hi guys i think i got a duff starter motor on my slingsot,
when i go to turn her over i grt a clicking sound…i think its the relay clicking which i guess it means has got power …
so…guesses are its the starter…anyone got one lying about or knows how much they cost?
thanks guys.
Clicking noise normally means you’ve got a dead battery. Hook it up to a charger to find out. Batteries have a hard time at this time of year in the cold, they get drained quicker, and whilst the bike is standing still as well. There’s a chance your regulator/rectifier could also be playing up, but it’s more likely to be the battery past it’s best. Is it an old battery?
The clicking means it has SOME power, but not enough to turn the engine over.
i guess so…topped it up with distilled water and tried to jump start it via car…would’nt go though…
cheacked it ot with a battery meter,its said weak power outlet so i guess it had no charge
havent had the bike long and was stood for a while so might well be the bat.
spoke to my local mechanic…he deals mainley with cars but he said the battery was fine…and it could possably be the starter motor…
so what do i do…do i buy a bat or starter motor?
im struggleing with money as the bike and me das couse has almost wiped me out…lol…the joy of biking…lol
Need to learn to jump start it then m8.
If was mine would strip down to find the fault, but then I do have garage/tools etc.
Could be brushes have worn out due to it’s age, or a bit dry. I think they sit on top the casings so cant get lube from the engine, not too sure.
Good luck.
Go with the battery theory if it was the starter the relay shouldn’t click it will only click when battery low and is not giving out a constant voltage to keep the contact for the stater to turn over
agree with aboves, the clicking noise is the internals of the starter solenoid bouncing due to not enough power supplied, if it was the starter you would get no noise or a donk as it tried to turn
if you did everything ok when you tried to jump it, it may be that the power cant get to the starter due to a bad connection at either the battery, one of the posts on the solenoid or the starter itself
easiest way to check is fully charge battery with charger, get a multimeter set it to dc volts and attach the leads to the battery terminals, reading should be 12.something volts, then turn ignition on and press starter button
if voltage drops a lot, down to less than 9 v the battery doesnt have enough amps in it (get a new one) if the voltage stays about the same there is a bad/corroded/loose connection somewhere check all tightnesses and clean connections
hope that helps 
thanks for a the reply’s guys…just to be on the safe side i bought a new battery today…still the click…so phoned up a few places and the recomended a new starter motor was needed,
evrything you guy’s said makes sence…alot of sence…
so dug out the altanator to get to the starter motor…pulled that out and that is being inspected by a workshop…if it comes back ok…then the only thing i can think of is the solnoide is faulty…
im just gutted that this has happend to my bike and especilly as its ace night tomorrow night…
keep ya posted…
ohh yea…even bought one of those big clarke battery chargers and home boost start…thinkys…still the click…
Guess you’ll be needing one of these
Solenoid can click if starter seized, happened to me once.
Solenoid only pulls contacts closed to complete circuit for full flow power to motor, if motor seized solid then would just click as you got.
Unfortunately you don’t know this until you eliminate all possibilties. Once again good luck.
thanks mini mo…what would i do without you!!!
yea pup…i got a gut feeling its the starter…although i dont know if i mentioned this…
that when i removed the starter,its span round freely…
but when i put my head to the whole problem…aint the starter motor supposed to come out a bit to enable the engine to rotate?..
not sure if it works that way but i did give it a little pull and it did’nt…although spinning quite freely…this is really starting to bug me now…:
…:pinch :one …two…three…ahhh ok…back to earth now.
right…got it…
after pulling evrything apart i bought a new battery…didnt work
tested the starter motor…put it back in…didnt work…
changed the solenoid…and guess what…
tune in next week kids to find out what happend!!!
naa it worked>>> bugger fired up first time…
so ive realised now that bike electrics can make a total twat out of you, even if your armed with a haynes manual and an entire bike forum…
but thanks for the advise guys…i could’nt of done it with out you…!!!
smiled.
Glad you got it sorted. Usually is the cheapest, simplest, most obvious solution to fix, and we all missed it?
Soon be back on the road then?
yep …fixed in a jiffy mate…was back on the road friday night and was down the ace on sat morning.
(in just enogh time to get me mug and bike on the telly…lol
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thanks again pup…
