I bought a 2002 400 and the starter did not work at purchase. I pulled it start for a while and decided it was time to fix the starter.
New starter, drive, and solenoid and am not getting voltage to the starter. I have tried jumping the solenoid and the starter will not turn. I did hook the starter direct to a battery and it is good.
I have about decided I am losing all my voltage through the hot wire from the battery to the solenoid

Any help would be appreciated!!

 

did you test the hot cable/wire to the solenoid form the battery? some bikes had fuseable links in between inline. make sure your getting power to the solenoid and power when the push button/key is turned thru the red little hot wire that powers the solenoid.

 

I have checked the hot wire from the battery and I am getting 12 volts. There is no fuse that I can see there.

Let me just make sure the hot wire from the battery goes straight to the solenoid and is piggybacked with the wire that comes from the ignition system. The small red wire comes from the starter switch to trigger the solenoid working.

I have tried jumping the solenoid and the starter will not turn. The solenoid clicks fast, I think that is a low voltage problem, but am unsure where to go from here.

 

Have you checked battery voltage with a meter?Should have a little over 12 volts at the battery, and selenoid, when you push the start button the other side of selenoid should have 12 or more volts.Should also get 12 volts to the starter, the fusible link is a black rectangular pouch in the hot wire from selenoid to starter.

 

I have checked voltage with a meter. I am getting 12 volts to the solenoid, but nothing on the other side of it. I know exactly what you are talking about with the fusable link, but is it a standard fuse that can be replaced??
If so, is that why I can't get any voltage through the solenoid???

 

any other ideas????

 

a fully charged battery will actually be putting out more then just 12 volts. most likely closer to 13, but you need a digital meter to read that. if you are getting a good 12 volt charge thru the big red cable coming from the battery to the solenoid, then you know the fuseable link is fine if there is one. now if you are getting the 12 volt charge to the solenoid you should be able to jump the battery side of the solenoid to the starter cable side w/ a heavy jumper wire to power the starter to turn over. if the starter does not turn over then most likey the issue is w/ the starter and not the solenoid. if you do get the starter to turn over, then the solenoid is bad.