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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 08:37:23 AM

Title: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 08:37:23 AM

I need a starter for my 2003 EV.  Is there anything I need to know before I purchase one?  Where is a good source to buy one?

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on June 02, 2016, 08:43:15 AM

http://www.euromotoelectrics.com/category-s/1313.htm

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wayne Orwig on June 02, 2016, 09:09:05 AM

The original Valeo starter is rebuildable too. Follow that EuroMotoElectrics link for parts.

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: John A on June 02, 2016, 09:50:05 AM

Euromoto  electrics is good, I bought a starter and parts to rebuild the Valeo so I could slap one in and have one on the shelf ready

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Orange Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 10:58:09 AM

Clean and grease before you replace it.  The planetary gears are probably greaseless. 

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: rodekyll on June 02, 2016, 12:11:43 PM

There are valeo and valeo clones.  The clones are awful.

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 12:44:33 PM

 I bought one from them few years back and it whines when you first start her up.  Valero Starter

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: rodekyll on June 02, 2016, 12:50:43 PM

*shrug* I have one of theirs failing in my 'vert right now.  They don't personally build them.  I don't think we can hold them responsible for failing starters.

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 01:00:09 PM

What makes the starter whine?

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: rodekyll on June 02, 2016, 01:03:25 PM

bad manners.

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on June 02, 2016, 01:06:42 PM

Quote from: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 02, 2016, 01:00:09 PM

What makes the starter whine?

Maybe because the Valeo is a gear-reduction starter?

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wayne Orwig on June 02, 2016, 01:20:54 PM

There is a plate to keep dust out of the magnets (my guess). It is pressed in and I have seen them come loose. Mine has been loose for a year or three. You hear it spin after you release the button. Too lazy to take apart and fix it. Maybe next year.

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Wild Bill Guzzi on June 03, 2016, 11:44:51 AM

  If I do nothing to the starter, what eventually will happen?  I want to be clear on one thing, is the screeching noise coming from the starter gear contacting the flywheel?

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: Mike Tashjian on June 03, 2016, 02:38:15 PM

Screeching is usually a lack of lubrication. A good indicator that you should pull it and give it a once over. Mike

Title: Re: Starter-03 EV
Post by: pehayes on June 03, 2016, 06:13:20 PM

Mine screeches in cold weather.  Not so much in warm weather.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
98EV