or take it to one who knows
Yes, I have nothing to contribute of value so I will post some more animated pics!
MINDS YOU NEED A NEW BATTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!go back to page 1 5 pages for a battery change this one need to be moved to the vault
Quote from: SilverStreak on January 17, 2012, 08:59:35 AMQuote from: hipshot on January 17, 2012, 08:21:58 AMJust a guess, but see if you have arc burns on the starter switch contacts.That has been my worry. Don't want to chase my tail replacing stuff that wasn't the root of the problem. With all due respect...........Stop chasing an elelctircal issue. That's not your problem. You said you had the battery checked and it checked out fine but I didn't suspect it in the first place by verture of "how" it was cranking. If it was the battery, the solinoid would drop in and out and you'd hear the tell tale clicking sound of that process which is caused by a low voltage to the solinoids starting control circuit by verture of the starter dragging the system voltage down. Solinoids, kill switches and starter buttons will not produce the slow cranking problem your bike is having.So........... Do a compression test to rule out a stuck compression release.For your sake I hope I'm wrong and I stand to be corrected.................because your not going to like to hear what it takes to fix the de-compression device.Someone stated you just had the top end done. Did they take the decompression device off the cam?
Quote from: hipshot on January 17, 2012, 08:21:58 AMJust a guess, but see if you have arc burns on the starter switch contacts.That has been my worry. Don't want to chase my tail replacing stuff that wasn't the root of the problem.
Just a guess, but see if you have arc burns on the starter switch contacts.
Upon watching the video again, I noticed the bike cranks slowly for the first couple of revolutions, then YOU CAN actually hear what I believe to be the starter solenoid dropping out and then back in again. That's the clicking noise that can be heard before it cranks again. The solenoid drops out only AFTER system voltage has been dragged down to such a point that the ECU is resetting upon every crank cycle by evidence of the FI light. At that point, cranking HAS stopped because the solenoid has dropped out due to a lack of sufficient voltage to hold its coil in. When it drops out, voltage recovers and the solenoid pulls back in and cranking begins again because he's still holding the button down. I make this statement based on the assumtion he's not moving the switch as to change it's position, thereby ruling out the switch as the reason why it's cranking intermittently. The solenoid is not dropping out during the first couple of cranking revolutions while the engine IS cranking (albeit very slowly) and voltage is high enough to hold the solenoid coil in. This proves the starter button switch is fine for the duration of the video, as long as we accept the fact he's not moving it enough to change it's operation and continuity during the video.If the de-compressor is not faulty, as by evidence of testing it as I have suggested, at this point I'd suspect the battery as just being too weak to adequately crank the engine over and not the starter button. In fact a weak battery is most likely the problem, short of having results from testing anything to prove otherwise.YOU CAN PROVE WEATHER THE BATTERY IS GOOD OR NOT OR THE DE-COMPRESSOR IS FAULTY.......... BY TESTING THEM AS I DESCRIBED IN A PREVIOUSE POST. Do some testing.
Hes doing some more testing onthe lunar influence on the starter solenoid will report soon.......
The battery recently on my wife's previous car (that we just traded in) was showing signs of a starter issue. I had full lights inside and out, but the starter would make that clicking sound. I changed the starter out and it was the same issue (didn't test it first at autozone like a moron).It ended up being that my cold cranking amps were about an 8th of what it was rated at, but the charge was perfect. Bought a new battery and was good to go.I'd try someone elses's battery that doesn't mind.
