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Short in my XC somewhere
Left my bike at work tonight and change of plans for the weekend. looks like I'll be tearing into it at workin the morning. Went to start it tonight and the voltage drops from 12.2 to 6.0 instantly with lots of lovely clicking and flashing of the dash lights. Starter or solenoid maybe? Hopefully its something simple.
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Clean your ground battery lead where it attaches to the engine.
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ENJOY LIFE. IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE! Sparky_Bill |
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I second what what Sparky said. (in fact, he was the one that found my issue Clean with a wire brush or file. Don't forget the dialect grease too.
I had the same issue with the Vision a couple years ago. The bad ground made the electronics go haywire! Cleaned it up real good and wa-lah - all better. That is now on my 2 year preventative maintenance cycle.
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Hope so but I just put star washers on and tightened it up pretty good two weeks ago.
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#5
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Do not know about star washers. They allow water to sit under. Best is to clean, grease and tighten down to prevent water from being able to oxidize the aluminum.
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Question since you installed the star washers have washed the bike or rode in rain?
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6 hrs in the pooring rain last thursday coming home from the Ozarks.That was a cold one!!
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connections are good, didnt want to tear into to much in my parking lot at work so trailered it home. going to start digging into it tomorrow but its a weird one. turn the key on and the voltage drops to about 6 then starts jumping all over the place between 4 and 11 volts and when I switch to run, it almost looks like im doing a load test. don't smell or feel any hot wires. thinking solenoid, starter or maybe even a short in the battery.
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I am going to bet on the star washer and water. Clean well and dielectric grease and good to go. No more star washers all from my easy chair. :-)
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Quote:
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"Get Busy Livin', or Get Busy Dying'" Johnny Ritz & #434 VMC #59 John Ritter, the one still living. |
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Like I said, goodconnection, sanded greased and pulled star washers lol
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Still not running?
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#13
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It is haunted!
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I hope its not the starter not to much fun to get it out .Just took mine out and found out the one way bearing went bad after it backfired . Now to start putting it back together and try to get the right bolts in the right holes
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not running yet, didn't get to dig in to much, had to play with Momma, after all it is mothers day pulled the battery and its good. going to pull everything back apart and see if maybe I pinched something when i put it back together a couple weeks ago.
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