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Clicking from starter?
09/30/10 at 07:14:07

Hi all, I bought the 500 buck 97' savage I posted a couple weeks ago. It's gonna need some work.
I plan to try and pop start it tomorrow just to see if it indeed runs as advertised when I bought it.
Right now when I try to fire her up it just gives me a clicking sound. I'm thinking either starter or solenoid but don't have a clue as to how to proceed.
Input is more than welcome.
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #1 - 09/30/10 at 07:26:10 ...Or a low battery. Jump it first, then try. We start from there.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #2 - 09/30/10 at 08:38:17 Yep, a chattering sillynoid usually means its receiving very low voltage. Start at the battery (check connections),....either charge or jump.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #3 - 09/30/10 at 08:39:35 The starter relay will just click rapidly when the battery is low. Clicks when activated, power goes to the starter, starter drops voltage low enough to deactivate the relay, battery recovers and the whole process starts again.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #4 - 09/30/10 at 09:02:53 Thanks guys, I'll give that a shot first. If I leave a charger on it do you think that will take care of the juice problem?
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Re: Clicking from starter?
Reply #5 - 09/30/10 at 10:15:38

Had pretty much the same problem with the bike I bought last week, though I think I left the switch in the parking light possision. Tried to start it and nothing but clicks. Put the charger on it for 30 minutes at 2 amps and it kicked right over. Last night I pulled the battery out to check the water and found the water level was 1/4 from the bottom of the battery, yea was way low! Topped up the batt im just hopeing running it so low on water hasnt hurt the battery any.

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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #6 - 09/30/10 at 20:46:14 Weak battree, try a jump start with cables first. It still may not start but if it turns over vigorously at least you will know for certain that the battree is weak. phelonius
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #7 - 10/01/10 at 02:48:07 Yup. Try jumped. That way you KNOW it's getting juice from a good battery.
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Re: Clicking from starter?
Reply #8 - 10/01/10 at 07:04:01

Thanks all, I left the float charger on it overnight, I managed to get one good crank but it wasn't enough to turn it over. I'm leaving it on all day today and I'll try when I get home. The bike has been sitting for like a year according to the PO. If it won't turn over I'll switch out the battery from the '06 bike and see if that works.
I'd jump it but I only have big fat car jumpers and they won't fit in there. Grin

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #9 - 10/01/10 at 07:12:20 You could run some wires to the battery & hook the cables to those. A floatr charger as a battery charger is not very good. Theyre meant to maintain a charge, not charge a dead battery.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #10 - 10/01/10 at 07:19:59 Great idea JOG, I'll give that a shot tonight. I might know someone with a for real charger I can borrow if the jump goes well. thx
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Tanker2Biker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 231 Spring, TX (north of Houston) Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #11 - 10/02/10 at 18:37:19 While you're messing around down there, you might want to clean the cable ends and the posts and make sure they're making good contact. I've had mine have trouble when it was out in the rain for a couple days, and get a little crud build up between the contacts and the post.
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Re: Clicking from starter?
Reply #12 - 10/05/10 at 08:32:39

I finally got a chance to work on the bike again (man, life gets in the way sometimes!)

Anyway, tried jump - nothing
fully charged the battery (14.2V) - just one click when I try to turn it over.

It almost seems as if maybe one of the safety switches is stopping anything from happening.
I'm pitiful at electrics so any help would be welcome. I know I'm supposed to start at the battery and work out from there.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #13 - 10/05/10 at 08:54:14 If it were a safety, it wouldn't click. Check the grounds and check the battery. Take it to autozone or the like, they'll test for free. battery might be so dead that it won't do more that click even with a jump. Eliminate it altogether.
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Clicking from starter? Reply #14 - 10/05/10 at 12:58:33 Did you ever try pop starting it?
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