2006 Polaris Sportsman 500 HO

[ballpark]

The brown ground wire group up front is where your stator wiring ground goes also.

[elksnout]

All connections are solid and ground cable is secure. Plastic removed for checking.I've checked multiple times. Battery cables are tight. No corrosion anywhere.  Both of the local shops are 2-3 weeks out and I leave a week from tomorrow for eastern Oregon.

Beyond frustrated so I need to just step away from it. Thanks for all of the suggestions but still no one has answered my question about power coming out of the starter solinoid???

Thanks
Elksnout

[Mudman]

Longshot but an idea is maybe the park/neutral sensor/switch?  Im not familiar with your quad.  Ignition?  Starter solenoid and motor and a multimeter check should help islolate if current getting thru?

[Buckmark]

Longshot but an idea is maybe the park/neutral sensor/switch?  Im not familiar with your quad.  Ignition?  Starter solenoid and motor and a multimeter check should help islolate if current getting thru?

Good call on the switch, i for sure would be checking/bypassing it to see what happens

[ballpark]

Longshot but an idea is maybe the park/neutral sensor/switch?  Im not familiar with your quad.  Ignition?  Starter solenoid and motor and a multimeter check should help islolate if current getting thru?

Solenoids are voltage dependent.  So to go back to battery being fully charged.  Might need to keep troubleshooting that after you look at the park/neutral switch.  Good luck keep us up to date.

[Angry Perch]

Does the hand brake override the safety switch? Try starting with hand brake on.

[Sandberm]

Between the Polaris and those fittings in the other thread, and the guy who needs something delivered to the wet side from Richland ,I'm about ready to hop in the pickup to make a nice loop roadtrip. 

[elksnout]

Longshot but an idea is maybe the park/neutral sensor/switch?  Im not familiar with your quad.  Ignition?  Starter solenoid and motor and a multimeter check should help islolate if current getting thru?

Part of my problem is I'm an electrical dummie.....pretty good elsewhere but there I got shorted at birth. No pun intended.

Where would I locate that switch?  All of the gears show on the instrument panel.  If the switch were bad they wouldn't, correct? I think that know I've added to my problem. I had a spare solenoid so I installed it. Now the solenoid clicks rapidly when turning the key but still won't fire. Plus, by accident I touched the starter just after the above and it was very early warm. Does it matter which of the two posts coming off the solenoid get which cables? Positive to battery and black along with small wire to starter.  But do these have a designated post to go to?  I

To answer another poster, I always have started this rig with the parking brake engaged.

Elksnout

[ballpark]

Starter solenoid wires - Red wire that also has two grey wires on same side, the red goes to battery + the two grey go to fusible links then turn into red.  Other post Red goes to starter.  Also starter has its own engine ground.

I'm not poking you in the eye - keep charging the battery, when its good, disconnect or turn charger off wait a few hours then charge the battery again.  New batteries may take awhile before you get the correct electrolytes.  I know you had it tested but its worth a try, those trickle chargers are sensitive as to when they shutoff, sometimes 70-80%.  It took me a few cycles on a new battery before it was "fully" charged.

[elksnout]

Starter solenoid wires - Red wire that also has two grey wires on same side, the red goes to battery + the two grey go to fusible links then turn into red.  Other post Red goes to starter.  Also starter has its own engine ground.

This is how it's wired. Concerning those two posts on the solinoid.... Does it matter which post is used for connecting to the battery and which one for going to the starter?

Thanks

[ballpark]

To answer your question give me a second, however;

I'm not poking you in the eye - keep charging the battery, when its good, disconnect or turn charger off wait a few hours then charge the battery again.  New batteries may take awhile before you get the correct electrolytes.  I know you had it tested but its worth a try, those trickle chargers are sensitive as to when they shutoff, sometimes 70-80%.  It took me a few cycles on a new battery before it was "fully" charged.

On the side with the fusible link wires, that post goes to battery.

[elksnout]

To answer your question give me a second, however;

I'm not poking you in the eye - keep charging the battery, when its good, disconnect or turn charger off wait a few hours then charge the battery again.  New batteries may take awhile before you get the correct electrolytes.  I know you had it tested but its worth a try, those trickle chargers are sensitive as to when they shutoff, sometimes 70-80%.  It took me a few cycles on a new battery before it was "fully" charged.

Logging

This battery is approx. 4 months old and I've ridden the quad many times with it. I keep it charged. Right now it's at 12.84 on my meter. 

Thanks

[ballpark]

When you are attempting to start - key turned over, what is the reading?

[elksnout]

12.22 with the switches on. Drops to 12.22 when key is fully engaged to the right. 

[ballpark]

12.22 with the switches on. Drops to 12.22 when key is fully engaged to the right.

May be bad solenoid.