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I have a Vulcan 1500 that has a problem starting. The starter switch is making contact, and have even gone as far as Jumping the battery, Pulling in the Clutch and Putting up the kick stand....Can anyone be of any help?

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  • ericherrmann Aug 07, 2009

    Tried jumping and no luck.....Still wont turn over.

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Check battery voltage,if you can jump start off another battery more than likely your battery is not holding a charge,now if your batery is good and the motor turns over slow and drains the battery you could have decompression problem

  • Anonymous Aug 09, 2009

    okay,test your battery then disconnect starter lead at starter connect pos. lead of meter to pos. lead of starter cable connect neg. meter lead to neg. battery energize starting system does solenid click? your reading must be within one volt of battery surface voltage.if this all test good remove starter and bench test it.now if this test bad go back to solenoid check primary voltage check your primary ground check primary resistance (under 5 ohms) note disconnect starter cable from solenoid then test secondary rehook starter cable to solenoid pos.lead of meter to pos. lead of solenoid neg. to neg. due voltage drop test energize system no more than .5VDC good luck

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