Wrong way
Newbie
Have 1400 miles on viper now starter never sounded right since new and on weekend it piled up and striped teeth of starter,drive and ring gear so it's at dealer now for warranty repair.
Any others have this happen
Not liking all those pieces of gears flowing through engine before it let go
Any others have this happen
Not liking all those pieces of gears flowing through engine before it let go
weederman
Newbie
Make that two
Same thing happened here, 1000 miles. Had a feeling something was going to happen when starting. It just didn't sound right, then one day grind, grind, grind. Not a pleasant sound. I was just glad it happened at home and not in the middle of nowhere.
Its at the dealer now.
Same thing happened here, 1000 miles. Had a feeling something was going to happen when starting. It just didn't sound right, then one day grind, grind, grind. Not a pleasant sound. I was just glad it happened at home and not in the middle of nowhere.
Its at the dealer now.
09nytro
TY 4 Stroke God
I have heard that on very few nytro's before , it's not a very common thing to happen !
tankeryanker
Veteran
Had mine at the dealer for the chaincase update and when I picked it up they said they changed mine out too. Apparently it had a few teeth broke off but it wasn't making any noise. Glad they caught it before something bad happened
Wrong way
Newbie
Let's hope it's uncommon because it took out 1800 in parts
I'm liking warranty right now
I'm liking warranty right now
horkn
Expert
Its common on cats, but this is the Yamaha motor.
Viper Starter Failure
Had mine fail at 189 miles, but was lucky that it happened in the garage and not on the trail...called the dealer and was told they had 3 starters go with one being the Cat version and two Yamaha versions so yes it not just an isolated failure...called Yamaha customer service on this as this was the second time that the sled was in for broken parts during the first 189 miles and had two vacations ended...very frustrating...just hope that the reverse servo gear last long enough for parts to come into the Yamaha dealers
Had mine fail at 189 miles, but was lucky that it happened in the garage and not on the trail...called the dealer and was told they had 3 starters go with one being the Cat version and two Yamaha versions so yes it not just an isolated failure...called Yamaha customer service on this as this was the second time that the sled was in for broken parts during the first 189 miles and had two vacations ended...very frustrating...just hope that the reverse servo gear last long enough for parts to come into the Yamaha dealers
ulinov1049
Newbie
Where is the starter located on the viper? Mine is gone just under 500 miles.
DeerHuntr
TY 4 Stroke Guru
Weird. Wondering what the hell is causing this? Bad batch?
ulinov1049
Newbie
I have no idea. cheap material or too
much compression?
much compression?
Its an mapping problem Yama is working on a fix
ulinov1049
Newbie
So when the new mapping is out and I put in a new starter that new starter shouldn't go?
horkn
Expert
I wonder if the starter on the viper is a cat part, or a yamaha part. Guess I had assumed that since it's a yamaha motor, that it would have a yamaha starter. Can anyone confirm?
One I saw looked just like phazer or any other Yamaha starter. The stater itself was tight.
TJ-R
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Had a no start situation this weekend, with only 785 miles on the XTX she left me left me stuck in the woods, and at the farthest point of our intended loop that day. A couples of miles on a tow rope to get out of the woods and $400 two hour flatbed drive back to the trailer.
Our family 07 phazer had the starter go bad after one ride.
Battery is good, solenoid functioning, starter just clicking.
Dropped off at dealer and hope I'll have it for next weekend. We still have snow, but the long days are eating the exposed trail surfaces up.
The past two rides I noticed the starting acting up. It would crank a few revolutions and then kick back with a metallic sound. This was a random occurrence and happened either hot or cold.
I never did like the idea of not having a pull starter.
Our family 07 phazer had the starter go bad after one ride.
Battery is good, solenoid functioning, starter just clicking.
Dropped off at dealer and hope I'll have it for next weekend. We still have snow, but the long days are eating the exposed trail surfaces up.
The past two rides I noticed the starting acting up. It would crank a few revolutions and then kick back with a metallic sound. This was a random occurrence and happened either hot or cold.
I never did like the idea of not having a pull starter.
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