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 The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | Its a long story and I'm so frustrated so I will do my best to keep this short and try to get the terminology correct.
Bottom line, my husband who is usually very mechanically inclined and works on generators and engines of all types and sizes is unable to fix our generac generator and I need to know if there's a whiz bang generator repairman he can talk to.
The repair place said it was the bendix and that they couldn't get a bendix. Well I looked up online and found that you can't buy the bendix you had to get the whole starter. So we got a new starter but (and these are my words, the best that I can explain it) its as if the bendix isn't reaching the other thingamajib to engage. My husband has tried different shims and its as if one is too high and too low. The generator tries to start but however it is connected, the bendix doesn't turn.Whatever grabs the bendix isn't grabbing. That's my interpretation of the explanation.
So if only there was a generac genius, he might be able to explain how to fix it to my husband.
(I found the Generac generator troubleshooting guide online and printed it off for my husband. Part of it mentions checking the voltage and when I mentioned that to my husband I got a real disgusted "I know what I'm doing" look.)
Funny thing how people want ipads, and new boots and tack for Christmas. I just want my LQ trailer's generator and fridge to work (the latter has an appt with an RV guy who doesn't do generators). |
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 Over Informed
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Location: West Tennessee | Karen, I texted my brother -- I'll let you know if he thinks he might be able to help. He's fixed / worked on our boat generator for years but I don't know that he's a genious -- he just thinks he's one. |
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Over Informed
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Location: West Tennessee | Alright -- he said it sounds like it's missing a tooth on the flywheel & hitting that one spot therefore won't engage. Went on with a bunch of other gobble-d-gook that I didn't understand. Something about putting a wrench on the pulley & move the motor just a hair and then that one tooth won't make a difference? |
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The Bird Lady
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Location: The end of the Earth, SE AR | dme0324 - 2013-12-16 12:55 PM Alright -- he said it sounds like it's missing a tooth on the flywheel & hitting that one spot therefore won't engage. Went on with a bunch of other gobble-d-gook that I didn't understand. Something about putting a wrench on the pulley & move the motor just a hair and then that one tooth won't make a difference? Jim finally got working on the generator today, then got disgusted and went deer hunting. Before he left for the woods an hour ago, he said "the gear ring on the flywheel has a messed up tooth or two". He can get it running but it takes some messing around with it for it to work.
So your brother is spot on! Jim said that to replace the gear ring he'd have to tear the whole generator apart amd he said that was a huge and almost impossile job. I will give him the advice about putting a wrench on the pulley and moving the motor a hair.
Edited by rollingrfarm 2013-12-29 3:19 PM
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Is there a mechanic that is a genius with Generac generators that my husband can talk to?