Massimo T-Boss 410 Starter Spins But Does Not turnover

[Michael Flippin]

I have a 2023 T-Boss 410. The starter is just spinning but nothing is turning over. It was working fine and just stalled. Tried to restart and starter just spins. Thought maybe the interior of the starter broke. Ordered and installed a new starter and it does the same thing. You just hear the starter spinning but does not seem like anything is catching. I checked the gear the starter engages and that is clean and turning freely. Any idea what the issue could be?

[T-boss 410]

Is it possible to get to the gear that the starter mates with? If you can, try to manually push it both ways. It should easily go one way, but not the other. If it goes both ways, it's a sort of clutch that will only allow the gear to go one way. If the gear isn't the issue, somehow the starter is spinning in the wrong direction. Mine did this, and I had to tinker with it to get it to go the correct direction. I don't know what causes this, but I have experienced it first hand.

I don't know how much they have changed over the years, but mine is a 2019 T-boss 410. Is yours using a Linhai engine?