xt600 starter grinding noise
Hi all, I've had my 1990 xt600e for a couple of months now. The weather has since gotten a lot colder and the bike has a much harder time starting. The engine turns over a couple of revolutions but then kicks back on the starter sounding like gear clash. There are no carb or other issues on this bike. It seems to be purely related to the working load on the starter and gears turning over a stone cold engine. I've looked at the schematics of the starter gear setup and it's all constant mesh gearing. There's not really any chance of gear slippage i think. Right now I'm suspecting it's the one way clutch on the ring gear that may be faulty/grinding under load.
This only occurs when the ambient temperature drops below 5 degree celcius.
Thanks,
Mike.
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