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Bad soleniod?
04/08/17 at 16:20:27

I tried starting my bike(with new battery) and I hear a click from the solenoid and a click from the starter. But when I hold the button down I hear a high pitched squeal and see fumes go from my positive solenoid lead. I have no Idea what to do, I did what the manual says to check the solenoid and it was fine, I checked the starter also and it was fine, I have no idea where to begin to look for the problem. please help

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #1 - 04/08/17 at 16:21:29 Check out the battery.
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #2 - 04/08/17 at 16:23:33 the battery was fine
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #3 - 04/08/17 at 16:27:22 Have you taken anything off? Starter? I'd probably jump straight to the starter. Get cables, ground somewhere and clip on the hot wire on the starter. If it's not stabilized, it could roll. Be in neutral, car not running.
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SALB Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 668 Whittier, AK Gender:	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #4 - 04/08/17 at 16:30:57 Were you doing any other work just prior that could cause the engine/tranny to lock up?
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #5 - 04/08/17 at 16:38:51 I can push the bike around( with difficulty) in all gearsis there a certain current spec for the switch? because I have in handlebar switches
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #6 - 04/08/17 at 16:45:43 Have you done anything using tools just before the problem started?
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Re: Bad soleniod?
Reply #7 - 04/08/17 at 17:14:55

savageguy1 wrote on 04/08/17 at 16:20:27:

I tried starting my bike(with new battery) and I hear a click from the solenoid and a click from the starter. But when I hold the button down I hear a high pitched squeal and see fumes go from my positive solenoid lead. I have no Idea what to do, I did what the manual says to check the solenoid and it was fine, I checked the starter also and it was fine, I have no idea where to begin to look for the problem. please help

1. you checked the bat and it had 12 something volts?
and you pushed the starter button and it still read 12 something volts?
2. you checked the starter and it was there with a wire hooked up to it?
or you hooked an ohm meter to it and it read a couple of ohms?
or you pulled it out and hooked a battery to it and it went whir?

You got any teeth left or should I go on?

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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #8 - 04/09/17 at 05:47:42 I have not tried with the starter out of my bike , but I did pull it out and use and ohm meter on it and it read between 2-6 oohms
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #9 - 04/09/17 at 05:48:36 also when I hold the button down after the click the positive on the solenoid gets hot and fumes a little
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #10 - 04/09/17 at 06:00:50 and I do have teeth left
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #11 - 04/09/17 at 06:17:04 Doing some research apparently what I have been calling the solenoid is actually the starter relay.
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #12 - 04/09/17 at 06:31:52 As a general rule, when things start making smoke, I stop pushing buttons. If your starter solenoid wasn't fried, it probably is now.
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savageguy1 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 90	Re: Bad soleniod? Reply #13 - 04/09/17 at 06:51:14 I did stop, This is kinda what happens to me except I get only one click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH0FAKBM01Q
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Re: Bad soleniod?
Reply #14 - 04/09/17 at 09:46:11

Have you had the stator cover off?

If not, then we need to check the decomp and the starter.
The 1st click is the decomp, the second is the relay.
get yourself in a position where you can push the button and see the decomp arm on the head.
Might be hard if you still have the chrome covers.
You can operate this lever by hand and will go easy until it hits the rocker, then it gets real hard.
Do this once to see how far it has to go to hit the rocker and remember it has to go farther when you push the button.

It only goes for a half second so, don't blink. OK, give it a shot.

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