Starting Problem

[horrace]

Hello all my starter motor has been making funny noises over the last couple of days but was still working fine, now when i try to start the car it wont crank at all. I'm guising it has died but im just wondering if anyone knows any obvious stuff like relays to check or possible dirty conections? I do all the work on my car but have never done anything with my starter motor.

any suggestions would be great!

Rhet

[Mathias1986]

My starter motor had some funny noises before but i took it into pieces and cleaned it and put some new lube in it and it worked as new.. but cant tell if it's that problem you have..

[horrace]

well i finally got my starter off after speding 1 hour on a single bolt! also i picked an RB30 starter up from malz and was wondering if anyone in here has used one of these before? i read in here it is compatable but my new starter is slightly larger and has a plug on it i guess i just piss it off? check the pics you will see what i mean.

[horrace]

there are only two bolts that hold this thing on so you wouldnt think it would be that hard! but i just spent the last hour trying to get the top bolt started in the thread and i just cant do it! im just about ready to go postal on this thing

[Mathias1986]

yep the top bolt is a real pain in the ass... good luck with it, hope you have small hands..

[Bronx]

on your original starter motor, it could have been that your magnetic switch was just stuck, if you would have hit it a couple of times with a heavier object and then tried starting your car, that could have worked....

has happened a heap of times to some of my mates and me throughout the years

[horrace]

yep the top bolt is a real pain in the ass... good luck with it, hope you have small hands..

yeah i finally got it but i had to wait for my bro to come home, my hands are not small unfortunatly, im 6,4 and 118kg so i cant really climb on my motor to help out either lol, glad i got it now though!

on your original starter motor, it could have been that your magnetic switch was just stuck, if you would have hit it a couple of times with a heavier object and then tried starting your car, that could have worked....

has happened a heap of times to some of my mates and me throughout the years

yeah i gave it a bash this morning and it started once, but it def needed replacing. All good now though only problem is it sounds like a VL when you crank it over LOL!

[Daleo]

yeah i finally got it but i had to wait for my bro to come home, my hands are not small unfortunatly, im 6,4 and 118kg so i cant really climb on my motor to help out either lol, glad i got it now though!

yeah i gave it a bash this morning and it started once, but it def needed replacing. All good now though only problem is it sounds like a VL when you crank it over LOL!

Pull it apart, remove the plate holding the brushes, I'm willing to bet that one, or all will be worn and not making proper contact.

Take the plate to your local auto elec, get him to solder on new brushes (the leads are very thick; a home soldering iron won't do it) go home, clean & rebuild starter; happy in the knowlege that you just spent $40-$50 instead of $180 and the end result is exactly the same.

[horrace]

/\ you want my old one? Haha, i needed my car back today as I only have 1 and work is 40ks away, I might hang onto my old one for a spare.

[Daleo]

/\ you want my old one? Haha, i needed my car back today as I only have 1 and work is 40ks away, I might hang onto my old one for a spare.

Lol, nah thats ok... Postage would be a killer.

Didn't see that you'd bought a new one actually, but now you've got plenty of time to sort it out as a spare.

I know what you mean with the VL Bosch starter though; I ended up repairing my Hitachi one because I hated the sound of the straight cut gear drive in the Bosch, versus the helical gears in the Hitachi, so much quieter.

Edited March 29, 2011 by Daleo