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Starter Question

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mikeyboi83:
I tried hooking the relay up the other way and got no power so I know it is correct now, now I did try and connect just the power to the power on the relay and the ground directly to the ground on the side of the starter and still nothing. The manual says control unit, starter relay under the seat.

Even if one of those were bad, wouldnt the starter turn if I short the solenoid out with a screwdriver?

Have a feeling its either a loose wire or could be the starter. Now I did do some cleaning on the under body, maybe that could have done something. I guess I could take out the starter and check that by hooking it up to a battery to see if it spins.

mikeyboi83:
Forgot to mention that when I short the relay that should spin the starter, al I hear is a humming coming from the starter and if I keep doing it on occasion it will spin for a split second them hum.

Update, so I am an idiot and had a charger hooked up to the bike so I wouldnt drain my battery during that. So I hooked up the battery and the starter turns when I jump the relay BUT NOT with the start button, so now I know there is something wrong there. Also it is still making that ungodly clanking noise when the starter engages and when it clanks it stops and starter spins. Once in a while it will catch and turn the engine over. So I am assuming it is a bad idle gear?

WTF304:
I'm not too sure on that one ..... possible but not sure. Did the pinion move freely on the worm gear ?

mikeyboi83:
Come to find out the washer the pinion gear sat on was not thick enough, I watched the lock cam work as I jumped the solenoid and it did not go down far enough so I put a thicker washer on and now its good. So now I need to find out why the start button does not work, all it does is make the solenoid click but not turn the starter..Battery is fully charged, checked that already. So now I need to trace the grounds and check them. Because keep jumping the solenoid is starting to melt the bolts, thank god a have anew spare one lol

mikeyboi83:
I can not seem to find the problem! All I still get is a click when I hit the button. All contacts are cleaned and the starter will only turn when I jump the relay. So the starter is not bad and I have a new starter solenoid, well an aftermarket one. I am so at a loss here. I took apart the kill switch I wired up to make sure that was not the problem and it is not, and I also took the wires out of the 4 pin connecter that goes into the starter solenoid because the side of the connector was burnt from jumping it. I will be getting new prongs to attach the wires into a new 4 pin connector tomorrow. Even hooking the wires directly to the solenoid it does the same thing and yes I got them correct.

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