Many people own a scooter nowadays for the great fuel economy that they all possess, but many have found that if you have a foreign make or model that finding someone in your town to repair a broken scooter may be a failed effort. I dedicate this blog to helping those with a scooter in need of repair advice. Most makes are similar to the above photo.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Issues with the electric start
When dealing with the electric start, and it is not wanting to crank but it will start via the kick-start the things to remember is that the electric start functions through something known as the flywheel. The flywheel is essentially copper wound up on some coils spinning on a wheel tapping against conduits that will generate a current which in turns start the scooter up. If you find that it is not starting with electric but will start with the kick start then you must pull the flywheel of and clean it as well as check the coils for looseness if they are loose in any way then that will take out the integrity of the electric start as tight coils are a must for proper connectivity, if they arent tight take a pair of pliers and tighten the coils up. also check the ignition coil for any build up on the connectors as well as if the spark plug boot is loose or gummed up. if all these are ok then the next step would be to follow up with both a valve tune up and carb cleaning to ensure proper function and fuel flow.
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so there's no fuse that might have gone out? because this is the issue I'm having with my scooter right now. and as i am mechanical i'm going to need to figure out where the flywheel and spark plug boot is. Cars, I got this, scooters, I need help. :)
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