The driver kept coming off. I noticed from other websites that what I thought is two parts is actually one. Therefore I took it upon my self to weld them together. This experiment was actually successful. I put it back together and as stated above it fired for three four times and then got stuck.
Original 6V starter
Removed the starter again.
After removing it I found out the safety pin holding the spring together came off. I was lucky to pull the whole assembly out without loosing any parts inside the flywheel hole.
Removed the starter again.
After removing it I found out the safety pin holding the spring together came off. I was lucky to pull the whole assembly out without loosing any parts inside the flywheel hole.
showing the original spring -- half busted
Step two
So I went for a search of a pin. Two auto parts places and a home depot later -- and a total of $3.00 cost plus a monster truck for my son for $5.99
I tried "bench testing" the started with a 20A 6V power supply and no sign of kicking the gear. I did a bit more research to find out the starter actually draws about 10 times more power. Something like 1.2KW not 120W.
So I went ahead and put it on the vehicle again for the fourth time. I am getting good at this let me tell you. I secured all the cables with much confidence that everything is ready to go.
... Not so fast cowboy. Not suck luck. Now I can only hear a clicking sound coming from the solenoid.
I ordered a new solenoid today for $12.00 but just to gain more confidence I just overwrote the solenoid (by bypassing it) and the starter sounds good. Yeah... Now I am waiting for the new solenoid so I can move on with this thing..
I ordered a new solenoid today for $12.00 but just to gain more confidence I just overwrote the solenoid (by bypassing it) and the starter sounds good. Yeah... Now I am waiting for the new solenoid so I can move on with this thing.. I will post again when I receive it in.
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