Topic: Starter Button

[bluesmoke69]

Problem push in the stater button and the headlight dims, and starter does nothing. Any help would be great thank guys!!

[phil71]

dead battery, or bad contact somewhere.

[fatkid]

try jumping your silinoid with a screw driver . if it starts probably a bad starter button try opening it up and spraying some contact cleaner on it then so pb blaster and work it a few times thats what i did with mine

[Duanob]

A bad starter button wouldn't dim the head lights it just wouldn't do anything. Try the solenoid trick as phil suggested but I think you have a bad starter. Don't try and connect it too long you might start melting wires or other important electrical components.

[Gordon]

We need to know what bike this is about. 

[fatkid]

well not the most experienced about these bikes but on my 76f the starter button would dim the light some times like it is suppose to when its hit but wouldn't start the starter . sometimes my light would go clear out then dim some times other nothing . is there a two way switch in one ?

[BeSeeingYou]

On the F the headlight should go out when you hit the starter button.  Check for voltage on the yellow/red wire on the solenoid when the button is pushed.  Try the jumping as fatkid mentions to eliminate/confirm the starter as the problem.  After that it's either the solenoid or the starter switch.

[skamagedon]

+1 headlight should turn off and starter should turn

[bluesmoke69]

Thanks for the help!!!

[bollingball]

+1 Gordon How can anyone tell him how it should work. You DON'T know what bike he has. They are NOT all the same.

[bluesmoke69]

It a 1976 CB750F. sorry forgot to list it.

[BeSeeingYou]

Well, I just looked at the avatar.  It's not THAT hard to figure out.

Don't know if I have posted this on your thread and maybe you have it but here is a nice wire diagram for you in two parts.

[Gordon]

Well, I just looked at the avatar.  It's not THAT hard to figure out.

Many of us have more than one sohc4.  IMO, it's usually best not to start answering a question until you know what bike the question is about because misinformation and confusion could result. 

[vames]

By your description -- what's happening is half of what should be happening. Your headlight should go dim when you press the button, but your starter should also start to turn.

If the starter turns when you jump the posts of the solenoid, then you should  suspect the button and do tests to confirm whether it's working or not. 

If it doesn't turn when you jump the solenoid, and your battery is fully charged, then you should suspect the wires to the starter or the starter itself.

[fatkid]

most people have them listed on there page also . its pretty save to say but yes you are right you never know what bike one is talking about .

[mrbreeze]

I believe they added a relay or something that shuts the light down while cranking it over so as to not run the battery down as much. I by passed it on my bike. Pretty sure they did this starting in 75' so that would include all the F's.

[BeSeeingYou]

No relay, just a multi-pole switch that feeds power to the headlight when "not pushed" or feeds power to the solenoid "when pushed".  Hondaman describes a replacement system that uses a relay if you don't want to pony up the $100 for a new right side control.  I think one of the reasons behind his mod was the starter switch will last much longer without having to run the headlight current through it.

[mrbreeze]

Awww....I see. The reason mine is bypassed is because I'm running Yami 650 controls. That makes sense about not running the headlight load through the switch. No wonder so many of them are burned up.