Starting problems

everything was going fine untill a few days ago

now everytime i start it i hear a clicking noise coming from what would seem to be a starter relay or a celenoid or something

i dont know

please help

 

Check that starter button on the handle bar and see if it is sticking??!!
Just my 1st thought.

You'll need to chase out the clicking noise and see where it is coming from
Is it under the seat?
2nd thought.

 

I know where the sound is coming from it is the first thing the positive side of the battery goes into it has 2 coppper threaded prongs and a 2wireing harness attached to it its clicking and everytime i press the button it is making a knocking like a hard movement inside it

 

Use the wooden handle of a hammer and give it a couple of decent whacks.
Not hard enough to break it ... hard enough to "un-stick" it.

If it starts behaving right ... it's "Going bad" ... order a new one.

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First, check the secondary (battery cables) terminals to ensure they are tight and free of corrosion. Secondly, check the primary winding of the solenoid by disconnecting the pigtail and checking for less than 2 ohms of resistance between the blue and the white/red wire. If there is more resistance, you have a dying coil. Should there be infinite resistance, the coil is burned out and you have a new paper weight. Should the resistance measure out ok, reconnect the pigtail and hook up your meter to read at least 15 volts on the switched side of the secondary (starter side). Energize the circuit and ensure that at least 12 volts are available. If there is less or no voltage dispite the coil "clicking", your coil armature is needing to be cleaned off. You desolder the connections of the pigtail off of the solenoid (careful, there are two fine wires swimming in the solder), making sure all of the solder is removed (use a solder sucker, it really works!). Bend the securing clamp of metal that holds the pigtail to the solenoid to free up the pigtail and remove it. Bend the body tabs out to free up the top of the solenoid. Unscrew the body screws, being careful not to break the plastic washers in the screw hardware stack. Pull the solenoid apart, slowly and over a clear, clean surface. Observe the assembly as you pull it apart. Take notes or pictures. You should see a rod with a "T" on the end. The "T" tends to get burned on the underside corresponding with the terminals for the secondary system. Clean them up with fine grit sand paper (use crocus cloth, it doesn't leave behind grit imbeded in the copper). Clean and reassemble. Solder the contacts and your back in business.