maxantinlive.com Posted April 12, 2009 #1 Posted April 12, 2009 CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME FIND THE THREAD ON REBUILDING THE STARTER W/ THE STEP BY STEP PICTURES, I KNOW IVE SEEN IT HERE IN ONE OF THE ROOMS,IM SURE ITS EASY, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE GROUND CONNECTIONS, AND I CANT RECALL WHAT IT IS.....THANX!!!!!!!!
Monty Posted April 12, 2009 #2 Posted April 12, 2009 I found this from Gearhead, but no pics... "So I did the brush-plate-ground-wire mod. It's pretty much how I envisioned it, as I described above. Here are a few specifics. There is plenty of room in the end cap. Both brushes fit in one "hemisphere" (misused, but the best I can think of), so the other is just free space between the commutator and the cap. My ground wire is around 2" long, 12 ga, ring terminals soldered each end. One end is under the existing screw that secures the ground brush lead (the brush that is not isolated from the plate). The wire then goes maybe 120 degrees around thru the empty space to a screw I put in the end cap. I drilled and tapped for 6-32 and installed with Loctite a 1/2" long screw from the outside. The ring terminal goes on the protruding end inside, with a lock washer and nut, also with Loctite. I made the wire go as far around the circumference as possible to allow some extra wire length while installing the wire in the cap and the cap onto the starter. I did notice that the 3 bent ground tabs weren't bent up very far for firm contact, and the mating surfaces were pitted. I cleaned them up and bent them more for better grounding that way as well. This is the most promising opportunity for improvement I've seen so far, thanks Squeeze! I'm also resoldering the ends of the batt cables and supplementing my ground wires."
maxantinlive.com Posted April 12, 2009 Author #3 Posted April 12, 2009 Thank you, when im all done i will post some shots of the bike,next weekend is finally time for the paint,i cant wait!!!!!
mini-muffin Posted April 12, 2009 #4 Posted April 12, 2009 I'd check the tech library for that info. We also have the service manual which you can download. Here's that link for you. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=3384 Good luck getting her all fixed up can't wait to see the pics when she's done. Margaret
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