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Ok so this is how it goes.
I have a 2007 Road Glide. I took off the outer and inner primary covers to have them powder coated. Today I put everything back together and hit the starter button and the relay just goes click.
I made sure I had Batt voltage at the post on the starter. Pull the small wire off the solenoid and had battery voltage when starter button is pushed. Acting like a bad starter. Pull the starter out of the bike and bench test it with a pair of jumper cables and the starter works fine. Reinstall the starter same problem no start. Checked ground cables for corrosion, everything looked good. I even ran a external ground wire from the negative on the battery down to the starter thinking a bad starter ground. Still the relay just goes click.
Starter bolts are torque to the correct torque per service manual. I have double checked and triple checked everything.
Anyone got any ideas?
I have a 2007 Road Glide. I took off the outer and inner primary covers to have them powder coated. Today I put everything back together and hit the starter button and the relay just goes click.
I made sure I had Batt voltage at the post on the starter. Pull the small wire off the solenoid and had battery voltage when starter button is pushed. Acting like a bad starter. Pull the starter out of the bike and bench test it with a pair of jumper cables and the starter works fine. Reinstall the starter same problem no start. Checked ground cables for corrosion, everything looked good. I even ran a external ground wire from the negative on the battery down to the starter thinking a bad starter ground. Still the relay just goes click.
Starter bolts are torque to the correct torque per service manual. I have double checked and triple checked everything.
Anyone got any ideas?
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If it was working properly before the upgrade, I would start with removing the newly installed parts. It may be a pinched wire or the addition of the powder coating binding something up.
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I found out what was my problem. My powder coat guy powder coated the mating surface for the starter. Making the starter ground bad. After about a hour with some emory cloth and a razor blade I put the starter back in and hit the switch and the Roadshark came back to life. Thanks everyone for you help.
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