starter motor is smoking

greasemonkey111 · #1 08-19-2008

ok. im am so ****** tired of this bike. can someone tell why the starter motor is smoking and why isnt my bike moveing.

Hexlobular · #2 08-19-2008

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Originally Posted by greasemonkey111

ok. im am so ****** tired of this bike. can someone tell why the starter motor is smoking and why isnt my bike moveing.

Why do you keep making new threads for all these issues you're having?

Hexlobular · #3 08-19-2008

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Originally Posted by greasemonkey111

ok. im am so ****** tired of this bike. can someone tell why the starter motor is smoking and why isnt my bike moveing.
its a cateye

there is a metal thin wire that connects to the air filter when i move the throttle it moves too thus reving the engine there is a wire connected to the ingnition coil but i did not connect that to...
i have a terminator gs-12 or a cateye there is a bunch of wires but i unhooked it and cant find the wire that i connected it too. i just got the coil in the mail today but there is a wire and i cant...
my pocket bike wont move when u pull throttle back it revs but wont budge. please help!!!!!!!
what does the ignition coil connect to on the wireing harness. plus my bike does not move.
my pocketbike wont start i have good gas in it and the carb is clean..... any starting tips.

my charger is making a clicking noise pleasse tell me whats going on.
well. i tried everything and it wont start at all i pull it and it feels like the spark plug is not in there but it is do u have any ideas....any tricks or tips to get it started.
i tried everything to try to get my bike to start anyone have any ideas
i replaced the spark plug and it still wont start it shocked me on my old spark plug but it still would not start please help me.....
my pocket bike wont go up hill. and it wont get much speed please help me i want my pocketbike to go above 30 without the engine going to fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks. but i still have another question when i try to start it it wont start unless the pull start thing is cold. it is getting plenty of gas in the carbi but when u try to start it wont start....
my pocket bike wont start up it only runs for about 5 sec then it shuts off and wont start for like the next 2 days till the starter pull cord thing is cold, im stumped on why it does this .please...
ya. i got the same problem with my terminator superbike it wont start till it is cool really cool and then when u try to start it, it dies. but i am really smart with engines and i too am stupmed....

There. Now everyone is up to date.

SpyGuy · #4 08-19-2008

Ain't gonna help, Hex - he's just going to start another new thread wit something like "I scratched my paint job! Please help!", or "I broke my footpegs!", or "I pulled a wheelie and fell on my @$$!"

Maybe it's time to sell the bike and pick up something easier to work on, like a Cag...

greasemonkey111 · #5 08-19-2008

no $h!t sherlock im gonna get a cagallari.

StrayDawg63 · #6 08-19-2008

Hell since these other guys have nothing better to do but harassing you I'll help you out.

Since your starter motor is fried. Go to your starter button and follow the wire that leaves the starter button housing to a connection. Than unplug it and plug the wire from your new coil to it. Now the starter button will be your killswitch. Your bike will not move because the clutch spring broke. Take the gear box off and look.

Hexlobular · #7 08-19-2008

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Originally Posted by StrayDawg63

Hell since these other guys have nothing better to do but harassing you I'll help you out.

Why do you say that?

He had less than 25 total posts, all about the same bike. It makes sense to put all of the history in one place if people are going to understand the whole issue. I put them together on my time...

sorry if that was misconstrued as harassment.

StrayDawg63 · #8 08-19-2008

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Originally Posted by SpyGuy

Ain't gonna help, Hex - he's just going to start another new thread wit something like "I scratched my paint job! Please help!", or "I broke my footpegs!", or "I pulled a wheelie and fell on my @$$!"

Maybe it's time to sell the bike and pick up something easier to work on, like a Cag...

