OEM or Aftermarket, starter relay

[Guest]

Hey guys, my starter relay has gone, and I need a new one. I've been searching online for prices and I see there is quite a price difference between the oem and aftermarket starter relays.
Which would be the better purchase?

and if you know of a good site for parts that would be great too.
I ride an 86 gs400 s

Thank you
Andrew

[Steve]

Go to Lowe's, get one for a garden tractor. Costs about $12.

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[posplayr]

Unless it is the coil that burned you can open and refurb an oem unit. Depending on space the oem fit best but there is nothing magic as long as it 12v and sized properly.

[HAMMERHT]

I should add that I can push start the bike, sometimes it starts without a push.

[Redman]

Are not many starter motors that are smaller than our GS staters, so about any relay (solenoid) will do, as long as it is 12 Volts DC (most all are).

Our GS solenods do not have a ground wire. THey get their ground through its mounting.
Some solenoids you may find may have a ground wire, you can just add a ring terminal and put it to the solenoid mounting bolt with the other ground wires.

Speaking of which, if you lost the ground wire to the battery box / solenoid mounting, the solenoid will not work, and you might conclude that the relay is bad when it is not.

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