2000 Yamaha Warrior starter clutch failure

[@ianforgie6997]

Hi Kyle, thanks for the reply, I have finally got to the bottom of this, I was handed this job to me after it had sat in a warehouse for over a year and I discovered someone had been at it before me, in fact two mechanics had a crack at it. At the time I wrote to you I was waiting for a new starter because I though it was at fault and when I fitted it the starter went the wrong way, so I reversed the polarity of it and same problem so I decided to take the side casing off to check the starter bearing and low and behold bearing had been fitted wrong way so turned it 180. After that I fitted everything back and returned starter to correct polarity and pushed the button and it fired first time. definitely a new one for me but one I will never forget, PS When I said two mechanics where there before me maybe they were not, much appreciate you getting back to me, good luck in the future. Ian.

[@Smalltechguy]

Hey Kyle, Just caught your channel today searching for a grizzly 660 2003 model. I'm about to undergo a starter clutch removal and assembly. What I am getting confused on is going into the same side as I had done when I replaced the belt. My service manual doesn't show from the beginning on the outer shell of the engine to let me know. If I would have known it was on the same side I would have replaced it when I had it torn down last month.....grrrrr

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Paul. The starter clutch should be on the same side as you flywheel & stator. I don't believe it's on the same side as your clutch. The rotor should be on the left side of you atv.

[@romaulewilliams9459]

Hello Super Mac..I'm putting a 2006 zx10r together and get to the last part and the starter spinning everything but the engine ..please point me in the right direction

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

You probably over the starter clutch/ one way bearing I'm backwards.

[@jdell6250]

My 89 looks the same with this repair. I will have to get out the heat to get those bolts loose.

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

J Dell thanks for stopping & checking out my channel. Heat is an absolute must when it comes to those bolts. Also a nice impact drive will help a ton too.

[@Bluegrassoffroading]

Is this the same reason for the issue of the starter spinning and not engaging

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Most likely yes.

[@thelaastmelon_7812]

Good tip with the torch! I was having a hard time getting those bolt out

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Thanks for stopping in and checking the channel out. Yeah using the torch is a huge help because of the factory loctite on those things. Once you strip them out very huge pain in the butt to get out.

[@williamjones9099]

Awesome video thank you so much that’s exactly what I’m dealing with on my warrior you are the man

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Glad my video could help you out. Let me know if it fixed the problem.

[@brettls2]

How did you press it back on??? I've watched numerous videos now and no one shows that part. I don't want to beat it with a hammer.

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Slick Rick. I actually had another on with the gear already on it but what you can do is put the gear in the freezer over night. The will help it shrink. Then you should be able to put the bearing on with out a lot of force. You can also heat up the bearing before you put it on & it should fall right on.

[@joshlatcha9540]

Hey man! Thanks for the video I think this is my issue, when I go to start my machine it turns over veeerrryyyy slow. Also has a screeching sound is this why this had? Please get back to me soon

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Josh. Thanks for checking out my channel. Yes this turned over very slow & was acting like a bad starter & then it would squeal. Very common sound with a bad starter clutch. (one-way bearing)

[@joshlatcha9540]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 thank you so much that’s exactly what mine is doing.

[@thatslow6.0v]

very helpful dude tysm

[@JoshuaCussins]

Do you happen to know the torque settings for those 6 bolts that go through the flywheel at shown at 10:30 Thank you

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Yup it 30 Nm are 22ft lb

[@ka0skontrol504]

You have earned my subscription. By the way, have you ever worked on the old Kawasaki KZ bikes?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Ka0sKontrol thanks for stopping by & checking out my channel. To answer your question yes I have worked on a few KZ 1000 & KZ 750 in the past. Are you having some issues you need some help diagnosing?

[@billymajor2123]

I 😮 wish you you you would have shown the bad Bering I think mine is bad , trail master 300 cc xrx

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Billy. So what kind of issues are you having with it exactly? Sometimes the bearing just starts to get flat spots on the ridges & slips are they just spin freely & don't lock to turn the motor over, the can also make a lot of sounds when going bad too. It's a pretty inexpensive part to replace.

[@billymajor2123]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 just get a spinning sound,took it off and and it grabs put it back together and just makes that sound

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hell I would just replace it. You may not be able to replicate the problem by hand. Sometimes you need to have the torque of the starter motor to make it slip. Also are sure it's I stalled in the correct direction.

[@austinpeavey9759]

I just put a new starter clutch in and when it’s running i hear a clicking every so often, tends to bog the motor out, took it for a ride after repair started making the noise and now it’s having a very hard time turning over even if it does. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!!

