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Hi Folks,
What's the Spanish for "starter clutch"? Google translate doesn't know.

(No, it hasn't gone again but I have ordered a kickstart kit. I think the woodruff key on the flywheel has sheared and I want to explain to a mechanic that the flywheel has been removed when trying to fix the starter clutch).

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embrague del arrancador

Hi Dunch,

I don't speak much Spanish. But I do remember that cable de embrague was clutch cable and arranque was starter so I'm thinking embrague de arranque (em-BRA-gay day ah-RON-kay ).

I typed starter clutch into the translation dashboard widget on my mac laptop and it came up with embrague del arrancador (em-BRA-gay del ah-ron-cah-DOR). One of those two should get your point across.

Others who actually speak Spanish may know more.

Hope to see you down the road.

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Hola Ducan
Well isn’t bad… I mean the translation… not your bike, actually I’m impressed you got so far… hehehe..


You should tell him that: “Pienso que la chaveta del volante se corto. Otro mecánico retiro el volante tratando de arreglar el embrague de arranque.”


Well here in Argentina and I believe in many other Latino places we call “Bendix de Arranque” too.
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PS: Ohhh I forgot to say that my personal impression is that is really improvably to shear the woodruff key on your bike....


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"Dios le da pañuelo al que no tiene mocos" (= "God gives handkerchief to those who don't have snots")! I speak Spanish, but lack the mechanics!

John Downs sounds totally right. I'd say "embrague del motor de arranque".

ARIAS-PAZ Motocicletas book -our bible in the field- refers to different systems to engage the "motor de arranque" (=starter), such as "embrague unidireccional" (unidirectional clutch?), "bendix desplazable" (moving/movable? bendix, term pointed by JavKap) and "embrague centrífugo" (=centrifugal clutch?).

A partial translation to add to javkap (who is more knowledgeable) if it helps to explain to the mechanic: "le desmontaron/sacaron el volante cuando intentaron reparar el embrague del motor de arranque" (the flywheel was removed while trying to repair the starter clutch).

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Thanks folks, it was the woodruff key. I thought it probably was because the flywheel has been on and off several times in the last couple of weeks and I haven't seen a torque wrench since javkap's workshop.
We put it on this time with a windy spanner so hopefully it should be OK.
So long as I have no more problems, I'll head for Sullana tomorrow and will hopefully be in Quito by the weekend where I shall be fitting a kickstart and drinking in the Turtle's Head.

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