More electrical problems

[ssray]

And so it continues, I had to bump the bike yesterday (at 0430) upon arrival at the station yesterday afternoon she started on the button, after 10 miles I pulled over and had a 5min chat with a mate, no start-just the solenoid clicking-then it just about started
recently I have had a new electrex reg/rec, I the batt on the optimate to be greeted with a glowing red(deep discharge)so I charged the spare batt over night and in the morning it was green, 13v with my mains testing multimeter(leads onn the little one broke)
plugged it in and no start, bump again-arrived at the station and switched it off and tried to restart-click again-
I`m going to borrow a hammer and screwdriver from work to persuade the starter motor to turn and see if its that
and maybe replace the bushes
any more ideas? I start nights next tuesday so I need it sorted by then
Cheers
Ray

[slug]

hi ssray. if you have good spare fully charged battery, starter should operate.
if the relay is clicking power is going to relay. try test on starter motor,
with heavy duty wire direct from fully charged battery,to the feed to starter
on relay. if it does not spin starter motor is at fault. bit of a worry that
you are loosing volts in battery,old regulator may have seen battery off.
is the bike charging when running,. if not could be stator generator fault,.
when the starter is pressed a lot of power is sent to starter via relay, any small
drop in battery volts will cause starter not turning over.. your fault could be just starter
motor being lazy..any gurus can help ssray.??..
cheers the slug.

[ssray]

Thanks slug, I would have tested this morning but all the lights in the street were off, I have a hammer to `gently tap` the starter on my return to brum, It was showing a charge yesterday
I will have a go with jump leads directly to the starter motor and i have a brand new relay at home that I will try aswell
cheers
Ray

[odie]

have a good spare starter if needed.
Rick

[ssray]

Thanks Rick, I will test the starter friday, I was thinking of replacing the bushes, not sure if I can be arsed
Ray

[odie]

A good clean normaly works,
enviroment it lives and works in are not good.
strip it and clean it and it shouls be ok.
normally dust build up on computator. (bit that spins)
Rick

[ssray]

Thanks

[ssray]

Fitted a friends spare and that was it, starts on the button
thanks for the advice
Ray

[slug]

:)great mate glad you solved problem , only starter.
might be worth refurb of old one so you have spare..