Please trust me on this, get an external starter and be done with it.  I know the on boards are very convenient, BUT!!!  Change bushes, change starters, etc.  But sooner or later it will bite you in the butt at race time.  Been there, done that!  Get a Coleman, and you’re good to go!  Period!

Clark Sr.

+1 on the external starter…………  

However, if you have the cash/talent to throw around, you can replace your brushes as needed.. 

I will stick with the external ..

At this point, what have you got to loose by removing and opening up the starter?  The armature could be bad, but most often it’s a broken brush.  If you have 12 volts at the starter when the button is pressed, you have an open circuit in the starter.  Can’t argue the point of an external starter.  You’ll never miss the start of a race with one. But having the on-board is nice if you ever spin.

Fix the starter (again) and never use it again unless you’re stranded on-track. Every other time use an external starter, that’s why they call hem TAG “Touch-And-Grab” your external starter that is.

I know lots of people have had issues with the onboard starters sbut in 4 years of racing TaG we used the onboard about 98% of the time and only had 2 starter failures. I had a very wise man (Joe Woronka…JW) show me how to rebuild them and to add a little silicone in the right places. But still a good idea to have an external handy cause you never know when they will fail.

I’ve rebuild many starters but since adding silicone to the brush wires after installed haven’t had to rebuild one for a couple of years.

Now the only problem I have when starting is when the crappy radio shack battery dies.

if you must have an external starter, there is one being sold on the formun.

https://new.ekartingnews.com/forums/topic/coleman-starter/

My 2 cents

I have seen this issue multiple times on the forums.

I have a PRD and from what I understand it is the same starter as the Leopard. I had starting issues that was on going. I took the starter apart to replace the brushes. Instead I soldered and RTV’d the brush assembly. That was over a year ago. Vroom Vroom!!! Starts every time. Maybe I was lucky, but it worked and I didnt have to spend the money on a external or a new starter.

We always had a spare onboard starter ready to go in the event ours failed. Much quicker swapping the starter than replacing the brushes in between rounds. But like I said, we only had 2 failures. I’m sure if we didn’t have the spare we would have inevitably had many more failures…Murphy’s Law!