not quite a 400 but a cb350S

[Spanners]

Hi there
If you can get ,or have the starter off just clamp it in a vice & stick 12v straight on it , + on post & - on body of starter. You will prob get a few sparks from it but it should spin if it still dont spin up then as you mention its prob the internal brushes knackered, you can get these seperately & its not a hard job to replace them.
Hope that helps
Pete

[Alex_ludd]

your battery voltage sounds a little low, charge it and try again

are you sure the engine turns over freely take the spark plugs out and put it in gear then spin the rear wheel it should spin with little effort

hope this helps

[CMSMJ1]

battery sounds dead..

if you are happy all the rest is good, then you could try bumping it.

[amorti]

battery sounds dead..

if you are happy all the rest is good, then you could try bumping it.

Bump start it if you have a car handy, and then report back the charging volts.

[lizard821000]

Cherrs for the info boys, I just spoke to a sparky on my job and he also said test the starter direct, but if there's no - on the outter housing, just a + how do I do it? He said I could hold it to the frame with something coz that's earthed. Can I just hold a temp earth to the housing its self, some din has painted it so it might not conduct good!? Plus its rusty as hell, I did try a febal attempt to bump roll start it yesterday but fk she s heavy, can't take plugs out cos I don't have the right socket to do even though iv got about 8 diff adaptors lol but I can roll the bike and feel it turn over on its top stroke with some pushing. So its not seized, I can get my fingers to the flywheel too and spin it one way but not the other, so that's not siezed either. So either a fudged battery or fudged starter seems the prob. I charged her fully for a day and night the other day, was full. Still just got the click from relay. Might try the bump leads from my birds car as you say, see if she fires. I hate electrics, so cheers for the help lads. I think ill buy a new battery first see if that works. Money pit already she s turning into.

[lizard821000]

i manedged to get a reply from the priviouse owner about the problem, he said he got it started by jumping it from his babyblade battery. so fudged battery for sure. will try a bump from the old ladys car.

[lizard821000]

HAHAHA,

got the fker started, new battery done it. she only fired on 1 cylinder first but a tweek of the carb and HT lead got the other fired too happy.

she is ideling at a heffty 5000rpm though lol gunna check for airleaks and check pilot settings.

[CMSMJ1]

you floggin this then mate?

I know a man after a cheap moto in your end of the world...

good result on starting it too - I meant take a run with and and jump it in gear, rather than off a battery..but you got it going so good arrows!

[lizard821000]

yeah mate, im glad its going, didnt know the extent of the wireing probs but a new batt sorted her straight out, still got a problem with it ideling way too high, only way i can get it to idel right is to clog up the airfilter with a rag the pilot screws are fuel and air mix ones, not air screws,so no real way of lowing it anymore.the idel adjuster is seated at its lowest too, checked for air leaks but the fact if i stick soming in the airduck the idel drops means there isnt none anyways. thought it could have been because the air intake cover was off , so refitted it but still ideling too high. i recon one of the carb diaphrames is jamming up. might have to remove carbs and clean and inspect. not somin i like doing coz these look like a right pain to get too.

yeah im going to sell her, make someone a perfect winter hack, she s actually quite tidy for 24 years old too. spread the word if you like mate and ill have a chat with him for sure. im not after silly money, she s to be sold as a work horse.

cheers

shaun

[lizard821000]

so befor i have to do the unbarable and take these fking carbs out(i have to anyways tbh)is this a logical resson why my bike could be ideling too high? iv checked for airleaks and have none, iv never heard of what im about to say but im asking you lads first, if say my pilot jet is bloked in one carb but im getting great amounts of air flow, you think its feesable that that carb might be jumping over to the next jet size , so increasing the revs that way. the carbs cylinder in question is getting much hotter than the other which seem fine, warm to touch pipes after a min of idel. the other is too hot to touch for long. being a vacum type carb which im not all that firmiliar with , just thinking out load to what else could cause a high idel with the hot pipe?

cheers guys