Sad to admit but - before getting new battery I tried jumping it of my wife's truck (which I have done successfully in the past). The rubber battery terminal cover on the truck battery (marked positive) was on the negative terminal. in the dark (and rush), I didn't verify. so, I had the polarity reversed until I noticed it was wrong. Still, what could be keeping starter from even trying to engage ? no noise from starter at all. can I test by jumpering positive terminal to starter directly? if so, where do I jump positive battery to (on starter - what terminal & what does it look like?located?
SOURCE: 2001 deuce. Hit starter and i almost engaged then
I'd take my battery to an automotive parts store and have it tested. They'll usually do this free of charge. If bad, replace the battery. The best battery for the money today is Harley's GasMat battery. They don't get any better for the price. Make sure all your connections are tight and clean. This will probably fix your problem.
The chattering and the hot cables sounds like you were not getting enough voltage. You starter is designed to run on 12 DC. Since it's a motor, if the voltage drops, it will pull more current to make up for the low voltage and try to run. The enormous amount of voltage it draws made the cables run hot. The problem is that if the cables got that hot, you can imagine how hot the small wires in the starter got. So, you may be looking at a starter but I'd do one thing at a time. No need to waste time and money if you don't need to. If the battery doesn' fix it, go with the starter.
good Luck
steve
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have u checked fuses one lead goes from starter to battery the other from starter to solenoid jump from another batt positive on to starter and earth cable on to footpEG ie metal part make sure bike in neutral if she fires ur bypassing batt solenoid so ur fault is FURTHER BACK possibly a fuse theres a 30 amp on my two kawas if they go nothing will work
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