Topic: Replacement solonoid wiring & hookup

[lowmileage]

Does it matter which post of the solenoid gets connected to either the battery positive or battery negative?  I bought a new one from Dennis Kirk and when I position them in the same position, the yellow/red wire is on the left hand side of the OEM starter and on the right side of the DK solenoid.  The OEM solenoid has a black wire on the right side while the DK solenoid has a green/red wire on its opposite side from the yellow/red.  On the DK solenoid, I assume (obviously) the yellow/red gets connected to the yellow/red on the bike wiring system while the other (the green/red) gets connected to the bikes black connector.  Correct amundo??  Wondering why the “other” wire is not color matched??

The bike is a 1975 750K5 and the DK solenoid # is 21-0784.  Rick’s #65-101.

The replacement is slightly bigger in circumference and it widens up the bikes attaching bracket so I may need longer bolts to attach the bracket to the frame.  The new solenoid is pictured on the “right.”

Thanks for the help 

[bollingball]

No it does not matter the small wires are just a coil it does not care the large wires are just a set of heavy duty contacts the do not care either.

[lowmileage]

10-4 thanks.  I'm putting it in today and hope that is (was) my problem.

[srook]

I put a replacement solenoid on my K1 and the connectors were oppsite the connectors from the wiring harness.  I pluged the Y/R wire into the G/R and the G/R to the Y/R wire.  That totally freaked me out.  Why would they use the correct color wires and switch the connectors?  I bet some worker in Taiwan just likes messing with people.  Works fine either way it is connected.
Scott

[Spanner 1]

Lowmilage.... the solenoid post connectors get ONLY the battery + (positive) wire and the starter + wire. The battery - (negative) connects to the bike frame only..... the small wires are not sensitive as to which wire they mate with and are a different color because the K6 and later bikes had a different safety circuit
( the wiring that stops you from trying to start the bike in gear ).

[lowmileage]

It was the solonoid.  The bike now electric starts  .  Connector wires on the solonoid were wired wrong but apparently that doesn't matter - for instance, Y/R on the solonoid is a female connector and the Y/R on the bike wiring harness is also a female.  Kinda felt funnly wiring the Y/R to the different color wire.