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Sid Squid · 19-03-12, 09:54 AM

Can be caused by low battery - the cold making it worse - meaning the starter gear doesn't spin up quick enough to engage, cold weather and aged, (or no), lubrication on the starter gear shaft can do the same. The gear on the starter doesn't engage correctly with the teeth on the flywheel, and the screeching you hear is the teeth scraping across each other, the gear can't 'throw out' far enough to engage and can't speed up enough because it's dragging.
Can be worth putting some spray lube, (thin only - thick grease can make it worse), on the shaft - a bit of lube/a little cleaning can improve matters without loads of dismantling.

19-03-12, 09:54 AM	#2
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: Ford Street Ka starting issue Can be caused by low battery - the cold making it worse - meaning the starter gear doesn't spin up quick enough to engage, cold weather and aged, (or no), lubrication on the starter gear shaft can do the same. The gear on the starter doesn't engage correctly with the teeth on the flywheel, and the screeching you hear is the teeth scraping across each other, the gear can't 'throw out' far enough to engage and can't speed up enough because it's dragging. Can be worth putting some spray lube, (thin only - thick grease can make it worse), on the shaft - a bit of lube/a little cleaning can improve matters without loads of dismantling. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"