my dad is doing work on a 95 dyna for a guy . the bike only had 98 miles on it when we started working on it, the guy bought it and was scared to ride it so he let is sit in his garage until now. so we did put pipes and bigger jets on the carb. after all the work was done. When trying to start the bike you will just hear a click! and no start. we pushed started it and it ran fine. So we replaced the starter and still just click! and we changed the starter realy too soame problem.do you tink there is a short and the circuit breaker is making the click.
2007-08-04 18:30:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
already bought new battery from harley
2007-08-04 18:50:22 · update #1
Sounds like a weak battery, try starting it with a charger hooked up to the battery.
Next take a volt meter and ground - to the bike and put + on the starter relay wire, it's the 12ga. wire (usually tan) that plugs on the side of the starter. When the start button is hit the meter should jump.If it does not, the relay is probably bad.
You next can trace the relay wire back to the relay itself and do the same meter test to check for power into the relay when the switch is pushed.
Obviously, if you get power into the relay ,but not out to the starter the relay is the problem.
Another possibility is that the grounding is faulty somewhere. The negative cable needs to be securely grounded to the engine( usually on the primary case) and the primary case usually has a secondary strap to the frame ( usually underneath near the kick stand.
If you try these few things and are not able to resolve the problem feel free to e-mail me .I know these bikes pretty well.
2007-08-05 07:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My buddy has a Tour Glide with a similar problem. It'll start every time and once in a while, first thing in the morning all he gets is a click. In fact I brought jumper cables along on this summer's trip and had to use them twice. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. As suggested, I'd look for a loose or corroded connection. The next time it does it, try connecting a jumper cable to the positive battery post and connect the other end to the output terminal of the starter soleniod, in other words, bypass the solenoid all together. If it starts and the soleniod clicks, you knowthat's the likely culprit. If it clicks but the starter doesn't turn over, check the connections between the soleniod and starter. Also, make sure the starter is grounded well. I can't remember what the starter setup is on a Harley, but if you can access the terminal where the positive cable attaches, connect the hot end of the jumper cable to that and it should crank over. It's all a process of elimination through bypassing individual componenets rather than replacing components hoping that's the one. That gets pretty expensive pretty quick.
2007-08-08 08:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like an alternator going out. The volt light is connected to the alternator and will come on when the alternator goes bad. When the vehicle is running, The car uses power only from the alternator, not the battery. So if the alternator was going bad, Had a poor ground, or poor power connection, then the vehicle would draw from your battery and eventually kill the battery and the car. Once your starting battery gets drained, it will only recharge to about 75% of its original capacity, if it gets drained again, then It goes down from there. They are not made to deep Cycle like that. The other issue could be a bad connection from the ignition switch to the alternator. This circuit tells the alternator to "turn on" essentially.... Also check all grounds, at alternator, Engine Block, an battery terminals, Loose, dirty or corroded connections will cause all sorts of problems.... Hope this helps!
2016-05-18 03:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a starter solenoid as well as a relay on that bike. Also if either of the battery cables are bad or loose connections it will cause it to just click. If you are referring to the solenoid as the relay then check relay. Also that relay has to be grounded where it is mounted at by it being screwed to grounded part of bike frame. The bike requires a high amount of voltage to turn over and this voltage comes from the solenoid being activated. If under powered the solenoid can stick open and voltage will be applied to starter and cause starter to burn up from lack of current to starter motor. More than one harley has been burned up from this happening. I am just curious to why your dad is working on this bike if he has so ittle knowlege of it?
2007-08-05 11:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by bozmo2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check the battery connections- sounds like loose negative cable. Could also be a junk battery. Sitting for 12 years is no good for a battery... just because it may have 12.8 volts (fully charged) does not mean it is good.
2007-08-04 18:40:20 · answer #5 · answered by that one guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad connections will cause that. Clean them all from one end to the other. Both sides positives and grounds. Charge the battery BEFORE you install it.
2007-08-06 09:47:43 · answer #6 · answered by Firecracker . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to just throw parts at it and not do any sort of diagnostics. START WITH A BATTERY. then maybe you could throw a rear tire at it, maybe some brake pads, a couple new turn signal bulbs, some turn signal fluid, oh yeah and a dufilater valve would probably get it running. dont forget the exaust bearings.
2007-08-04 18:48:31 · answer #7 · answered by justin c 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That model HD has a starter relay and a solenoid. Check relay.
2007-08-05 03:30:09 · answer #8 · answered by William F. D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad connection or wires...
replace the wires
2007-08-04 18:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like loose muffler bearing!!! seriously get a new battery and see whet she does. or hook up battery charger and see if it cranks over. sounds like the battery to me. bipass the curcuit braker and see if any smoke comes from any wires if it does you found the problem. but I bet its just da battery.
2007-08-05 06:01:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