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Title: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/11/14 at 06:40:31 Ive removed my starter and want to test it, can I test with a car battery (not running)? |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by verslagen1 on 11/11/14 at 07:07:50 Yes, any 12v source. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/11/14 at 07:24:31 thanks, just wanted to be sure! |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Spamy on 11/11/14 at 09:52:48 It will spin like mad, but may not show if its getting weak by having some of the winding shorted. But that doesnt happen often, if it spins, its mechanically fine. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Kris01 on 11/11/14 at 17:34:41 Just a thought... Even if it spins, it may not be good. It may perform differently "under load" with the drag of the engine. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/12/14 at 06:28:24 Test it,, HOLD ON to it,, cuz its gonna rotate,, You cant spin up the mass of the armature and NOT induce torque on the housing.. If it Will Not Go,, starter, ehh,, sheza Kapputta,, If it Does go,, well,, mite not be a really healthy starter motor..BUT,, unless you can feel bearings letting things flop around,,Id say youre an odds on winner,, Whats going on with it? Electric motors can be worked on.. Ive fixed several,, destroyed my share,, How many miles on the bike? |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/12/14 at 09:57:25 627D7B7C61665767576F7D713A080 wrote:
Long story short I am putting together a Savage I took in from someone that owed me money. frame was good, forks etc. Motor turned over at the time (4 months ago) Now its back together, new battery and I went to start it a few nights ago and the solenoid clicked but that was all. so I got my trusty Fluke Meter out today and I am going run a some tests on solenoid, starter, battery etc. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/14/14 at 06:04:24 So after checking the starter, I have what the troubleshooting guide describes as Lights, 2 clicks and nothing - dead starter - remove and check with battery.- dead starter - remove and check with battery. Checked the battery, It reads 12.65 should be plenty. Checked the starter, hooked up the cables to the truck and when I put the Negative to it did nothing. touched it again, flew off the table. Tried it again and it spun aggressively. So Stick in back in the bike and we get the Lights, 2 clicks and nothing again... Starter bad underload? Any suggestions :-? |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Demin on 11/14/14 at 06:27:39 Just because there is voltage,you might not have enough amps in the battery.These bikes take a lot of energy to start them.First off.Put a good charge on the battery.Then try it.I haven't heard of too many starters going bad.It's usually the battery. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/14/14 at 06:45:03 42434B4F48260 wrote:
Battery has been a trickle charge as of yesterday, will attempt again tomorrow when it warms up!! Way too cold today |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/14/14 at 10:58:30 You CAN run a car battery to the starter,, and prove the starter will start the engine. BUT, make sure youre not coming up on compression. That bypasses the decomp timer and ya could hurt starter gears. IF that works, Then Disconnect the battery, use the same battery that spins the starter and see if the bike starts with a known good battery. If so, get the battery figured out,, charge or replace. If not,, well,, youve got a lousy connection somewhere,, feel for hot spots,, current passing thru resistive connections creates heat. Of course, IF it fires up after the trickle charger does its thing,, well,, I typed all that fernuthin.. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/14/14 at 11:20:23 I will tinker this weekend and report back. |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by Muella4 on 11/16/14 at 16:05:49 So after a weekend of messing around, I determined the solenoid to be bad. So bridged the connection, starter turned engine cycled. Took out the plug to test to see if I was getting ignition spark.....grounded to the head started the bike and no spark.......ignition coil? Bad wiring?.... Now what? What are some good procedures at this point ? 86 savage And it is a new plug Is there a way to test the coil? |
Title: Re: Starter testing Post by verslagen1 on 11/16/14 at 18:45:32 after running a search for "test coil" and scanning thru a 100 hits, this seems to be the best one... 4F444E40414A4A250 wrote:
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