<br /><br />If it still happens, you can have the battery load tested, just to make sure it's got the amps as well as the volts.<br /><br />After that, it may be time to check the starter.<br /><br />Scott. or dirt or possibly a tight tolerence at the bottom of the shaft where it sits waiting to be kicked up. I used wd-40 and sprayed it liberally, then dried as much up as I could with a paper towel. The I used a lube, (superlube) which is teflon and grafite and silicone mix. It worked for about two days and stuck again. I sprayed wd-40 again and cleaned it out and dryed as much of it as I could. This is when I fould I COULD duplicate the sticking simply by spinning it hard down, by hand, again intermitant. Your fix could be one of two things. 1. clean out the shaft where the gear rotates and slightly lube it with something like triflow, just a little is all, or replace the starter. Good luck, I will be testing mine out again later this week. if its no good this time I will be buying a starter. I was having starter issues too and I couldn't figure out why. I went through every complicated thing there was to do and all I had to do was clean my connections at the battery. Worst part about it is I didn't know that until I saw it repeatedly on here. Kudos to the users of Iboats forums.
