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Grinding sound when starting ....

  • Slothface
    Slothface
    5 years ago
    Hey all , my old man has a 2001 dyna superguilde .
    The other day he stalled it at a set of lights and restarted the bike but didnt notice that the starter switch had stuckdown, he began to ride and then herd a grinding sound , he pulled over and shut the bike off right away.

    He then restarted the bike and upon doing so  herd a grinding sound , the bike rode fine the rest of the way home , but now when you start it up it makes a grinding sound. 

    Any one have a idea at what may of happened or what may be dammaged ? We are going to pull the starter motor and primary cover off over the long week end and have a look and see if any thing is damaged but just wanted to know if there is any thing we sound be turning our foucs so we dont overlook something.  

    Cheers 
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    5 years ago

    High probability that the starter clutch in the primary is now toast, maybe even the drive gear from the starter to the starter ring on the clutch backing plate.  Not complicated to fix nor too expensive (a day and a couple of hundred in parts).

    best start is to remove primary and maybe even clutch pack and see what you have got.  Should be a LOT of metal fragments in the primary so fingers crossed all the bearings in there are sealed otherwise they may be buggered too.

    do not even think about opening the primary without a workshop manual though.

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