Bert,
You may have gotten answers to this already but...
When they re-buikt hte starter did you look closely at the armature. Is it
possible that a winding is "loose" and so you have a higher resistance
winding? or even worse a shorted winding?
just my two cents worth..
Steve Hanselman
tr6@kc4sw.com
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From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of bert.vanderstee@yucom.be
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 1:41 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Hesitating Starter
Dear Triumph lovers,
I am looking for you advice about my strange starter
behaviour.
The symptoms were sometimes the starter engine
engaging but the flywheel not behing spun. Letting
loose of the key and retrying cured this and off we
went.
This behaviour started when I got the car, about 5
years ago. Over time this seemed to have gotten worse
until two weeks ago ... only the sound of the starter
engine. Retrying did not help, unable to start.
So removing the starter engine to check it out - the
solenoid did not seem to do much except for clicking.
I had it rebuilt and reinstalled it yesterday.
Result ? Yes, it starts again. But usually only on
the 3rd try! So what is the magic behind this ?
1- the visible teeth on flywheel looked in great shape
(and when feeling around they all had the same feeling
to them)
2- the visible teeth on th starter gear looked in
great shape
3- starter has been rebuilt (new bearings, new
solenoid, ...)
What am I missing here ?
Also many thanks to fellow lister and best friend
Dimitri for the help with removing and reinstalling !
Cheers,
Bert
Belgium
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