Starter-03 EV

[Wild Bill Guzzi]

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?

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

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

[Wayne Orwig]

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

[John A]

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

[Orange Guzzi]

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

[rodekyll]

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

[Wild Bill Guzzi]

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

[rodekyll]

*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.

[Wild Bill Guzzi]

What makes the starter whine?

[rodekyll]

bad manners.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

What makes the starter whine?

Maybe because the Valeo is a gear-reduction starter?

[Wayne Orwig]

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.

[Wild Bill Guzzi]

  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?

[Mike Tashjian]

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

[pehayes]

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

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
98EV