DB Electrical SMU9145 New Starter Compatible with/Replacement for Kit Yamaha M/C Xj650 Xj650L Xj650R Xj700 Maxim 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 414-52002 RBK-36 463823 79-85105

Any and "mostly all" parts are increasingly difficult to find for my VINTAGE YAMAHA SECA 750 --- but not only did these fine folks at DB Electrical have my parts to completely rebuild my starter motor, they also were exactly like the O.E.M. parts and their delivery time on my order was faster than the quarter-mile speeds of my bike when it was new! ... Great Quality Parts and Perfect Fits with all of them...Outstanding Job to D.B. Elect. and to Amazon.--- They both get many kudos from me and I will soon be ordering another one of these rebuild kits to put on my parts shelf.

Purchased to rebuild my starter on my 82 yamaha xj650rj. Had everything I needed, direct fit. This kit is a sort of 'one kit for many' application so you will probably NOT use all the parts included. Excellent product, good price, very very simple install.

Worked great on my 80 XJ650 starter.

As advertised, fits and works. Happy with purchase and would definitely recommend to a friend.

Hello,I ordered this for my 1981 SR250 Exciter but I had trouble fitting the part in. The bolt for the positive brush was to short and had to leave off all the red washers (3) and (1) lock nut washer for the cable to the battery. I could barely get the cable to "bite" on the threads. I contacted seller to find out if I should've ordered a different part and possibly correct the description. Although I did have trouble I did get the bench test to work and put it together anyway. Hopefully it stays running. I'll look into another part number if it fails but otherwise I'm happy with the company for A) Selling the part and B) shipping right away. Nice packaging. No instructions included from the manufacturer but not sellers fault at all so pay attention to your disassembly. Look up microfiche diagram before taking apart.

I don't like having to leave bad reviews, but in some cases it seems necessary to warn others of things that can go wrong with these products. In this case I can summarize by saying; this is a good kit for most of its parts, but not the output shaft oil seal which is far from the correct size.I'll start by saying this kit comes with lots of redundant parts and things which don't normally need to be replaced. At the very least this gives you options when doing a motor rebuild. For example, you could use the black plastic insulators for the positive post, or you could use the red washers, but you can't use both. Also the kit contains several replacement bushings, though the ones in my motor were in great shape so I left well enough alone.The only reason I needed this kit was to replace the brushes, o-rings, and oil seal on my 1982 Yamaha XJ750J's starter motor. Pretty much everything worked perfectly, although the brush assembly was very fiddly because the brushes are not captive like with the original holders, but it went down hill at the main oil seal.My motor failed because oil got past the main shaft seal at the end of the motor. Engine oil leaked in and gummed up the brushes, causing the commutator to short out and burn. When I knocked out the ball bearing and oil seal from my motor and compared them to the replacements provided in the kit, I found the bearing was a perfect match, but the oil seal was a couple mm's too thick. When I put the new parts in the seal was preventing the bearing from seating fully and the inner race wouldn't turn because the rubber seal was now pressed firmly against it.The motor works wonderfully now that it has clean brushes, I mean really it's astonishing how much more power it has, but I'm worried that the output shaft is turning independent of the bearing and that it will wear away at the shaft over time. I'll keep an eye on it and I have a parts motor if the shaft gets damaged, but I can't recommend this kit if you need the oil seal. If I didn't need that seal I never would have bothered with this kit anyway as the brushes alone can be found for far cheaper elsewhere (read: eBay).

Great product! My first time doing this and it was simple. I DID do one thing wrong, I lines it up wrong and the starter worked but it turned in the wrong direction! Took it apart and lined it up correctly and it turned the right way. Go to XJBIKES and look at the pic tutorial.

I was able to disassemble the starter and change the brushes, making it work again. It wasn't that hard. I didn't change out all of the parts because some seemed ok.

After replacing the brush plate and reinstalling the motor, the engine did not even try to turn over, but the motor was turning. I made sure the battery was fully charged and also checked that I had lined everything up correctly. When I took it apart I compared the new plate to the old plate. The positive and negative brushes were on opposite sides! Just to be sure, I installed each plate and tested the motor with a booster pack. The new plate turned the motor clockwise (with the gear pointed away from me) and the old plate turned the motor counter-clockwise.So what I ended up doing was moving the new positive brush to the old plate. This was easy. The negative brush wire seemed to be welded to the plate and a tab bent over it. So I cut the wire as close as I could to the tab on each plate. Then I bent up the tab on the old plate, soldered the wire of new negative brush and bent the tab down over it. Re-installed everything and then the engine turned over. This was on a 1981 Yamaha XJ650 Maxim. I should have taken photos.As in other reviews, not all parts were used.