Help Fast!!She Wont start up!!

[2003400EX]

i went out to start my wheeler tonight and she wouldnt start ,all it is doin is making a "tick" sound.it has dont this before but all i had to do was keep on pressing the starter button and she'd fire up,no she wont start,and i need it tomorrow night...any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks alot

[88blaster]

so the starter doesn't spin the motor over? sounds like a dead battery to me. charge it or, if you don't have a charger, just tow start it behind a car or other wheeler

[400eXr1d3rZ]

Do the lights come on? Neutral light? If they don't, change fuse and check grounds, charge battery, or replace it.

[2003400EX]

yes,the lights do come on,nuetral light and everything,and it will start if u tow start it,i know it weird..its almost like the starter wont turn or somethin,i dunno..any more help would be nice

[2003400EX]

hey guys..i was out lookin at my bike this morning,and everytime i press the starter button and it make that tick sound,you can feel it in that little celenoid(im not sure if that is the correct term)but u can feel it ticking...anybody no what this could be

[Ruby Soho]

put a charger on the battery and try, my 400ex has a **** battery, the lights work and everything but if the battery isnt fully charged the starter wont work

[Ispep1012]

That happened to a buddy of mine. It turned out that the positive cable on the battery was loose. So I would say check your battery connections and snug them down. It wouldn't hurt to clean of you terminals while your at it either.

[Honda#4]

Maybe the starter is shot.

[400exfan19]

i was havin a similar problem except mine wuldnt even tick. I used 2 be able to shake it then it wuld start up but now nuthin happens at all. i think its a wiring problem

[416exriden]

this happens a lot to 400 cuz the batters r right near the tire mud will get into the connections just clean your connections and you should be good

[northwest Texas]

Check the terminals on the battery that they're tight and not corroded. It probably wouldn't hurt to take them off anyway and scuff them up a little with some emory cloth.

To me, it sounds like a weak battery. Just enough to turn the lights on but not enough to turn the engine over.

[7 speed]

Start with cleaning all the connections to the battery and go from there.

[2003400EX]

I took of that little selenoid thing i was talkin about to see if my buddy had the same one....as i did i hit the positive and negative cables together and she fired right up....could this mean that the little selenoid thing it shot?....thanks for all the info already tho..i did everything everyone said so far:)

[AbnMP13]

Yes, it's shot.

[quads14589]

that happend to me the day i bought my 400ex i went crazy, i had my friend come over and the connections to the battery were loose, check the screws.

tyler

[the Z Man]

I had a starter button go bad, also the ground cable where it mounts to the frame..

[2003400EX]

Turns out it was the selenoid thing...but i lucked out,i had a junked 1985 big red three wheeler and these 2 selenoids are identical...nothing differnt..so i hooked it up to my 400 and now shes good as gold....thanks for all the help guys,i appreciate it

[jeagles70]

check your fuse or you could have a dead battery if the battery is dead you could charge it or boost it off with jumping cables or push it off put it in second gear hold in the clutch get it at a good speed and pop the clutch

[400exrapes]

i had the same exact problem the red connection in your battery problem has dirt in between it just take all the connections off in the right order the manual tells you to and clean all the connections and you'll be good as new