Starters

[Gray E Fowler]

My Kavan starter slowly degraded over this last season. The battery 
capacity crapped out and the flimsy battery case cracked and slowly fell 
apart. Overall the starter was pretty good, but I was not so sure I wanted 
another such thing  at nearly $85-$100 which is $45 for the stater, $15 
for the battery case, $25 for the batteries and $9 for the silicone insert 
( the one that comes with the starter is garbage). 
I purchased the Power Tork starter from Central and tested it out this 
weekend. First, the starter comes complete for $80, including batteries 
and silicone insert. The batteries are standard RC car batteries which are 
cheap and easy to replace. It uses two 1500 ma packs hooked in series. The 
rear has a door that pops open for easy removal of the packs. The starter 
has two motors on the gear drive.  The starter is very thin in width and 
long in length compared to the Kavan. Egonomically is works, which is 
something I was worried about.  It has a momentary on switch which is 
protected by two side guards to prevent accidental  "on-age".
The power (torque) is extreme. There is so much torque that you gotta be 
ready when you hit the button. There is no spin up, just instant on and it 
will twist your wrist if you are not prepared. The only negative is that 
the torque twist jams your finger into the switch guard, which after a few 
times becomes iriitating. Once I was aware of this it was not so 
bad......whos gonna complain about too much torque?

If the starter lasts and is durable (it appears to be so) I would suggest 
that you give Santa a call, this appears to be a winner. 



Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering
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