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I have a 75' Harley sportster what would cause the wire from starter to battery to melt ?

I turned the key, battery seemed low, pushed starter button everything went dead and smelled hot, battery was very hot and melted the plastic face of the starter where the hot wire attached from the battery.I then unhooked hot wire from battery, going
More than likely the bushings in the motor are gone and the armature is shorting out on the commutator.This would pull as many amps as the battery has stored and melt that line. Pull that starter off and take it apart and look at both ends,but I'm pretty
| Jul 17, 2010


