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holy s**t its not a harley

3K views 7 replies 4 participants last post by  pauli466 
#1 ·
Went out for a ride yesterday and boom bike just quit.Turned over fine everything seemed ok but no start.Called AMA (BTW THEY GAVE GREAT TOW SERVICE) Dealer hasn't called me back yet but pretty certain the fuel pump went.638.46 WTF if it is not incl. labor.Not a happy camper right now.I was hoping to get a few more weeks of riding in before putting her to sleep for winter.Now it looks like trying to get some serious OT
 
#3 ·
My son owns 2 HDs, and I can testify that, while he rides 2,000 miles/yr and I ride my 1100 Classic 15,000 miles/yr, our "down time"is not much different. I've been riding for 60 years and have never owned a Harley ... never had enough money to support their maintenance cost.
 
#5 ·
Well of well don't know if it had anything to do with it but my starter is locked up tighter than a ticks ass.Dealer quoted me 600.00 for one so its at a rebuild place localy the a lot of HD guys use.He quoted me 80.00I'm loosing my job of 30 years feb 27th so cash is tight
 
#6 ·
More infoCraig Cornett Here I took it to a guy that does starter rebuilds for HD guys.The friggin magnets came loose and according to alo of strat sites this is a very common issue that Yamaha knows fully about but won't issue recalls
 
#8 · (Edited)
you can epoxy the magnets in place which is what most people are doing because a rebuild kit doesn't come with the field housing. i'v head the magnets come lose on new ones too. if the starter is not to hard to remove you can probably handle the job. motorcycle starters are pretty basic, just lay the parts out in order of removal and you wont have problems. JB weld make a good high temp epoxy. but any good two part epoxy works. on mine there's one nut holding the wire and two bolts holding the starter in and two bolt holding it together 5 bolts very easy..80 bucks vs 5 for the epoxy and an hour of labour
 
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