Bad Starter?

Rezin · 04-22-2024, 07:22 AM

Need help diagnosing a bad starter, charged the battery up, have full illuminated headlights/panel. When I press the starter button can hear a click coming from the engine area but nothing more. The headlights/panel dims for a split second at the click and nothing more. Is it a burned out starter?

Mine is carbureted, my leg is sore from kick starting, Im ready to fix the issue...took me so long to get it running yesterday from kickstarting this morning the tendons behind my knee have me limping.

tknj99 · 04-22-2024, 08:26 AM

I suffered the same issue on my Beta, single click and nada. Also the power wire would heat up after a few times as well as the battery quickly draining. I removed the starter and found several of the magnets pulverized inside and the armature struggling to turn.. you should check the starter

Thumper · 04-22-2024, 09:26 AM

Good call. The starter is really easy to remove, and open up. I had a short between the windings armature and the plate holding the brushes on my new Templar X last year. Easy fix with a Dremel. Worked perfectly after reinstall.

If unfixable, I have a new Titan DLX starter:
https://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=33799

04-22-2024, 07:22 AM	#1
Rezin Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: Alabama Posts: 16	Bad Starter? Need help diagnosing a bad starter, charged the battery up, have full illuminated headlights/panel. When I press the starter button can hear a click coming from the engine area but nothing more. The headlights/panel dims for a split second at the click and nothing more. Is it a burned out starter? Mine is carbureted, my leg is sore from kick starting, Im ready to fix the issue...took me so long to get it running yesterday from kickstarting this morning the tendons behind my knee have me limping.
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04-22-2024, 08:26 AM	#2
tknj99 Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Central VA Posts: 1,247	I suffered the same issue on my Beta, single click and nada. Also the power wire would heat up after a few times as well as the battery quickly draining. I removed the starter and found several of the magnets pulverized inside and the armature struggling to turn.. you should check the starter __________________ 2024 Zuma Storm 150 DLX 2019 Beta 430 RRS 2017 Honda Fury Former China Bikes: Tao DBX1, Brozz 250, CSC RX4, Titan DLX, Templar X
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04-22-2024, 09:26 AM	#3
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,220	Good call. The starter is really easy to remove, and open up. I had a short between the windings armature and the plate holding the brushes on my new Templar X last year. Easy fix with a Dremel. Worked perfectly after reinstall. If unfixable, I have a new Titan DLX starter: https://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=33799 __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it Last edited by Thumper; 04-22-2024 at 10:08 AM.
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