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From: charlottesville
Welcome to the forum from SW Iowa.
All good info and suggestions so far...
If it were mine, the first thing I would determine is "exactly what is clicking" when you push the starter button.
As you probably know, the starter button sends power to the starter relay which sends power to the starter solenoid, which sends power to the starter motor.
Since you hear a click when you push the button, the starter button seems to be working OK.
Assuming the starter relay is really good like you say ... (how do you know unless you've used a voltmeter at the solenoid to see if +12 volts is getting to the "trigger" post when you hear the click?)....then the next thing to check is the solenoid.
Without a voltmeter, you're just guessing when it comes to electrical problems. And guessing can get expensive real quick.
Good luck in getting this fixed! You can do it if you use the right tools and this forum.
All good info and suggestions so far...
If it were mine, the first thing I would determine is "exactly what is clicking" when you push the starter button.
As you probably know, the starter button sends power to the starter relay which sends power to the starter solenoid, which sends power to the starter motor.
Since you hear a click when you push the button, the starter button seems to be working OK.
Assuming the starter relay is really good like you say ... (how do you know unless you've used a voltmeter at the solenoid to see if +12 volts is getting to the "trigger" post when you hear the click?)....then the next thing to check is the solenoid.
Without a voltmeter, you're just guessing when it comes to electrical problems. And guessing can get expensive real quick.
Good luck in getting this fixed! You can do it if you use the right tools and this forum.
Good luck!
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One thing that ain't is a chopper. Ha ha. Nice war horse!
Still sick by my original quote and check the D1gger sticky. I'm sure the PO will give you fits. Good luck.
Still sick by my original quote and check the D1gger sticky. I'm sure the PO will give you fits. Good luck.
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From: charlottesville
Correct me if Im wrong, the copper pole on the breaker is positive? . . .Cleaned all my positive connections in between the switch and the starter. Looked at the breaker and it was the negative on the copper pole. Thinking this is wrong I switched them around and now its turning over.
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From: charlottesville
Correct me if Im wrong, the copper pole on the breaker is positive? . . .Cleaned all my positive connections in between the switch and the starter. Looked at the breaker and it was the negative on the copper pole. Thinking this is wrong I switched them around and now its turning over.
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Correct me if Im wrong, the copper pole on the breaker is positive? . . .Cleaned all my positive connections in between the switch and the starter. Looked at the breaker and it was the negative on the copper pole. Thinking this is wrong I switched them around and now its turning over.
As long as the breaker hasn't tripped, both poles should always have the same voltage on them, so both poles would be positive.
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From: charlottesville
Instead of positive or negative, I think of the two poles of a breaker as input and output. The copper pole is the input and the negative pole is the output on every circuit breaker I've ever seen on a bike.
As long as the breaker hasn't tripped, both poles should always have the same voltage on them, so both poles would be positive.
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As long as the breaker hasn't tripped, both poles should always have the same voltage on them, so both poles would be positive.
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