got a 99 xplorere 400 2 stroke,

I just bought this from the Father in Law for the wife.... He said the starter was out, so bought a new one with the drive stuck it in, and its spinning and the drive is spinning clock wise and not shooting out to hit the flywheel/crank??? question is the starter going the wrong way? I really getting frustrated? I push up on the start button and the starter spin's and the drive spins clcok wise but not spinning out ??? put the old drive one doing the same thing? is there something I am missing or doing wrong? it just spinns

please help me about to go crazy and have a trip in AR in a week

 

Remove the starter and bench test it.
Reverse the leads and see if the starter gear pops.

 

there is only one wire comes from the silenod to the starter and it grounds it self to the motor, so cant swap the wire? why I am confuesed

 

New Aftermarket Starter


12 Volt
Rotation: CW
Polaris #
3085393
3084403
Aftermarket #
SMU0034
PA-101N 250 (All)
300 (All)
350 (All)
400 (All)
2-Stroke Engines
just something i found and notice this says "rot. CW meaning clock wise so i assume by that there is only one way to hook the starter up. dont know if it helps at all.

 

Sorry I assume when you remove the starter and place it on the bench!

This is the only way I know that you can reverse the leads to it.

 

92, are you sure you got a new one and not a rebuilt starter. I have seen this problem before on a rebuilt one. Look for lineup marks on the starter case. One part of the case is 180 degrees out of phase. Look close you will see what I mean.

 

this makes sence, because i dont see any other way to hook up the wiring but the right way.

 

I think the starter is going counter clock wise in return makeing the drive go clock wise correct?

I was out of town all weekend playing in the jeep, I will check it out tonight and let yall know

Thanks
Ed

 

Well I sorta figured it out I pulled a stupied, the original battary had the positive and neg , opposite of the new one I bought, did not notice till I went to charge the battary........... So let it charge all night says still chargeing so try and kick it over and the selinoid just claters, sooooooo not sure if I just screwed up brand new battary or what going to try and jump it off the jeep when I get home and see if I can fix it?

 

man, i hope you didnt do any damage to the electronics hooking it up backwards. let us know.mjust becareful when you put the battery back on, w/ everything turned off, there shouldnt be any arck or sparks when you hook it up.