I had no problem with what you did hexlobular. Hell that was more help than anyother has giving him

. This is the post I took as harassing and I only used that word because it was the nicest word I could come up with. He's made 25 total posts and no one as really helped him or even pointed him in the right direction to get the help he is looking for.

picopw · #9 08-19-2008

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Originally Posted by greasemonkey111

no $h!t sherlock im gonna get a cagallari.

lol and he wants help?

greasemonkey111 · #10 08-20-2008

my pocket bike does not have springs in the clutch all it has is a wire that goes into a hole and connects to something on the air filter, the bike starts fine it was the ignition coil when u start it it starts and wont move then there is a lot of smoke comeing out of the pull cord and that thing (starter) then i have to shut it off. i will quit posting if u can tell me whats wrong, everything else i got working.

Hexlobular · #11 08-20-2008

can you take some really clear pictures of what you're describing? That would really help out.

Raven1 · #12 08-20-2008

Unless you have a rare Cateye with a manual hand operated clutch it has springs on it. Heck even a manual clutch has return springs!

There is absolutely no connection between any clutch and an airfilter on any motor vehicle, ever!

Your clutch is under the clutch drum which is the roundish cover, held by 4 bolts on the side of the engine, where the small sprocket (also called your pinion) at the end of the drive chain. The springs are what makes the clutch disengage when the engine rpms are low or at idle. If those springs break the clutch will drag and not let it roll well and will have no power. A dragging clutch can also make smoke when it's running!

People aren't picking on you Greasemonkey, it's just that some of the questions posted here are a wee bit annoying to answer repeatedly. Pocket Bikes require a wee bit of mechanical knowhow to be operated and maintained. I blame it on computers and video games; when I was a kid all we did was fix up go-karts and dirt bikes. Now kids can't identify a spark plug without doing a Google search!

greasemonkey111 · #13 08-20-2008

ya,ill post them on photo bucket

StrayDawg63 · #14 08-20-2008

The smoke coming out of your pull starter is telling us your starter motor is grounding out and is fried. The wire your talking about must be the throttle cable. If you don't have a clutch spring than that would be why it doesn't move. Have you done what I told you above to do.

SpyGuy · #15 08-20-2008

Okay, yes, StrayDawg, you're right. That WAS mean of me to do so, and I apologize, guys.

GM111, it's easier to keep all of the postings on your bike to a single thread, rather than in several, so you don't have to keep searching through a bunch of different threads for your answers. I'm sorry, I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I posted that ....

greasemonkey111 · #16 08-21-2008

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Originally Posted by StrayDawg63

The smoke coming out of your pull starter is telling us your starter motor is grounding out and is fried. The wire your talking about must be the throttle cable. If you don't have a clutch spring than that would be why it doesn't move. Have you done what I told you above to do.

ya its a black cable that connects to the carburator now i think i know whats wrong now i cant get the starter off.

StrayDawg63 · #17 08-21-2008

Have you gotten the starter pawl bolt off yet? To get the starter off you will need a 8mm bolt thats 3 1/2" long with at least 3" of threads on it. You will screw the 8mm bolt into where the starter pawl bolt comes out from. You have to keep screwing the 8mm bolt far enough in to get the starter windings passed the magnets inside the housing. Than take the windings and put it in a vise and knock the center out of it cause you will need it for a spacer for the starter pawl bolt or you will bend the pawl bolt.

greasemonkey111 · #18 08-22-2008

what are u talking about, are u talking about that big metal square thing with the bolt in the middle of it?

StrayDawg63 · #19 08-22-2008

yes that's what I'm talking about. It's the starter pawl & bolt. Put a rachet and a socket on it and hold the handle of the rachet at 12:00. Than take a hammer and hold it bacwards so you can hit the handle of the rachet with it. Give the rachet a few firm blows with the handle of the hammer. Now don't hit it out of the park just some firm blows with the handle of the hammer while holding the rachet on the bolt firm and straight and it should pop loose. Than do as I said up above with the 8mm bolt. You don't need to take off the starter housing that around the starter windings.

greasemonkey111 · #20 08-22-2008

yes,,, i got the pawl bolt off know what do i do?