 4 gears and some shafts do i need to replace all the gears or are there some that fail more often and your best place to buy them ?

I was going to start my max yesterday just to hear the sound during these winter months.. But when i hit the starter button i heard a little bang maybe more like a poof sound and now every thing is dead. When i switch the bike on i have no lights in the dash, no fuel pump sound. I do hear a...

My GF went through the MSF beginner course and got her license last week, So for Valentine's Day I got her a starter bike I found on Craigslist. It was $1350, plus new tires, but it cleaned up pretty good. 1995 Vulcan 500

Putting a new starter clutch in my 95, and the center bolt that you take out has a wire that goes in the main shaft! What is it and does it hook to something? Thanks.

Like so many others my starter clutch ended up in the bottom of my case in many,many pieces. I found a new assembly at a few sites for my 89 but I don't see the light blue friction tape or whatever it is that I have seen on a few rebuild pictures here on this site. It is coiled up inside the...

I've tried to start the max but the relay just clicking. I've conected a 12v directly to the starter. Nothig. Removed the starter from engine and conect to suply and ist spinning. I can stop him spinning by holding with fingers! I don't think thats normal. My idea thats the starter is to...

My starter off my 85 project bike wouldn't turn or spin or do anything with current applied to it, so I figured I couldn't hurt it if I tore into it. Well, here is what I found. The brush springs are rusted and one was broken. I think the starter would work if I was able to get new brushes...

OK, have a 90 V-MAx, with the notorious hot start issue. Bought the heavy duty kit and replaced all the wiring, no change. Battery is good, and is still completely charged during the hot start issue, so I'm pretty convinced it's the starter. I see a bunch of them on eBay, but nothing to...