Purchased a 2008 Yamaha Raptor 250 for my son about 1 year ago and have been having problems with the starting system ever since.
Since owning for one year we have gone thru 2 starters and 2 starter gears. Now its spring 2019 and time for a third replacement. Am starting to think that we may have a more serious issue.
Upon replacing, the starter and starter gear, its starts fine, then after about 10 starts, you start to hear a bit of grinding. The grinding slowly gets worse until the teeth on the starter and the starter gear become trashed.
I've heard possible solutions from the starter clutch needing replaced to the casing for the starter gear shaft being out of spec?
I've also noticed that here is no difference or change if its in gear or not.
I just replaced the trans clutch as well.
Any suggestions?
