• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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Hard starting TE250 w/ estart but will fire asap with kicker!?

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weldpro

Husqvarna
AA Class
For the last month or so I have been building up a TE250 for my wife. This past weekend we went out on a two day shakedown to see if everything was sorted out to her liking. The bike seems to run fine with the exception of the dreaded low end bog (I will be buying the newest ECU & 12 hole injector in hopes of solving that issue). However we were at altitude 8k, and the bike would hardly run. Went to go start it with e-start, and it was a no go. After trying this for a bit I used the kick start viola it started up but was stumbling a bit. It did start to run a little better as the day went on but still would hardly fire without using the kick start.
Now back at my house today (el 5100) and tried to start it this morning via e-start, and it would start 1 in 10 times if I was lucky. When I would kick start it it would fire immediately. Now I am thinking it must have something to do with the auto decompression but I am somewhat lost as I would have thought it would light up better using the e-start if it was indeed the auto decomp (i.e. spinning faster/ closing cam). Do I have this backwards? Also is there a known fix cause for this?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
 
Here is the bike. I did all the work lowering it, shaving the seat, and shortening all shifters etc. Wanted it to fit her perfectly. Notice the heat shield on the TC250 pipe to like like the uptite skid plate & rear heat sheild..lol.
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My TE450 is hard to start when the exhaust valve with the ADC gets too loose and the tiny amount that the ADC opens the valve is no longer enough, when I shim the gap up, it starts fine again. Has happened twice now as the valves get looser.
 
OlderHuskyRider said:
My TE450 is hard to start when the exhaust valve with the ADC gets too loose and the tiny amount that the ADC opens the valve is no longer enough, when I shim the gap up, it starts fine again. Has happened twice now as the valves get looser.
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The valve train on this bike (X-Lite motor) is shims under the bucket, and they get tighter as time goes on. I had already checked the valves, and they were in spec. I just cannot seem to understand why the kicker would work each, and every time vs. the E-start which can sit there & spin forever. I did cap my hand over the exhaust to make sure it was spinning up the motor (making pressure & it was), and not just making noise!
 
When my autodecomp wasn't working well, the bike wouldn't electric start and kicking it was like pushing against a brick wall. I got the updated cam and it will not kickstart easily in all situations, but will only electric start when cold. Mine is kind of the opposite, my electric starter will catch and won't turn the motor over.

For my situation, I have a new starter motor, ring gear and worm gear shaft on order from Halls right now. You might check the gears and bearings under the flywheel for wear. My ring gear was pretty stripped out and the worm gear shaft showed a lot of wear. Do you have a powercommander or JD tuner on it? I think that richening mine up and turning the "idle" screw up a bit helped it start better as well. You've probably already checked the battery, but I'll throw that out there as well. I have a KTM that would sit and spin the starter but not start the bike. I put a different battery in it and voila...started right up.
 
I did try another battery, and still no go. I know that the starter motor is spinning up the motor because it builds up pressure in the exhaust while pushing the button. The perplexing part is how with one kick it'll fire right up. I will look at the starter parts to check for anything strange.
I am starting to think I am out of my head concerning the ADC as I had a similar experience as you but with a YZ timed WR250f. It was a long time ago so I had more or less forgot about it. I think I need to pull the plug, and look for (consistent) spark when using the e start.
 
i had a similar issue with my starter several months ago. i THOUGHT the starter was spinning fast enough, but the bike would not start with the estart. but always started with one kick. i checked my valves and intakes were off, and I adjusted them. didn't help the starting. so i pulled off the starter, attached a battery to it, and it spun (which i thought it spun just fine). but i pulled it apart anyway. Turned out that previous owner had had it rebuilt before, and where they sort of jury rigged one of the brush connections, the solder was not great. So I resoldered it, put it back together, and the starter REALLY spun on the battery. Then once i put it back on the bike, it fired right up (and knocking on wood, is still working now). Eventually I will replace the starter, but at least I am saving a couple hundfred bucks for now :).

not saying this is your issue, but it may be worth a check.
 
I will definitely check on that jxg. One thing I forgot to mention is that it has a turn tech battery, and I would swear it is spinning faster than any other bike I have that has e-start. That was until I put a lead type in, and it was spinning just as fast. I was thinking that the LIon battery was making it spin quicker. Hmmm time to start tearing into this thing today.
 
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