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k1w1boy · #1 Post by **k1w1boy** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:19 pm

... ad I said in my 'fix or replace' thread, I knew it was just a matter of time ... decisions, decisions...

#2 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:32 pm

Fix sprag, Soldier on.

k1w1boy · #3 Post by **k1w1boy** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:46 pm

found this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APRILIA-STARTER-S ... RY-/320705 - any thoughts? Can't seem to find the straight-swap Ducati one for sale 2nd hand.

FYI noisy starts for two weeks, then when it 'went', was anticlimactic - clutch in, pressed starter, and got kinda a quiet buzzing but no crank. Anyone whose went in a similar manner need to buy anything other than the above(ish) part for the repair? Thinking of giving the job to my geriatric local spanner monkey with the blow-by-blow description on AF1 (Nooj?), and he bitches and moans if faced with anything unforseen (still, love him - he's put up with doing services for me for 6 years).

....still want a newer, prettier one.... you know, the black framed ones... with the shock-mod .... and those cool looking aprilia carbon cans ... and maybe a black powder coated mille swing arm

Samray · #4 Post by **Samray** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 6:51 pm

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#5 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:53 pm

New oil filter and oil,
New sprag
..and probably strip and clean the clutch plates?

Someone will come along with a full answer but that would be my budgeting

Aladinsaneuk · #6 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:40 pm

dont buy a second hand sprag

cost it up being repaired by a decent spanner man - and cost up the value of your bike.....

then cost up getting done to it what you want - add that all up and compare it to the cost of a new steed....

Nooj · #7 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:36 pm

Thinking of giving the job to my geriatric local spanner monkey with the blow-by-blow description on AF1 (Nooj?)

Eh? What? It wasn't me! I didn't do anything!

mrapriliafalco · #8 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:32 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/APRILIA-STARTER- ... _500wt_949

mrapriliafalco · #9 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:35 pm

If you can get them for the price of the link above, why does everyone say weight up the with cost of the bike

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:55 pm

mrapriliafalco wrote:If you can get them for the price of the link above, why does everyone say weight up the with cost of the bike

Good point, well made

Aladinsaneuk · #11 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:38 pm

because the chances are that the sprag may well have damaged other bits around it....

also - if you cannot do the job yourself, it would be a few hours labour - iirc they normally run from 350 to 500 to get sorted by a spanner monkey....

and, hoping not to cause offence, this particular falco needs a bit of tlc and other bits sorting.....

mrapriliafalco · #12 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:18 am

Its just a frighting thought that one part can kill a falco off.
And down to a battery I cant see how this cannot be a fault of the company.

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:02 am

Small bits in the wrong places can do nasty damage but plenty of sprags have been repaired and replaced without adverse effects. Until the cover is pulled off of it, we don't even know whether there has been any colateral damage.

Falcoholic · #14 Post by **Falcoholic** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:38 am

Not a difficult fix really if you're half a spanner fiend.

Done mine twice and another for somenone else on an early mille.

Hardest thing is getting the flywheel off. It will need heat. I bastardised my fly wheel puller to suit this.

Check AF1 forum for replacement sprag. KTM sprag exactly the same and only about £60 if I remember.

Need any help then let me know. PM me or we can chat over the phone.

FFS dinnae be stuck.

Falcoholic · #15 Post by **Falcoholic** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:54 am

KTM sprag post on AF1 http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... stcount=11

and here's how to do it
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/show ... p?t=155882