Hi,
Recently bought a 2006 predator second hand. Started fine the first few times but then was struggling to wind the engine over. Thought it was just a bad battery because it would jump start fine off my car battery.
I put the battery in our other Polaris 90 and it worked fine which was a bit weird, so I put the 90's battery in the 50 and had the same problem.
I have seen on the forums that some people have had exactly the same problem but I have not seen a solution. The battery seems to work perfect in another quad. The starter motor does turn over if it is removed from the quad. I tested the starter with it connected to the solenoid so I believe the solenoid and starter are both working. Sometimes the engine will turn over but sometimes you just hear the clicking noise from the solenoid and it won't turn over.
If you hook it up to a car battery, that battery has enough grunt to wind the motor over fine, but I can't put a car battery in a predator 50.
The engine is not ceased as I have removed the plug and it turns over just fine manually. I have removed the gear case cove to expose the starter clutch and gears but cannot see any obvious problems. I am a bit wary about trying to remove the starter clutch as I believe I would need a clutch puller that I don't have, nor any expertise with clutches.
Could the problem be the starter motor, whilst seeming to run ok on the bench, being a bit dodgy under load and unable to turn over the engine? Is there anything within the starter gears that may be sticking?
Again, I have tried 2 different batteries, which both start a 90 with no problems.
Thanks for any suggestions
Chris
Recently bought a 2006 predator second hand. Started fine the first few times but then was struggling to wind the engine over. Thought it was just a bad battery because it would jump start fine off my car battery.
I put the battery in our other Polaris 90 and it worked fine which was a bit weird, so I put the 90's battery in the 50 and had the same problem.
I have seen on the forums that some people have had exactly the same problem but I have not seen a solution. The battery seems to work perfect in another quad. The starter motor does turn over if it is removed from the quad. I tested the starter with it connected to the solenoid so I believe the solenoid and starter are both working. Sometimes the engine will turn over but sometimes you just hear the clicking noise from the solenoid and it won't turn over.
If you hook it up to a car battery, that battery has enough grunt to wind the motor over fine, but I can't put a car battery in a predator 50.
The engine is not ceased as I have removed the plug and it turns over just fine manually. I have removed the gear case cove to expose the starter clutch and gears but cannot see any obvious problems. I am a bit wary about trying to remove the starter clutch as I believe I would need a clutch puller that I don't have, nor any expertise with clutches.
Could the problem be the starter motor, whilst seeming to run ok on the bench, being a bit dodgy under load and unable to turn over the engine? Is there anything within the starter gears that may be sticking?
Again, I have tried 2 different batteries, which both start a 90 with no problems.
Thanks for any suggestions
Chris