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Austin. I would definitely take is all back apart & make sure that everything is seated all the way. Sounds like something is definitely binding up. You could of got something put in a little off causing this issue. I definitely would not ride it in that type of condition But I would definitely try to turn it over by hand to see if you could feel it what is binding up.

[@ianforgie6997]

Hi Kyle, subscribed to your channel, great video, I am having much the same problem with a Jianshe 400cc Mountain Lion, very difficult to turn on compression stroke, It has a pull cord and electric starter, when I pull the cord engine goes anti clockwise sitting on the bike, then when I use the starter engine goes clockwise, yes very strange, any help would be appreciated. Thanks Ian from Scotland.

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Ian thanks for checking out my video & the comment. Now that is a strange one. I have never seen an engine do something like that at all. You should take a look at the timing marks on the fly wheel while you are slowly Turing it over. It should have a F mark for firing & a T mark for top dead center. when turning the motor over in the proper direction the f should hit the mark on the engine cases first followed by the timing mark.l not the other way around. Also it's possible the some how polarity of the starter got messed up some how. That's a hard one to diagnose with out it in from of me to see exactly what us going on. Hope this was a little helpful & I hope your flywheel/rotor has both of those marks lol.

[@chrismccleary6237]

How did you get the flywheel over the key way can’t get it to pop back in place

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Chris. Make sure your woodruff key in all the way set in place. You may have to tap on it a little to make sure it's fully seated in to place. Then line up the cut out for the on the flywheel & it should just slide back into place. unless the keyway is damaged are the woodruff key is damaged. Also as you tighten the bolt down that will fully seat the flywheel. Just don't force anything.

[@tokitrucks]

Need sum help i got a 92 and the start start make a noise and won’t start got a new one start and die like a min later and try starting again and just turn over slow and won’t start

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

I'm a little confused by your comment. Can you try wording it a little better please. Would love to try to help you out.

[@tokitrucks]

I got a 92 warrior and the starter started making a noise and wouldn’t start got a new starter on the bike started for like two minutes and then shut off And now it turn really slow and won’t start could it be what u just did to the bike on the video

[@tokitrucks]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 ?

[@tokitrucks]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 I have a 92 warrior and the starter started making some noise and the bike wouldn’t start got a new starter the bike started for like two minutes shut off and now it turn over really slow and won’t start

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

It is a possibility but I would also check to see if you can turn the motor over by hand easily & smoothly to make sure that the top end didn't start to seize up are drop a valve. Check vavle clearances & timing to start off with after you take the spark plug out & try to turn it over by hand. Also check your charging system to make sure it's charging the battery at about 13.5vdc at idle. Weak battery can cause the slow turing over too.

[@wdexoticswdexotics5511]

My warrior 350 will NOT start in the morning after sitting all night , but soon as I get it fired off the first time it’ll start all day long , do you think this is a compression issues or what ? Been scratching my head on this one and it would be great to have your opinion , thanks in advance !

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey WD Exotics. It is possible that it is a low compression issue. When was the last time you did a valve adjustment? A leak down test will tell you if it's valves are rings. also depending on the yr of your warrior. Some have a source coil & a pickup coil. I've had the source coil go bad in the older ones. I could pull it with another quad & start it then it would start all day after the fact. I would just do a major service to it so you cove all the stuff it could be unless it's electrical. Spark plug, air filter, leak down & compression check & valve adjustment ect...

[@wdexoticswdexotics5511]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 I’ve done a valve adjustment twice so far just to make sure I did it right , nothing changed other than the tick it had when I got it . The last couple days I’ve got it to start by shaking it back and forth while hitting the start button . Not quite sure if the carb is flooding due to a float issue or what . Just rebuilt the carb with new seat on the valve so I hope it’s that and not a compression issue . When I do get it started it doesn’t smoke at all and runs fine until full throttle it sputters some and upon stopping it revs up really high , any opinion on what that could be ? It’s an 04 bored to a 366 with fmf platinum 4 exhaust

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Yeah it sounds like you probably have an air leak somewhere if it's reving up when you stop. Also being a big bore kit did you re just the carburetor & adjust the mixture screw? At wide open you quad is running off the main jet. It could be a step are two to small. I would try adjusting you mixture screw maybe start at 2 full turns out from fully seated. when you adjust a mixture screw you will need to adjust your idle screw also. Give that a shot & let me know what happens.

[@aaronpeck4224]

Does it make a loud metallic noise when it fails?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

It's can. The oneway bearing can break apart.

