Mathius
Well-Known Member
You have to pull the magneto to check it properly.Are you talking about the one way bearing? If so I checked that when I took the starter off and it seems to roll very smooth and isn't loose at all. Would a bad starter make a noise like that? I've only worked on car starters and never heard one make noise like this
What happens is, overtime the bearing chews at the flywheel. This creates play between the mating surface on the flywheel, and the fingers in the bearing.
So when you engage it, it slaps against the flywheel.. It skips, grinds, and makes a ringing/pinging noise.
Eventually it'll fail, and just spin on the flywheel, and the motor won't turn over.