Replacing My Clutch Cable

[h2olawyer]

Lucky's CD should be a required purchase for every Vision owner.  Lots of great info.   ;D

H₂O

[ithinkitsbroke]

Lucky's CD should be a required purchase for every Vision owner.  Lots of great info.   ;D

H₂O

Yeah, I'm still waiting on mine.  Should be here any day now...

As for a video, this is what it's doing.  Keep in mind that I now have the cable attached to the starter, it's not just hanging anymore...  ;)



When I get the aftermarket fuse block, I'm going to go through all of the connections with some emory cloth and electrical grease and make sure everything's cleaned up and fitting tight.

Oh and as for the starter solenoid, I've already had that off and all the connections are good with it...

[inanecathode]

Somethings breaking the connection in your starting circuit. Either the starter, the cable (it isnt bolted to the starter? por que?), the starter selenoid, or you have a dead/weak battery (very possible, i'd start there)

[ithinkitsbroke]

Somethings breaking the connection in your starting circuit. Either the starter, the cable (it isnt bolted to the starter? por que?), the starter selenoid, or you have a dead/weak battery (very possible, i'd start there)

As for a video, this is what it's doing.  Keep in mind that I now have the cable attached to the starter, it's not just hanging anymore...  ;)

;)

Well, when I took that video, I was using a battery charger at 50amps to try to 'jump' the bike to get it to do something.  I did have the starter spinning at one point, but that's all it was doing...  Like, freewheeling or whatever you call it.  Now it's back to doing this even when I tried it with a 'good' battery.  But I do agree that it seems like something's breaking the connection somewhere... Which is why I said I'm going to go over all of the electrical stuff before I try to get her to fire.

[YellowJacket!]

Good job on the CD's.  Once you get them, in the Haynes manual there is a great section about electrical troubleshooting.  Particularly the relays.

Hang in there.

David

[inanecathode]

Somethings breaking the connection in your starting circuit. Either the starter, the cable (it isnt bolted to the starter? por que?), the starter selenoid, or you have a dead/weak battery (very possible, i'd start there)

As for a video, this is what it's doing.  Keep in mind that I now have the cable attached to the starter, it's not just hanging anymore...  ;)

;)

Well, when I took that video, I was using a battery charger at 50amps to try to 'jump' the bike to get it to do something.  I did have the starter spinning at one point, but that's all it was doing...  Like, freewheeling or whatever you call it.  Now it's back to doing this even when I tried it with a 'good' battery.  But I do agree that it seems like something's breaking the connection somewhere... Which is why I said I'm going to go over all of the electrical stuff before I try to get her to fire.

Bike really should be jumped off of a car battery that's been in a recently running car (heh). I dont know of a battery charger that can put out the amperage an even cold car battery can. Especially if the clutch cams are all crapped up, and the rest of the wirings been sitting/neglected for god knows how long. You need a good clean high amperage power source to properly diagnose the electrics.

[ithinkitsbroke]

Bike really should be jumped off of a car battery that's been in a recently running car (heh). I dont know of a battery charger that can put out the amperage an even cold car battery can. Especially if the clutch cams are all crapped up, and the rest of the wirings been sitting/neglected for god knows how long. You need a good clean high amperage power source to properly diagnose the electrics.

Yeah, I tried that as well this past weekend and it didn't make any obvious difference...  Still got the crazy clicking from the starter solenoid.  I'm going to busy this weekend getting the car closer to being ready for the car show coming up soon, but I'm going to try to get the wiring all situated and maybe a new battery so I can play with it a bit more during the week.

[inanecathode]

Try putting the negative cable on the battery, and touching the positive directly to the starter terminal. Should only spark a little.