[@calebfehr1042]

So the part that u heat up won't come off the quad but I saw u slide it off with no effort at all?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Caleb. Did you use a 35mm fly wheel puller to pop the fly wheel loose? After you do that is would just slide right off.

[@martinguerr4584]

Hi Kyle. Was wanted to ask a question. I have a kawasaki 360 4x4 seems like it spinning fast not engaging motor. Checked valve they all seem to be good. Last time I rode it . Sound like it had a ticking noise. Any help

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Martin. When you say spinning fast are you saying you can hear the starter spinning but the motor is not cranking over? If that is the case then you could have a starter clutch issue. The one-way bearing should only spin in one direction freely but there is always the possibility of a stripped starter gear are other gears. As far as the ticking sound that could be just the valve train making sounds are it could of been a sign that the onway bearing on your starter clutch was going out. Things like that are sometimes hard to diagnose when you don't have a unit in front of you. I hope this was some help for you.

[@ernie7123]

It'd be nice if you show us how to put it on

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey ernie thanks for the comment. So not sure which part you want me to show you how to put it back on. I'm assuming just the bearing itself that's separate from the gear?

[@ernie7123]

Yeah when I took it apart it fell on the floor so I don't know which way the bearing goes.

[@ernie7123]

I know we're the very goes it's smooth on one side and there's a groove on the other.

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

There should be some writing with an arrow. I believe the writing should be facing you.

[@actecalcfn5609]

I have a raptor 660 and it sounds like medal grinding and the starter spinning freely could it be the starter clutch

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey ActecalCFN. Thanks for stopping by checking the channel. Definitely really good possibility that you're one way Bearing has broken and that's all the crunchy sound you hear inside of there. I have also seen the magnets and starters come apart causing that same issue

[@actecalcfn5609]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 thanks imma order a one way bearing and starter clutch

[@thatslow6.0v]

im gonna subscribe

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

I appreciate it Billy. Thanks for helping me grow my channel.

[@thatslow6.0v]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 yea ofc dude gotta support

[@rideallegretto1933]

Will the quad have spark or no spark with a bad starter clutch?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Well that all depends on if the starter clutch is completely shot and it's not rotating the motor or if it's still catching and slowly turning the motor. It will not have spark if it was completely broken and spinning freely because it's not rotating the rotor to create magnetic charge. Also if it's turning over very very slow sometimes it will not gain enough magnetic current to create enough spark to make it fire off. If you're not getting any spark there are few things you can check you can. Check the primary and secondary windings of your ignition coil.You can check the spark plug cap, you can check the spark plug and you also can check depending on the year your source coil and your pickup coil. lf they are not in spec that could be your issue.

[@itzriggz-7512]

My starter clutch wont pop lose what could be the reason?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

They are hard to remove because of then being heated & cooling so many times. You can try to work it off with a fee pry bars are you can put your bolts back it about 4 r 5 threads & tap on the bolts to pop it off.

[@itzriggz-7512]

Thank you ive been working on mine all day with my tusk puller and it wont budge ill try that appreciate the reply bro

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Oh so your fly wheel won't come off the crank? You may need to heat it up & hit the puller with the impact.

[@itzriggz-7512]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 ok thank you

[@jamescampbell6390]

do you resect the time chain

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey James thanks for checking out the channel. Not exactly sure what you're trying to ask me in your comment. The timing chain has nothing to do with the one-way clutch / starter clutch. The timing chain runs directly off the crankshaft and up to the camshaft sprocket. If your timing chain is loose it's a possibility that your timing chain tensioner is starting to fail, or your timing chain has got stretched out. Stretch out timing chain can cause your motor to go slightly out of time. I hope this answered your question? If not leave me another comment and I'll get back to you or you can email me at [e-mail]

[@dj27nitro]

I replaced my starter clutch and it still making a spinning sound sounds like a free spin when I try to start it doesint even crank . The one way bearing was fucked so I replaced it still doing the same thing. Starter works fine I replaced that as well thinking it was the issue . Help ?

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Hey Team Dirt Bash. That's pretty interesting. are you sure you installed the one way bearing in the correct direction? You can put just the bearing on backwards. I've seen that done before.I would leave the side case cover off & pull the spark plug cap off & then try to start it & see what is going on.

[@dj27nitro]

@@limitlesspowersportsservic3394 okay I’ll put the bearing the other way hopefully it’s not broken again

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

I should have an arrow indicating what direction it should be put on.

[@slimminizphotography]

Everyone skips putting it back on lmao why how is that helpful

[@limitlesspowersportsservic3394]

Well it's done in the reverse order. A lot of times we just skip that for time constraints on the video .