Starter solenoid clicks wont start
May 17, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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Starter solenoid clicks wont start
Having problems with Raptor.
Im having to jump start battery almost everytime son rides. I've ordered a new stator in hopes that will solve the dead battery issue...waiting for that to arrive. Problem is, I let someone else use the battery charger / starter to jump ATV and they put it on a high setting. I heard the starter turn up fast like a jet plane and then nothing... only solenoid clicked. Never got the ATV started so I assumed the starter was shot and put a new one on. Nothing still except the clicking solenoid.
Before I invest more $$ could someone tell me if the clicking is a sign of a solenoid gone bad or maybe need to replace battery.
Any ideas?
Im having to jump start battery almost everytime son rides. I've ordered a new stator in hopes that will solve the dead battery issue...waiting for that to arrive. Problem is, I let someone else use the battery charger / starter to jump ATV and they put it on a high setting. I heard the starter turn up fast like a jet plane and then nothing... only solenoid clicked. Never got the ATV started so I assumed the starter was shot and put a new one on. Nothing still except the clicking solenoid.
Before I invest more $$ could someone tell me if the clicking is a sign of a solenoid gone bad or maybe need to replace battery.
Any ideas?
May 17, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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The solenoid is just a switch that connects the battery voltage to the starter. Actually it is a remote controlled switch which is actuated through the ignition switch, starter button, and other safety interlocks, but since it goes "click" the remote control portion is working and you can ignore the remote contolled part. The remote control part is working since the solenoid goes "click". It is the starter solenoid going "click", right? This is the device that sits in between the battery and the starter on the big heavy red wires coming off the battery. (Just making sure it isn't some other unrelated relay making the sound.)
So does the solenoid connect the battery to the starter or not? Take a voltmeter and measure the voltage right on the starter motor input terminal to engine ground. If you have 12 volts at the starter while the solenoid is clicking, and the starter doesn't turn then the starter is bad. If you don't have 12 volts then trace it back to the output side of the solenoid, to the input side of the solenoid and on back to the battery.
Don't ignore the ground return when tracing the wiring. Measure from battery minus terminal to the starter case when attempting to start (and the solenoid is still going "click"). It should read less than 0.5 volts or you have a bad ground.
So does the solenoid connect the battery to the starter or not? Take a voltmeter and measure the voltage right on the starter motor input terminal to engine ground. If you have 12 volts at the starter while the solenoid is clicking, and the starter doesn't turn then the starter is bad. If you don't have 12 volts then trace it back to the output side of the solenoid, to the input side of the solenoid and on back to the battery.
Don't ignore the ground return when tracing the wiring. Measure from battery minus terminal to the starter case when attempting to start (and the solenoid is still going "click"). It should read less than 0.5 volts or you have a bad ground.
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