Farkin Fixed Starter

monstermick58 · September 15, 2011, 06:24:35 AM

As some of you may know my ST had a starter motor problem, it was making horrible noises when asked to do its job, pulled the bloody thing out and took it to my local auto electrician (who by the way rebuilt my Monster starter and it came back better than new) who after a quick look decared that it was about to explode if I used it and he did'nt want to touch it.

Anyway, nothing ventured nothing gained, I pulled the thing apart, gave it a thorough clean repacked the bearing and put a tiny dab of grease in the bush put it back together, and finally............................................ got it back in the bike, it spun beautifully but my question is this.

How do I bleed the air out of the coolant, I ran the bike for a minute and had the, what I think is the bleed nipple on the water pump, but the coolant in the catch bottle did not move and nothing out of the bleed nipple.
I dont want to cook the motor so if you have changed the coolant or had to replace the coolant HELP!!

mMICK

PAUL M · September 15, 2011, 06:40:02 AM

Not sure but this might help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svEkUdoruIo

monstermick58 · September 16, 2011, 01:55:09 AM

Thanks Paul,

Ima gunna give it a go

Mmick

monstermick58 · September 17, 2011, 05:29:11 AM

Yep, that helped Paul thanks, now I have the bike in more parts (hope I can remember what goes where) so now the headlight is out and I'm halfway through cleaning the inside of the lens, probably upgrade the lighting whilst its apart and attend to a couple of other things too!

Oh well, so much for registering the bike this Monday.

Mmick

brad black · September 21, 2011, 06:57:51 PM

what bleed nipple?

dragonworld. · September 21, 2011, 07:29:55 PM

Quote from: brad black on September 21, 2011, 06:57:51 PM
what bleed nipple?

Ditto??

DUCMONROB · September 22, 2011, 04:24:31 AM

Good on ya Mick get that bike back on the road. It has been too long since we have been out for a run.

Rob

monstermick58 · September 22, 2011, 07:03:45 AM

Quote from: brad black on September 21, 2011, 06:57:51 PM
what bleed nipple?

On the (water) pump

Mmick

brad black · September 23, 2011, 03:30:31 AM

this is an st2/3/4/4s? there's a drain on the water pump. no bleed nipple anywhere. reservoir is a recovery system, it only drops when the cap is off and if the rad is full it all runs out onto the ground.

monstermick58 · September 23, 2011, 04:12:01 AM

Ok Brad, I thought it was a bleed nipple, I dont have a workshop manual so I just have to work things out, which I didnt in this case, but at least I learnt something.

One things for sure, the starter is working better than before and the starter button on the right switch block, I think I solved the problem with it sticking in, apparently there was too much wiring in the jambed in the switch block so I pulled some of it out and the starter button is now free as a bird.

Mmick

DUCMONROB · September 23, 2011, 04:23:51 AM

So.....are we going to go for a ride soon??

monstermick58 · September 23, 2011, 09:58:15 PM

Quote from: DUCMONROB on September 23, 2011, 04:23:51 AM
So.....are we going to go for a ride soon??

YES!!

Mmick

brad black · September 24, 2011, 12:34:08 AM

the st are hard to get the air out of. you just fill them slowly, bit at a time. i usually lean them over to the right, then the left, then get the front up in the air a bit. getting the front up while they're running helps get it all out too. fill the bottle after the radiator is full and the rad cap on, but before you run it.

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