FlyingAnvil
XS400 Addict
Just pulled the carbs of for an inspection cause my bike had a high idle like 3500rpm high, so I pulled of the carbs for a cleaning and they actually looked ok. Since I had the carbs off anyway, I decided I would inspect my starter motor because when I hit the button it just "CLICKS". Tracked down the solenoid and there was a wire or group of wires missing off the large post (Not the battery post, the one that I assume goes to the starter). Pulled the starter cover off, pulled the starter out and there was not one wire hooked up to the starter. Put the starter motor on the bench and hooked up a battery charger and put black on the starter body and red on the post of the starter motor and it does indeed spin a little slow but it does spin.
Now here is where it gets weird, I put the starter back in it's place, tightened it back down, hooked up the battery charger just like on the bench and it just spins, it does NOT turn the engine over. Is something broken in there? Should be turning the engine over but it's not.
I would really like to have booth the electric start and kick start. Especially after taking the carbs apart electric would be awesome for that instead of the one hundred kick and pray start.
Now here is where it gets weird, I put the starter back in it's place, tightened it back down, hooked up the battery charger just like on the bench and it just spins, it does NOT turn the engine over. Is something broken in there? Should be turning the engine over but it's not.
I would really like to have booth the electric start and kick start. Especially after taking the carbs apart electric would be awesome for that instead of the one hundred kick and pray start.