I ran a new push start for my bike today. It cranked and started once, now it will just start to crank and stop. Not sure what's going on

These are the wires I've run from.the solenoid to the push start


This is the push switch. Doesn't say which is pos or neg so I assume it doesn't matter


This is the plate on which its mounted.



Any help fellas?

positve or negative doesnt matter because it is simply completing the connection of them. you got plenty of battery juice? when you say its starts to crank and stops does the motor turn over like once or twice or what?

Just turns over the once, and everything will get hot

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Turns over once and then gets hot generally indicates your wires are too thin. Since it started once I'm assuming on that start the wires heated and something damaged the conductivity of the wires, and from the pic it looks like you are using thin wires. I'm guessing the switch is a direct connection between the battery and the starter, and isn't just used to engage an actual solenoid. I ran the same setup on my mustang, and ended up using zero gauge battery cables to connect the entire circuit. Beef up the wires and see of it changes.

Just noticed you ran with the solenoid, and I just saw your other thread where you had to jump the solenoid in order to start the bike....just out of curiosity, is that still the broken solenoid that you are using? If so changing the start switch wont fix the issue. You can do one of two things in that case...either replace the solenoid.. or you can bypass it. To do that you run the positive from the starter to one side of the switch, and the other post on the switch runs straight to the battery. You're essentially using the push button as a manual solenoid. Again make sure your wires are heavy enough.

Yea, this is what I was talking about, but you'll need a three position toggle iirc.
Also, it might not be a question of how much the wires can handle as much as it is how much the switch itself is wired for.

This post was edited by wanabexanthian on Apr 10 2013 01:14am

Both are equally important.

I've seen quite a few guys on the net who run a push buyton straight off the solenoid. I ended up putting a thicker gauge wire and it seems to be working perfect right now.

Correctt, essentially a push button is doing the same as your key start, running it off the solenoid will work, unless your solenoid is bad.