300ex won't satart

[tp300ex]

For some reason my 300ex just wont start. sometimes it will start and then an hour later it won't. i checked the battery, its not that. im pretty sure it is the starter though. i have changed my started once alrady a couple of months ago though. has anyone else had any porblems with their 300ex starter? thanks

[Punk'd]

Check your wireing maybe?

[MotoX3]

could be the CDI...check it

[tp300ex]

im only 13 dont know what all that stuff is:confused:

[MotoX3]

Originally posted by tp300ex
im only 13 dont know what all that stuff is:confused: i also happen to be 13....im not really familiar with honda quads...i ride yammy bikes so im not sure where ur cdi would be...its like a black box.....maybe someone will help me out here

[your2slo2]

are you saying that when you push the starter button nothing happens ?

[sled_ed 300ex]

My 300 did'n start but 15 min. later it would start i changed the spark plug and it did'n do it again!!!!

[your2slo2]

sounds to me you might want to check your compression it might be due for a rebuild

[your2slo2]

about the starter problem i had to replace the brushes in mine twice

[pikey21]

im 13 to and my 300 had the same prob then it went away:confused:

[bulkdriverlp]

ur in luck, look at the box hanging at the very bottom of this pic, with the white plastic plug and gob of wires coming out of one end. its mounted just above where its hanging. if ya need more pix of electrical parts i have em.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/bulkdriverlp/IM000032.jpg

[chucked]

people are so vague, they say it doesnt start, whats wrong? does it not turn over? does it crank but not fire? what?

[tp300ex]

the green light come on but just like nuthin happens when i press the butten.I took the starter butten apart nuthin was rong with that:confused:. That black box in the pic what do i need to do to it>?

o yea thanls for helping me out!!!:D

[chucked]

When you push the button does the green light go dim?

[chucked]

Originally posted by chucked
When you push the button does the green light go dim?

and do you hear a "click" when you push the button?

[tp300ex]

no nuthin happens

[chucked]

but does the light dim? If you dont hear a clicking its not the starter, its either a bad ground/wire, or a bad solenoid.

[tp300ex]

light doesnothen no click checked the black box idk im bring it to the shop tomorrow:scary:

[chucked]

Its not the black box, its either the battery, a connection, or the solenoid, easy stuff, take it to the shop, it shouldnt be much.

[bulkdriverlp]

fix it urself, get 12 volt test light and a manual. they are gunna find something little wrong fix it in 5 minutes and keep it for 2 hours and charge you 2 hours labor.

[tp300ex]

no they wont this guy does only a few people and i can just walk to his house to get my fourwheeler:devil:

[chucked]

Originally posted by bulkdriverlp
fix it urself, get 12 volt test light and a manual. they are gunna find something little wrong fix it in 5 minutes and keep it for 2 hours and charge you 2 hours labor.

Well you actually will need a battery tester to check it. Usually a bad connection will let enough current through to light a test light.

[EXRIDER400KFX]

Originally posted by tp300ex
no they wont this guy does only a few people and i can just walk to his house to get my fourwheeler:devil:
yeppp!:D

[Metzroth]

If u have a light turn it on and put it on the higher setting and try and turn it over, if the lights dim it is a bad battery. If nothing happens then u need a new starter. - Hope this helps

[chucked]

Originally posted by Metzroth
If u have a light turn it on and put it on the higher setting and try and turn it over, if the lights dim it is a bad battery. If nothing happens then u need a new starter. - Hope this helps

or a bad connection

[Metzroth]

yeah if nothing happens check your starters connection and follow it all the way back to the battery.

[kicken250x]

if NOTHING happens no lights dem nothing... then its the solenoid. if youre hearing a clicking noise when you push the start button then it could still be the solenoid but could also be the starter. its DEFFINITELY not the cdi it has nothing to do with starting

the solenoid has 2 brass bolts and a plunger with a disk on the top of it and a spring to hold it up. a magnetic field is created when the start button is pressed and it pulls the plunger down and makes the disk touch the brass bolts creating a complete circut letting power go to the starter, spinning it and starting the engine

the starter works pretty much the same only the solenoid has 2 functions on a starter. getting power to the windings in the starter motor and causing a leaver to mesh the starter gear into the gears on the flywheel. the solenoid on the starter works the same as the one described above.

NOW, to check them....take them both off (the solenoid and starter) and hook a battery or a jumper box or something to them. there should be a P, +, or pos for the positive and either a S or nothing for the side that goes to the starter. hook the cables to the appripriate side and if solenoid clicks then its good. do the same thing on the starter solenoid. if they both make click and the starter spins then you have a wireing problem. if the solenoid doesnt click get a new one, or if you can take it appart pull the brass bolts out and spin them 180 degrees and put it all back together and that should fix it. the same can be done with the starter if it doesnt click.

hoped that helped you some bro, later