Sports: Re: [DucatiST] starting problem

Mike, I have rebuilt the starter on my '96 900SS/CR several times in the past. I went to the local bearing emporium and got the ball bearing and then went to my friendly local Honda dealer to get the bush, brushes/brush plate and the cable stud. All tollled, the cost was less than $50, US. Actually $33 comes to mind but that may have been the Honda parts and inflation has raised it's ugly head here, too. I had priced a starter from a Houston Honda/Ducati dealer and it was over $800 and no rebuild suggestions from them...I do very little business with them now!

I'm on a drilling rig right now so I don't have access to my shop manual where I have all the part number written down. If I remember when I get in from the rig, I'll send out an e-mail for everyone with all the part numbers on it.

Still the price of 120 quid is a real good quote for a new starter motor! Keep your old motor and rebuild it as a spare. Also when you go to hook up the starter cable to the motor stud, glop a bunch of dielectric grease all over the stud/cable lug so that you can easily get it off the next time you need to pull it. Water has a tendency to run down the cable and leak into the boot and then stay there, corroding the connection.

Cheers...Hopper

--- On Mon, 8/29/11, mike <mike.vaughan@ntlworld.com> wrote:

From: mike <mike.vaughan@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: [DucatiST] starting problem
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 2:49 PM

--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <mike.vaughan@...> wrote:
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> --- Well all connections checked and conductivity and resistance measured with a meter and it's definitely the starter motor. It might be the brushes, it might be dirt, it might be completely f****d. I don't really have the time to sort it out so for the first time I shall be calling on my local Dealer (Riders in Cardiff) tomorrow. Slightly irritating as it's just had its two year service from Moto Louigi who are too far away for something like this. The service cost an arm and a leg including a new clutch so a wallet lightening summer all round :-( On the other hand this is the first thing that has actually gone wrong in 27000 miles
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and the result can be seen here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/st2_owners/photos/recent/514893446/view

with the opinion of a ex-mechanic friend of mine

OTOH for anyone with the same problem in the UK the solution at half the ducati price which I just paid :-{

http://www.electrexworld.co.uk/sm9162-starter-motor-12973-0.html

mike