please help! i bought a 2008 yamaha raptor 250 quad and it has starting problems. i checked the battery and tightly fastened some connections. i also need new chain tensioners for my yamaha, where can i buy one? any comments and suggestions are welcome. thanks.

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Yamaha Raptor 250r | 2011 Yamaha Raptor 250r

 

ok. please, when posting problems, would you give a fairly detailed account of what it is/is not doing. any peculiar sounds/etc.... and anything you've done or some history of the machine. examples: turns over/cranks but won't fire. starter clicks, etc..... that would be helpful and save you some time on responses. thanks.........please don't take this wrong, we want to help, we just need a tad more information to help you troubleshoot and repair the problems. help us help you.........thanks..........

 

im sorry for not posting the complete details. ok, i can hear a click(quite loud) coming from the engine compartment, but the starter wont crank, the battery and other starter cables are ok. any other solutions? thanks
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Yamaha Raptor 250r | 2011 Yamaha Raptor 250r

 

battery probley needs charged. turn on the key and kill switch .turn on gas ,pull out choke have someone pushin as fast as they can with it in 2nd gear and clutch in,then dum the clutch and see if it starts. or pull it with a toe strap and another quad or lawn mower.after it starts keep it running and it will charge the battery. or just put it on the charger.

 

take a multimeter/ohm meter and go across the battery and see how much charge the battery has before you do anything to it. you may just need to recharge the battery. check the liquid levels of the battery also to make sure you don't have a dry cell. you can do like twho said and push/pull start or jump it off. but let's see what kind of shape the battery voltage is in before you start it. then we'll move on to the next task. probably like you said, recharging it. the clicking sound: is it coming from the starter area or from the solenoid area? i presume your solenoid is not on the starter but up on the frame near the fuel tank/seat area. please read up on this post, even though it's on the chinese forum, it's still electricity. Lynn's explanation about the battery is excellent.
http://forums.atvconnection.com/chin...y-charged.html

 

soleniod is under the seat on the 250