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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => Fazer 1000/FZ1 corner => Topic started by: mickvp on 05 April 2019, 08:46:14 pm

Title: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: mickvp on 05 April 2019, 08:46:14 pm

Alright chaps, starter motor is on its way out (having to rock bike in gear to get it to fire at times). I’ve got a new motor eh route from the bay. Is it a straightforward swap as I’ve not had a chance to look?

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: old son on 06 April 2019, 04:42:02 pm

Looks very easy to me. Two bolts and a cable.

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: unfazed on 06 April 2019, 07:09:44 pm

Unusual thing to go on the Gen 1, have you tried shorting the solonoid heavy duty cables when it happens? Dodgy starter is often mistaken for a dodgy solonoid

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: mickvp on 09 April 2019, 07:59:32 pm

Got a new solenoid on the way unfazed. Will try swapping that out first but both were inexpensive so worst case I bought a part I didn’t need and have a spare 🙈

I don’t think my poor fazer spending winter outside has done it any favours :(

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: mickvp on 17 April 2019, 11:52:47 pm

Changed out the solenoid tonight and fired up straight away a couple of times so hopefully that’s all it needed.

Can anyone confirm from the manual what amperage of fuse is needed for the solenoid? The one I took out had 30A in but the one I fitted had 20A fuses in it. The battery and starter motor terminals were the wrong way round as well which was a bit of a pain...

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: unfazed on 18 April 2019, 09:20:40 am

Main fuse in the solenoid is 30 amp on the Fazer 1000.

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: mickvp on 18 April 2019, 03:28:28 pm

Thanks unfazed, I’ll change those out today then :)

Title: Re: Starter motor gen 1
Post by: unfazed on 18 April 2019, 06:02:37 pm

Good to see it was a cheap fix. yo caan take the old one apart now and clean the contacts, it will be a handy spare  :thumbup