chances are, starter's one-way bearing is bad. if it '' catches '' here and there ?, then yes, the one-way bearing is bad. anytime it starts from the pull starter, but not the electric starter ?, this tells me your one-way starter bearing is bad. it at the back of the motor, behind the flywheel. in order to replace it, you must remove the back engine cover that holds the stator, you will need a rear cover gasket, and a flywheel puller tool to pop the flywheel off, bearing is sitting on, and behind the backside of the flywheel.
Won’t start
2014 Honda 500 fm1 : I replaced the starter motor. Put everything back together, charged battery, turned key on and hit starter button and it won’t start. Starter motor engages and turns over engine but it doesn’t want to catch. Now when I give the pull cord a haul it starts right up. With the charger hooked up I tried starting it several times and maybe 1 out of 10 it will catch and start the bike up. Just turns over forever . Also the dash seems to cut out and reset when I hit start button... checked fuses and replaced acc fuse already. Need some input...
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or, is the electric starter turning the motor over ?, but the engine will not start ?. if this is the case ?, then sounds like the electric starter is not turning over fast enough to fire the engine off. pull the spark plug, with it in the boot, lay it on the engine use the electric starter, is plug sparking ?.
and no, the display is not suppose to cut out when you push the start button. this tells me you have a short some where in the harness ?, or the display is bad ?. bad connection some where ?.
the starter has nothing to do with why it won't fire the spark plug, this is an electrical issue, not cranking issue.Ok thought about needing a new battery. That being said, wouldn’t it start if I had a battery charger hooked up ? And when I I say catch I mean the engine firing.
one more time, pull the spark plug, install in the coil/boot, lay the spark plug on the engine, crank it over, watch for spark at the plug, does it fire when doing it this way with the elec start ?, if you don't see a spark when pushing the elec start, EXCEPT WHEN YOU RELEASE THE BUTTON..YOU SEE A SPARK ?, then the c.d.i. is bad !.
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