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ELECTRICAL

STARTING SYSTEM

TROUBLESHOOTING STARTER MOTOR REMOVAL
Starter Motor Does Not Run 1. Remove driver side seat and disconnect the battery.
• Battery discharged 2. Raise and support rear of vehicle.
• Loose or faulty battery cables or corroded connections
(see Chapter 11 – Voltage Drop Test, page 11.30) 3. Remove the RH rear wheel.
• Related wiring loose, disconnected, or corroded 4. Remove nut q retaining the (+) positive wire to
• Poor ground connections at battery cable, starter starter motor terminal and remove the positive wire.
motor or starter solenoid (see Chapter 11 – Voltage
Drop Test, page 11.30) 5. From the RH side wheel well using an 8mm flex
• Faulty key switch socket, remove the negative battery cable nut w and
• Faulty starter solenoid or starter motor the two fasteners e securing the starter motor to the
• Engine problem - seized or binding (can engine be engine.
rotated easily)
Starter Motor Turns Over Slowly
• Battery discharged
• Excessive circuit resistance - poor connections (see
Chapter 11 – Voltage Drop Test, page 11.30)
• Engine problem - seized or binding (can engine be
rotated easily)
• Faulty or worn brushes in starter motor

Starter Motor Turns - Engine Does Not Rotate
• Faulty starter drive
• Faulty starter drive gears or starter motor gear
• Faulty flywheel gear or loose flywheel

VOLTAGE DROP TEST NOTE
The Voltage Drop Test is used to test for bad The (-) negative battery cable is mounted to the engine
connections. When performing the test, you are testing using the upper starter mounting bolt / stud.
the amount of voltage drop through the connection. A
poor or corroded connection will appear as a high 6. Remove the starter from the engine.
voltage reading. Voltage shown on the meter when
testing connections should not exceed 0.1 VDC per
connection or component.
To perform the test, place the meter on DC volts and
place the meter leads across the connection to be tested.
Refer to the voltage drop tests on the starter system in
this chapter.

Voltage should not exceed
0.1 DC volts per connection

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