The May Thang - 2023

Energy One

mleach72

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Whew! I had a close call today. I gave the pitbull a bath today, getting ready for Tennessee. When I went to fire it up, all I got was clicking from the compression releases when I hit the start button. My first thought was "Aw shit! I'm going to have to take the harley to Tennessee." First thing I did was pull the battery from the harley and put it in the pitbull. Same thing happened, so I know it's not the battery. So I start checking cables. Everything seemed tight, but I noticed the rubber insulation on the cable going to the starter was cracked and falling apart and not really serving any purpose. I don't ride much in the rain, but I'm sure every time i wash my bike, that cable is getting wet and rusting. I also noticed the mounting stud on the starter seemed loose in the starter housing. Is it supposed to be like that? If not, how do you tighten it? Anyways, I cleaned up the cable, the mounting stud, and cable end. I tore off the old insulation and wrapped it real good with electrical tape. The bike fired right up, so I'm ready for the May Thang!
 
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Rottweiler

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Whew! I had a close call today. I gave the pitbull a bath today, getting ready for Tennessee. When I went to fire it up, all I got was clicking from the compression releases when I hit the start button. My first thought was "Aw shit! I'm going to have to take the harley to Tennessee." First thing I did was pull the battery from the harley and put it in the pitbull. Same thing happened, so I know it's not the battery. So I start checking cables. Everything seemed tight, but I noticed the rubber insulation on the cable going to the starter was cracked and falling apart and not really serving any purpose. I don't ride much in the rain, but I'm sure every time i wash my bike, that cable is getting wet and rusting. I also noticed the mounting stud on the starter seemed loose in the starter housing. Is it supposed to be like that? If not, how do you tighten it? Anyways, I cleaned up the cable, the mounting stud, and cable end. I tore off the old insulation and wrapped it real good with electrical tape. The bike fired right up, so I'm ready for the May Thang!
Glad you got it running
 
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