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My present situation is that the starter motor on the bike is starting to let me down, sounds like the battery is really low, sluggish to turn over etc, checked the simple things first , everything checking out ok and have arrived back at my orginal thought, the starter motor and put it down to all the conductive crud which has probably gathered in there or even the brushes needing replaced. Having never changed a starter on one of these bikes I researched the subject to gather some knowledge and informationonhow to go about it.
I read a piece by "Mr Magic Fingers" posted on the forum which is an extremely clear, concise and informative document on his experience on the removal and clean up of the starter motor on his 1982 GL1100 AE, being that the starters on the 1100 and the 1200 looked fairly similar, the only difference in viewing seems to be that the starter on my 1200 has bolts holding the rear "bell housing" section of the motor to the main motor body while the 1100 starter has the front and rear sections held in place by the long through bolts, I felt that this would be a good reference for this particular project, his description on removal and replacement of the starter seemed fairly straight forward but further researchshows that my particular situation may not be so straight forward with all the conflicting advice going about.
He removed the starter with the engine still in the frame, I intended to do the same, he stated that he did the work with the bike on the centre stand although conventional advice advises to do the work with the bike on the side stand he found no problem with the bike on the centre stand, consulting my clymer manual for the 84 GL1200 it states that the engine must come out of the bike , back plate removed, this because the starter cog and chain will swing away from its central position with the possibility of the cog being lost inside the engine. Now I am comparing a 1982 GL1100 against a 1984 GL1200 and know there will be differences but is the difference so much that the engine needs to be removed on my bike to carry out this work, any advise or help on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards
Frank
My present situation is that the starter motor on the bike is starting to let me down, sounds like the battery is really low, sluggish to turn over etc, checked the simple things first , everything checking out ok and have arrived back at my orginal thought, the starter motor and put it down to all the conductive crud which has probably gathered in there or even the brushes needing replaced. Having never changed a starter on one of these bikes I researched the subject to gather some knowledge and informationonhow to go about it.
I read a piece by "Mr Magic Fingers" posted on the forum which is an extremely clear, concise and informative document on his experience on the removal and clean up of the starter motor on his 1982 GL1100 AE, being that the starters on the 1100 and the 1200 looked fairly similar, the only difference in viewing seems to be that the starter on my 1200 has bolts holding the rear "bell housing" section of the motor to the main motor body while the 1100 starter has the front and rear sections held in place by the long through bolts, I felt that this would be a good reference for this particular project, his description on removal and replacement of the starter seemed fairly straight forward but further researchshows that my particular situation may not be so straight forward with all the conflicting advice going about.
He removed the starter with the engine still in the frame, I intended to do the same, he stated that he did the work with the bike on the centre stand although conventional advice advises to do the work with the bike on the side stand he found no problem with the bike on the centre stand, consulting my clymer manual for the 84 GL1200 it states that the engine must come out of the bike , back plate removed, this because the starter cog and chain will swing away from its central position with the possibility of the cog being lost inside the engine. Now I am comparing a 1982 GL1100 against a 1984 GL1200 and know there will be differences but is the difference so much that the engine needs to be removed on my bike to carry out this work, any advise or help on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards
Frank
