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Slow Turning Starter
Posting this here because it could be any Spyder model. Mushu was not acting right. Very slow starter. Thinking battery, or worse, a starter problem. Spyder is only 15 months old, so it would be a warranty problem if it is the starter. Took out the frunk to get to the battery. Put the wrench on the negative post nut. Very loose. Checked the positive post. Again, very loose. Tightened both up. Hit the starter, roared to life. My guess is they need to be checked from time to time. I breathed a big sigh of relief as we leave Saturday for Pigeon Forge, TN.. Thankfully this was a non event. Tom
Baloo is my name. Spyders are my game. Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-doo, I mean a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee, doo-bee-dee-doo. And, well, now. Ha ha! What have we here?
2020 Petrol Blue Metallic RTL
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This is more common than everyone thinks it is. At one time or another I've found loose battery cables on close to every brand of M/C I've owned.
It'll drive you nuts someday and you'll look in several places for the problem, tearing this or that apart, and disconnecting things like lights you've recently added and then you'll find the loose cable. After that, you'll check them every month or so...DAMHIK
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Close one....😰
That will do it...Glad you popped the top and checked it out. Have also seen the wrong length bolts used and they bottom out leaving a loose connection...
Gene and Ilana De Laney
Mt. Helix, California
2012 RS sm5
2012 RS sm5 , 998cc V-Twin 106hp DIY brake and park brake Classic Black
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Same issue
I was surprised on my F3T how minimally loose the cable was compared to how tough the starting was getting, but like you, tightened it up, problem fixed
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