Thank you. I am looking forward to hearing of your success. If you can, take a picture of the inside of yours, I am curious it yours has as much or more rust as mine.
My 17 DRZ400e has just stopped being able start. Still has lights and everything, but no turn over. Just a 'clicking' buzz sound when I try to start. Battery has been charged so it can't be that. Do these symptoms souns like a starter brush/starter motor issue?
Sounds like it. That was exactly what mine would do. A click and a errngh sound. Sometimes it would turn over and sometimes it wouldn't. It is kind of a pain to get the starter out, but you can do it. Please let me know how it turns out for you.