06 te 450 on occassion will not spin when the black start button is pressed. By hitting the red button again (sometimes 3 times in sequence-ie red, black red, black etc.) it fires up. On several occasions I have either rocked it in gear or given it a kick over and hit the button and the old girl has fired up. Is this a short in the system or has she has stopped at TDC and wont initiate any ideas out there in electric ether land? Cheers.
Is there a click from the solenoid - the relay (under the seat on your model I think) that feeds juice to the starter? If not then there's dodgy connection somewhere. Perhaps it is the handlebar button - I've not had to strip any Husky switchgear yet but if you do there's possibly a couple of springs and other small parts that will want to jump out, so mind how you go. It may be easier in the first instance to check it with a continuity meter to see that it's making good contact on every press. Rock the button around to see if it's intermittent. I think USA switchgear may be different to the UK's BTW, so if you have a separate bar mounted starter switch rather than an expensive switchgear cluster it may be an idea to just get a new one. It may be a bit of water's got into a connection, so pull the connectors on the wiring loom apart and look for green snotty corrosion. (Disconnect the battery first). If you find any corrosion, scrape it off best you can with a tiny screwdriver and blast out the crud with electrical cleaner spray. Check that ground connections to the bike's frame are secure. Try a new fuse and don't forget to check the two fat wires to the starter. How's the battery, when you get the bike to turn over, does it spin eagerly? It sounds like a task, but with the tank and seat off there isn't a lot of actual wiring on the older bikes. I think it's good practice to check the electrics occasionally - not just for corrosion, but for rubbing and other routing problems. If there's a click from the solenoid, but no clunk from the starter then it may be the solenoid misbehaving. In the old days when they were made of proper metal we used to hit them with a spanner to make 'em work... If the starter's trying to turn you should be able to hear / feel it. Pull in the decompression lever. It should be able to turn then. Let's hope it's not the starter getting lazy, but I don't hear of a huge amount of problems with them. How often does it happen? If it's a very occasional fault then it may take some perseverance.
Does it have a manual compression release? It may be the auto compression release is getting worn and not opening the valve when starting. If it has a manual compression release give it a quick pull while holding the start button in next time it does this. Ken Oops I see 7.62 covered this also.
It was easy to miss - I do talk too much! Sorry ghte - I only just saw that you are from Aus, not the USA.
Thanks for the resposes. I have a gut feel the diagnostics will reveal a solenoid issue. However I will take guidance and go over all electical connections. Cheers and Thanks
