Logan West

Okay, so I have been trying to replace the starter on my quad. I have all the screws off the left side panel except the gear chain bolt that allows me to take the side off and get access to the sprocket to line up the new starter. The bolt is 14mm but is rounded off and I cannot for the life of me get the new starter to line up since that sprocket falls a half inch when you take the old one off. Is there anything I can do to get the new starter in without removing that bolt? Can I use a magnet from the outside to life the sprocket so that I can line up the starter and the sprocket? Anyone have any other tips?? 

Hey all, I have been losing a lot of oil in my bayou, (new to me) and today I checked the spark plug and there was oil all over it, is this where my oil could be going? What is causing this? Thanks!

6 minutes ago, davefrombc said:

$45  for a replacement  is a great price. Rebuilding your starter is not difficult if it  is  just a  matter  of installing  new  brushes. Most kits  have the  brushes  and brush plate assembly  as a unit so  you  only  have to  remove the  old assembly,  clean  the  commutator  and install  the  new  brush assembly. You  just  undo  the two  bolts  holding the  starter together  and slide the  end cap off.  The  brush assembly is in that  end cap.  The  housing  holding the  fields  slides right  off  ,leaving the  drive end cap  on the  shaft of the   rotor.  Clean  the commutator,  slide the  housing  back  on  and  install the other  end  with the new  brush assembly  back  on ( it takes a little fiddling  to  get the  brushes   on the commutator  as  you  do  it ).  Line  up the  bolt holes  and  tighten them  up. You  have  to  make sure  the  bolt  holes  to  mount the  starter  back  on the  motor  and the power  connector  are  oriented right  because you  can assemble the starter  with them  out  of proper  alignment so  you  can't  connect the  power  wire  back  on in the quad.  Removing  and re-installing the  starter is the  hardest  part of the  whole  job .  I replaced the  brush assembly  in  my  Honda starter.  The  brush plate assembly   looks  identical  to the  one  for  your  KLF

What do I need to do to make removing and replacing the starter as easy as possible? Do I not just unbolt it and bolt it back on?

Has anyone on this forum ever done a starter rebuild instead of buying a new one? 

I have a 2000 KLF300c that I have changed the solenoid on and am getting power to the starter but no electric start.

I was looking at options online and I can get a replacement for $45 but see that rebuild kits are only around $15, anyone have any luck with these?

1 minute ago, quadmaniac said:

Could be the battery, might have not had enough juice to crank the starter and then just completely ran out of charge. The easiest way to test that is to charge the battery and then see if it starts or jump it with a 12v starter pack or jumper cables. If it starts, its the battery. If not, you may have an electrical problem.

Could it be the stator? I've read that those dont fail often but when they do they give no warning. Also, it is unable to start at all, not even pull start, is that normal?

Just now, Admin said:

Welcome! I moved your topic to our Kawasaki ATV forum. 😁

Thanks, like I said, I am new haha, sorry if I caused any problems.

Hey all, new to the forum here and ATV's in general and looking for some help.

Was doing some riding today, nothing major, just around the farm, when all of a sudden my electric start stopped working on me. Thought that was really weird but I pull started it and kept going. Then all of a sudden about 25 min later I lost all electrical power all together and was stranded. Could this be just the battery??? I am thankful for whatever info you can throw my way.