OK, I finally got some time to take a closer look at the Kazuma. What happens is that when you try to start it, it wants to crank and then it seems like it just doesn't have the strength to crank over. You can even put it in gear and push it past that spot and get it to crank every once in a while. But once turned off, it won't start again. Same situation. I figured it was one of two things.
1. The starter was not getting enough juice.
2. The starter is damaged and is not providing enough torque.
So to test #1, I parked the jeep next to it. Turned the jeep off, unhooked the battery on the ATV, and ran jumpers directly to the starter on the ATV from the jeep battery. Same result. Wanted to crank but seemed to get hung. So at this point I assumed it was #2. So instead of doing the internet dance to find the part number for the starter, I figured I would go ahead and pull it so I would have it in hand if needed. Maybe get lucky and there be a part number on it. So I pulled the three little bolts holding it on and pulled it off. This is when it got interesting. Once I pulled it, I found metal shavings on the starter gear. That got my attention. So I figured I would dig deeper. I pulled the cover off the side. Before I did, I got ready for a shower of gear oil or something because the cover has a fill hole at the top (or maybe an inspection hole, the jury is still out). But nothing came out. I pulled the cover to find no oil. I don't know if there is supposed to be, but I find it kind of strange. The only sign of any lubrication was a ring of grease that was slung off the gear and was stuck to the inside of the cover (filled with little metal shavings). I assume this is assembly lube of some sort.
Here are a couple pics of what I found.
This is the fill hole (or inspection port) at the top of the case cover.
These two pics show the ring of grease that was slung to the inside of the cover.
Here you can see a pile of greasy metal shavings/metal dust on the inside next to where the starter enters the case.
This is that pile on my finger.
I stopped at this point. Because I don't know what this is really supposed to look like. But my suspicion at the moment is that the metal shavings in the starter gears was binding the starter. If I would just do a thorough cleaning of all these gears and lube them properly, I think the problem would go away. But the question is, what is "lubed properly" mean in this situation? Is there supposed to be gear oil in this case? If so, what kind? The manual doesn't say anything about it. At this point my thought is that someone took delivery of this unit and for shipping purposes didn't have any of the gear oil in it. Then someone didn't follow the instructions and add it before starting it. (don't really know, just a theory) Any assistance is greatly appreciated.