JCB-78XS650-SE
XS650 Member
My electric starter sounded much like the bike in YouTube video link below (thanks, JohnnyAction). Mine did not chatter quite as long nor as often as the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdD2goE84o
I did a lot of research here on XS650 Forum and did the following: I drained the oil. I removed the clutch as well as the electric starter gears. The gears on starter gear #4 were in excellent shape. I squeezed the starter gear spring clip and used a fish scale to test the lateral resistance. I got 6+ pounds of resistance. I reinstalled everything. Filled the oil — twice. I left the drain plug out the first time. (Editorial comment: SELDOM in this forum here have I seen the topic/thread named, "Reinstall drain plugs." Sheeze!)
Now, my electric starter sounds exactly like the video link above. In other words, it got worse.
Does anyone have a suggestion for what my next step should be. Don't hate me, but I'd like to keep the electric start on my almost exclusively stock XS650SE.
Thanks, in advance, for any comments you may have. — j.c.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MdD2goE84o
I did a lot of research here on XS650 Forum and did the following: I drained the oil. I removed the clutch as well as the electric starter gears. The gears on starter gear #4 were in excellent shape. I squeezed the starter gear spring clip and used a fish scale to test the lateral resistance. I got 6+ pounds of resistance. I reinstalled everything. Filled the oil — twice. I left the drain plug out the first time. (Editorial comment: SELDOM in this forum here have I seen the topic/thread named, "Reinstall drain plugs." Sheeze!)
Now, my electric starter sounds exactly like the video link above. In other words, it got worse.
Does anyone have a suggestion for what my next step should be. Don't hate me, but I'd like to keep the electric start on my almost exclusively stock XS650SE.
Thanks, in advance, for any comments you may have. — j.c.