Electric start question Original Message Mar 2, 2005 12:36 pm
I removed the electric start from my 5hp snowking because it was not engaging everytime. I put some oil on the shaft and reinstalled the starter Now it doesnt seem to contact the flywheel at all. Is there a trick to installing one ? All I did was line the holes up and put the bolts back on. do I have to do anything else?
thanks
John Scotts 21" self propelled mower MTD 4.5 HP single stage snow thrower Snapper 3 HP single stage snow thrower Yardman 5HP two stage snowblower
Re: Electric start question Reply #8 Mar 7, 2005 1:16 pm
walbroman wrote:
Never put oil or grease on a starter shaft that's a bad thing to do. Check out brush they may be worn out or pignon gear worn out too
That may be my problem then! I will take if off the blower and reexamine it . Can these starters be repaired or do Ineed to buy a new one. Like I said it was engaging some of the time when I first got the blower, Now it seems the motor is spiining but not engaging the fly wheel on the motor.
John Scotts 21" self propelled mower MTD 4.5 HP single stage snow thrower Snapper 3 HP single stage snow thrower Yardman 5HP two stage snowblower
Re: Electric start question Reply #9 Mar 8, 2005 12:19 am
any metal to metal contact such as in a starter is going to create excessive wear without lubrication.......thats why starter mfgrs use lubriplate or similar white grease sparingly in these applications, dont go overboard but a bit of lubrication is necessary to get long live from a starter. (assuming as asked in an earlier post, that the starter motor runs ok and the bendix is just not engaging) and if the bendix is worn out, it could be due to lack of lubrication causing excessive wear. personally i wouldnt reassemble one without a bit of lube.
Re: Electric start question Reply #10 Mar 8, 2005 1:51 am
Well some say lubricate some say's no but one thing for sure this unit becomes hot after time if it runs to long over 10 seconds is too much it could get hot if you want to put lithium grease a bit I dont see an inconvenient but all my starter here doesnt have any grease at all and I never had problem with it as long that id no water going on the shaft and pignon
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Re: Electric start question Reply #11 Mar 8, 2005 3:02 am
On the oiling thing, there is only one type of oil that can go on electronic parts without any damage. WD-40
I have a Murray RER that no longer runs. When I first got it, the startor would exibit the same symptoms as yours. All, I did was clean in up with WD-40 and she never had problems again!
