1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

[Quin]

I went to start my boat and all I got was a whirling noise from my starter, seems that the gear is not driving up to the flywheel but the shaft still spins,I have 12volts to the starter?? Rebuildable?? easy fix?? Thanx.

 

[NJBOATS]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

ok. check your grounds, can you do a voltage drop test? if you have good ground and no voltage drop you may have a set of bad brushes in the starter. they list for around 30.00 bucks or so. also if you have wing nuts on the battery, toss them and install stainless hex nuts that you can put a wrench or socket on this will insure you have a tight connection. have a good one NJ

 

[fishthebay]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

I would first manually move the armature shaft up to the flywheel a few times. I would then place a drop or two of oil on the armature shaft and repeat the process.<br /><br />Make sure the battery is fully charged.<br /><br />Let me know if this works. Worked on mine.

 

[NJBOATS]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

yep got thinking to much about it lol could be a stuck drive that would be easyer dont put to much oil on it its only rubber inside of it. laters, NJ

 

[Rex]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

Spray the gear down with cleaning fuild<br />than see if the starter well ingage.<br />Rex

 

[12Footer]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

Rex has the nswer. A very easy fix. Once you have the shaft good and clean, use regular motor oil,and oil it well. You will have to do this every year. There is nothing wrong with it. They all just do that.

 

[Quin]

Re: 1992 60hp Evinrude Starter.

Fishthebay you and the rest were right! the shaft seemed to have some crusty oil film on it ,I just cleaned that off and added a couple drops of oil and it works like new now!!! thanx everyone.