Someone please help! I have an 87 Rebel 250 that had a worn starter clutch. It would start up right away every single time, but if I tried to restart after it was warm, the starter would just spin. I bought a replacement from eBay, it was not on the oem, but I assume a Chinese part.
The disassembly and assembly seemed to go fine. The only slight snag was that the back of the new starter clutch wasn't recessed for the bolt heads like the old one was. I tightened it gorilla tight and put everything back together.
Now the bike takes several times to start, which is uncharacteristic of it. It never used to take more than one second on the starter to get it going. Now it takes several attempts. Furthermore, it sounds like the starter is still spinning when the bike is running. If you see the video, you will know what I mean. The bike will often stall with a loud bark before quitting.
Video: 87 Rebel 250 new starter clutch problems
Please tell me what I did wrong. I feel like an idiot, and I have to go to bed because I work early, so I'm too demoralized to wrench on it anymore.
Thanks fellas,
Yazman
The disassembly and assembly seemed to go fine. The only slight snag was that the back of the new starter clutch wasn't recessed for the bolt heads like the old one was. I tightened it gorilla tight and put everything back together.
Now the bike takes several times to start, which is uncharacteristic of it. It never used to take more than one second on the starter to get it going. Now it takes several attempts. Furthermore, it sounds like the starter is still spinning when the bike is running. If you see the video, you will know what I mean. The bike will often stall with a loud bark before quitting.
Video: 87 Rebel 250 new starter clutch problems
Please tell me what I did wrong. I feel like an idiot, and I have to go to bed because I work early, so I'm too demoralized to wrench on it anymore.
Thanks fellas,
Yazman