hittman1969 0 Posted Saturday at 10:34 PM Have a 2013 Foreman 420. Been sitting a while, now trying to get her going. Replaced battery and starter solenoid. Now, even with key off, it is constantly cranking. Had to disconnect battery. What could be issue?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 13,243 Posted Sunday at 12:18 AM Hi. Welcome to the forum. First guess is you got the wires mixed up on the solenoid when you installed it. Second guess you got a bad solenoid. Is the solenoid after market ? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadetree 4,651 Posted Sunday at 01:32 AM wired wrong from battery would be my first guess as well. or a bad starter solenoid would be my second guess..or both !. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goober 1,339 Posted Sunday at 03:02 AM Didn’t buy an OEM solenoid, and either wired it improperly or the solenoid poles are different than OEM. why did you replace the solenoid? go to the OEM parts finder at Rocky Mountain atv and Partzilla. Only buy OEM parts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Wilson_™ 4,838 Posted Monday at 02:00 PM no one mentioned this so i thought i would (tad late to the post) this bike was starting good when you parked it ? did you see a y rodent damage (mice chewed wires) i would go with the fellows ^^^^^ just bringing this up because it's happened before especially when a bike is stored for a long time, and welcome to the forums! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hittman1969 0 Posted Tuesday at 01:40 AM (edited) On 5/14/2022 at 11:02 PM, Goober said: Didn’t buy an OEM solenoid, and either wired it improperly or the solenoid poles are different than OEM. why did you replace the solenoid? go to the OEM parts finder at Rocky Mountain atv and Partzilla. Only buy OEM parts D A M N rat chewed up wires. I did purchase a Honda solenoid from dealership. I considered possibility wired wrong also, so reversed them and had same issue. Edited Tuesday at 01:41 AM by hittman1969 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadetree 4,651 Posted Tuesday at 05:09 AM 3 hours ago, hittman1969 said: D A M N rat chewed up wires. I did purchase a Honda solenoid from dealership. I considered possibility wired wrong also, so reversed them and had same issue. make sure to check the battery leads from battery to ground, and battery to solenoid, then from solenoid to starter, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM CONNECTED IN THE RIGHT ORDER !. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
