[matt92yota]

Hey all, been awhile since I have been up here! Anyways I have an 05 400ex that I recently picked up a few months ago and I'm having some troubles getting it started. The starter every once in awhile would just click and with a light tap to it it would fire right up so I took it apart and found that the brushes were worn out almost completely. So I got the new brushes installed in the starter and bolted everything back up and the starter itself works great now, but now it is not engaging the flywheel. Now I have done some research and everything I see seems to say that the starter clutch is bad. Prior to taking the starter off everything worked fine (other than having to tap it) and showed no sign of the starter clutch going out do they just up and quit like this?

 

[shadetree]

did you wire the starter up backwards from the battery and ground cable ?, I see it all the time !!.

 

[shadetree]

compare to this photo ( I am not an artist !..lol ) but simple to understand . https://www.hondaatvforums.net/forums/repair-maintenance/42316-how-wire-your-starter-s-battery.html .

 

[matt92yota]

nope everything is wired up and all connections are correct, I even triple checked myself because I had the subframe off the other day to get a fresh coat of paint on it lol

 

[shadetree]

nope everything is wired up and all connections are correct, I even triple checked myself because I had the subframe off the other day to get a fresh coat of paint on it lol

then either your one-way bearing is bad ?, or..you wired the starter up backwards ?, thats the only way it will not turn the motor over !.

 

[SlammedRanger]

Bump start it and get it warmed up and see if it starts with the starter after. Anytime i have had a starter clutch go bad they just would catch when it was cold. If it does then yes the clutch is bad. And 99% of the time its not just the clutch. You need gear with the boss that the clutch grabs. That boss will wear down. In the fsm there is a measurment spec for it.

 

[Melatv]

Hi: When you took the starter motor apart -- did you put the shims back in the right places.