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Rotax Starters

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I had troubles with my stock Rotax starter so I bought a GPL starter so I would have backup in case the battery went dead I could hand start it.  The GPL starter will not fit on an Avid without major modifications to the engine mounts.  I pulled the rotax starter apart and the armature was real dirty, yet the brushes looked fine and had lots of life left in them... I put a cordless drill on the brush end of starter and spun it up using a piece of emery cloth to clean the armature up.  I took out a few shallow pits etc and now she works good as new!  For those of you who are having problems I would take the time to pull the starter apart instead of spending 700 bucks on a new one.  Any local automotive starter/alternator rebuild house should be able to fix you up with new brushes etc. if you need them.  WAYYYYYY better than the rotax prices.

I am also told that a starter off a 2000 sea doo personal water craft will bolt right up and work.. that one lists at 219.00 new.. dealer price is around 145.00.

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Leni,

  How much time was on the starter when it went bad?  Or even better, can you gestimate the number of cycles, or starts since new?

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the Hobbs shows 226.8 hrs, I put probably 20-30 starts on pretending to fly and break in...At first it ripped it over then the RPM just started slowing down till it would just barely turn it over.. I figured the solenoid was bad so I jumped that, then went straight to the starter with a new battery... no help...  Quick clean up of the armature and she was good to go.... I am redesigning the box in the firewall so I can pull the starter without having to pull the engine.. I don't know why the hell they did not make that box a bolt on instead to a rivet on to begin with.?

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