Gday , recently bought my first harley after 15yrs of dreaming about it . Its a 91 heritage softail and its run great up til now , I jumped on it this moring and tried to start it and nothing , just a click noise coming from this grey relay switch under the seat . Im not dure of the switch is the problem or its something elce causing the switch to click , maybe a short or something like that .
any help would be much appreciated , cheers.
Check the battery anyway as you may have a short somewhere...if it's the starter, check e-bay...ya never know...
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today i changed out the relay and checked the battery with a multi meter , battery is all good . Replacing the relay did bugger all , stil clicking so i took out the battery and looked over all the wires and connections but they all looked ok aswell , a bit dirty but in good shape . Gave the battery cables a good scub and the plug terminals that plug into the relay then hooked it all back up......crossed me fingers....touched wood..... clutched me ass cheeks together and puckerd up the ol fart box and pressed the start button and bang! she fired up ! Thank fuk it wasnt the starter , at least i know now if it happens again i can narrow it down to the wiring , im thinking about getting a sparky out to have a sus at it anyways just to be on the safe side so i dont get stuck out on the road . Let us know how you go brendo , im feelin your pain mate.
dont know if this is relevant but my odometer had just clicked over to 66600km haha
Two of my mates with harleys have both had the switch wire to the starter solenoid come loose and not contact properly, so be wise and check the terminals on the starter aswell..........You never know.