99 gsx limited starter removal

[wmskateteam]

first off, great site I have found a lot of help
i have owned his ski for 4months and have never ridden it, starter will not continuously crank even when jumping the solenoid so I am trying to remove the starter. I have the 3 screws out and it is loose but I can't get it out.
Do I have to remove the starter drive assembly? I can't get this thing out and I have no trailer to pick it up and work on, so I get soaked on the lake watching eveyrone else have fun on theirs...

 

[Nate Surveyor]

The motor is made in Austria

Speak to it with your best Arnold Schwarzenegger accent! I think they speak a form of German in Austria!

I don't know!

Nate

 

[JPX]

Maybe this diagram can help you visualize the removal of the starter:
http://partsfinder.onlinemicrofiche.com/seadooforums/Seadoo_oem/Seadoo_PWC.asp?Type=13&A=63&B=1

Try getting a pipe wrench on the PTO or turn the shaft as you work the starter out. Interaction with gears may be hanging it up a bit.

 

[derek]

ok; this starter does not have a bendix, at least not in the starter itself. it is just a motor. but there is a spline and what looks like a pretty snug fit with o-rings where it goes into the case. spray PB Blaster where starter goes into engine and start wiggling it around. then, if you can squeeze a screwdriver into the gap you can finesse (be nice to it!) it out. but first. if you have had it 4 months and never ridden it, why is it in the water? sounds like you got it dead and relatively cheap. did you pull the plugs and find out if the motor turns at all? you need to beg, borrow, or ok don't steal a trailer and get it on land.

 

[wmskateteam]

i paid over $2k for it.....
my brother rode it halfway across the lake and it died and hasn't started since. The starter only cranks for a second or two at a shot, so I was thinking it may be the culprit. I have a manual and it talks about the magneto and removal of the starter drive so I was confused. I have shook it as much as I can and even tried wedging a prybar in there but no luck. So I just need to keep prying I'm gathering and try to turn the motor?

 

[wmskateteam]

i'm sure there are others on this forum with this motor, who have pulled their starter out, anybody have any comments/suggestions? i've used the search and found a bunch on the smaller engines, but they have a different starter and one on the gsx but no replies....thanks again for any help

 

[wmskateteam]

no one??????

 

[timmyboy76]

I don't think its the starter, it started up and drove across the lake, then died...try new/fully charged battery, remove the plugs, spray wd-40 in holes. and give ur a kick.

 

[derek]

pull the plugs and see if you can turn the PTO (rear flywheel) by hand or with pipe wrench or vicegrips. it should be free enough to grab by hand and move back-and-forth. you STILL need a trailer. they do not like to spend the summer in the water. fresh water-overnight from friday to sunday is not that bad. but monday thru friday when you arent using it? you are shortening it's life.

 

[wmskateteam]

well originally i thought maybe it had a bad bendix but then i come to find out the starter and starter drive are 2 different pieces on my sea doo
i just don't understand why it will not continuously crank
how do I access the flywheel with the motor still in the doo? everything is so crammed in that thing

 

[kustomkarl]

Pulling the mag cover is a tight fit in the seadoo. You might have to pull the engine.

Karl