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OB side-by-side mechanics, help please!

Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:04 pm
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:04 pm
Headed to camp tomorrow, and my Rhino would only make a single "click" when I turned key. Put in new battery, and it seemed to help, but I have to click it several times to get it to turn over. Sometimes if I keep the key turned after the click, it'll crank.

???
Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:07 pm to
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:14 pm to
Guess it's just weak. Thank you sir

Sure will suck to get stranded in the swamp of a river bottom I'm headed to..
This post was edited on 8/30/13 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Nascar Fan
Columbia La.
Member since Jul 2011
18574 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:19 pm to
Kinda weird bout that if you've changed the battery & still doing that. Sorry no help
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:23 pm to
Dodd, it's not even clicking anymore. Nothing at all when I turn the key. Still starter?
Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:27 pm to
Try and ground start it with a screwdriver.
Posted by hogdaddy
Krotz Springs
Member since Feb 2010
5153 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:31 pm to
Do you see the neutral light on when you try to start. if not try to shift it in and out of gear.
You can bypass the neutral switch by pressing the brake pedal and starting.
This post was edited on 8/30/13 at 8:38 pm
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:39 pm to


Jumped the posts on this solenoid under hood and she fired right up

ETA: yeah hogdaddy, neutral light is on
This post was edited on 8/30/13 at 8:40 pm
Posted by hogdaddy
Krotz Springs
Member since Feb 2010
5153 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 8:49 pm to
Sounds like a weak Solenoid. I'd would clean the terminal with contact cleaner and apply some dielectric grease.
This post was edited on 8/30/13 at 8:52 pm
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 9:00 pm to
New solenoid is $9.50. Gonna get one and try it, and then starter after that if necessary. Thanks for the help guys .

Guess I'll be using the ole trusty Kodiak tomorrow!
Posted by tigerpaw08716
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2009
690 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 9:00 pm to
Starter or solenoid... Sounds like the solenoid
Posted by tigerpaw08716
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2009
690 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 9:04 pm to
Tap starter with hammer while someone turns key... If it turns over after hit with a hammer time for a new starte
Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger
Huntsville, Al via Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2005
7975 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 9:07 pm to
Looks like a bad solenoid to me. If you can bypass the solenoid with a screwdriver...that's probably the issue then...at least with pickups that always seemed to be the solution/culprit.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 9:19 pm to
You need a new starter relay.
Solenoid is made onto the starter and if it was bad you wouldn't be able to start it by jumping the posts.
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5330 posts
Posted on 8/30/13 at 10:53 pm to
May try to drop in at Natchez Power sports tomorrow before we hit the woods. Thanks fellas!
Posted by greasemonkey
Macclenny Fl aka south JAWJA
Member since Aug 2012
2763 posts
Posted on 8/31/13 at 7:55 am to
Just replace that part you're jumping across,problem fixed.

Not an uncommon problem
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