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rajdude
Explorer
Jul 22, 2013

Onan’s plastic starter motor gear breaks easily Alternative?

Hello everyone, I am really tired of my Genset’s starter motor gear breaking or stripping. This has happened twice in the past two years. Every time it happens, I replace the gear and the bendix ...
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rajdude
Explorer
Jul 23, 2013
No I am not doing that. I always let the genny stop rotating before re-trying to start it.



Generator Jim wrote:
Could it be that you are reengaging the starter before the engine comes to a complete halt. ONAN specifically mentions that in their manual/s

JimL

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