Friday, January 28, 2011

Starter Relay Gone Bad.

OK so I go to try and start my bike. It won't turn over. I wiggle some of the electrical and it cranks. I get it home and do this a couple more times. Finally it dies completely. SO I begin to Troubleshoot the electrical. But if your like me you hate to troubel shoot electrical. SO I charge the battery completely. I look at the wiring block and make sure all the connections are tight. WHICH they weren't then you try again and NOTHING. BUT I did notice that the Starter Relay Switch was CLICKING loudly. SO I finally do a search on the internet for "Starter Relay Switch Clicking but Harley Won't start". Well I found hundreds of hits and forums that say a multitude of things However ONE english based forum post made the best recommendation. Buy cheap Starter Relay and replace the one you have. SO I attempted to do just that. I called a few autopart stores with no luck and finally I decided to just run down to Advanced Auto and see if they could match up the relay. Attached is the pic of the OLD relay, New Relay and the box it came in.

    And guess what it fired right up problem solved. $12.41 total and it is fixed. The part has R3177 on the box as in the pic. So if you want a qucik fix sometimes its better than pulling your hair out to just REPLACE the suspect part.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the info it was extremely helpful!

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  2. Good info on what to be done when starter relay showcases some problem.
    harley starters

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