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bike won't start from the button

Post by Charles »

Hi,
my 1993 ZXR won't start anymore when I apply the starter button. Upon doing so I hear a clicking
from the fuse box but the starter motor won't turn. When I shortcut the starter solenoid it starts immediately

I have replaced the following without avail:
- battery
- starter solenoid
- fusebox
- rectifier

Can anyone please give me a hint what to check next?

Thanks very much,
Charles
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Post by banner001 »

You have 3 possible starter lockouts, so make sure your stand is up, bike is in neutral and clutch is pulled in.

If you still get a clicking from your fusebox then the internal relay is dead, if the clicking is from the solenoid then that is dead.

As your bike is making noises, and I'm assuming if it fires up it stays on, I don't think it's a wiring issue.

When you said you replaced these items was it with 2nd hand, or brand new? As the fusebox is NLA for example so it's likely you got at least a 2nd hand one
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Re: bike won't start from the button

Post by Charles »

Thanks banner for helping,
here my answers to your questions:
banner001 wrote:
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:37 pm
You have 3 possible starter lockouts, so make sure your stand is up, bike is in neutral and clutch is pulled in.
done, as always.
banner001 wrote:
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:37 pm
If you still get a clicking from your fusebox then the internal relay is dead, if the clicking is from the solenoid then that is dead.
The clicking sound is from the fusebox. It's not dead though, when I fitted my daughter's ZXR fusebox it clicks too.
When I fitted either fusebox on my daughter's bike the bike starts, the fuse boxes don't click on her bike.
banner001 wrote:
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:37 pm
As your bike is making noises, and I'm assuming if it fires up it stays on, I don't think it's a wiring issue.
As soon as it fires up, it runs faultlessly and stays on.
banner001 wrote:
Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:37 pm
When you said you replaced these items was it with 2nd hand, or brand new? As the fusebox is NLA for example so it's likely you got at least a 2nd hand one
Battery and solenoid are brand new, fuse box and rectifier came from my daughter's ZXR 400, which starts without any problem.

Fitted my parts on her bike: it still starts up with no problem at all.

Thanks again,
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ok, do you have continuity between the yellow/red wire from the fusebox to the starter solenoid?
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Re: bike won't start from the button

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banner001 wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:38 pm
ok, do you have continuity between the yellow/red wire from the fusebox to the starter solenoid?
yes, I do.

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no idea then bud other than a bad earth from the solenoid back to battery..., if all the bits you have removed are good, battery is good, and you are saying you have no wiring issues then it cant be anything else, unless your bike has been wired/loom chopped in an awful way...
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Re: bike won't start from the button

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banner001 wrote:
Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:18 am
no idea then bud other than a bad earth from the solenoid back to battery..., if all the bits you have removed are good, battery is good, and you are saying you have no wiring issues then it cant be anything else, unless your bike has been wired/loom chopped in an awful way...
the bike is completely original, no mods or chopping whatsoever.... I'll check the earth and all connectors...must been corrosion
I guess..

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Re: bike won't start from the button

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Found the problem: starter switch was a little corroded and the starter motor was on its way out....

Thanks for your help, Banner!

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Re: bike won't start from the button

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No worries, I wasn't too far off :smt003
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