Out of the blue my 610 decided not to start. At the same time my meter died, so I got impatient and tried to just jump to the starter positive, which gave me a big arc. So think it was the starter, I decided to pull it, manual says pull it to test it & it says to pull the two bolts by the Negative lead, and I can move the starter to the rear about 1/8 inch but that's it. I can't rotate it or pull it further as it hits the right case. So how do you pull it? Further, Why do I even need to pull it to test it. The book says there should be continuity between the poles& there is so what do I gain by physically removing it except billing a customer hours. So I'm thinking I should be able to reconnect it and try to power it. If it spins I have a short somewhere in the + cables to the relay, right? And if not it would be a dead short in the starter itself... which means what? Rewire or is there a diode or something in there?
So I broke down and called Bill @ BMP & he saved the day. Turns out you have to loosen the stator cover just a little to get a little play in there. Long story short the starter is fine, the bike is fine, I'm a complete moron.
