Starter click

[PoPr]

I ordered 1 "Brush set", 1 "bolt set" (destroyed the head of a bolt when I took the starter apart) and 1 "O-ring set" from my local dealer. Probably 3 weeks delivery time...
And the dealer didn´t even know if the "sets" where 1 piece or two (1 or 2 brushes, 1 or 2 bolts etc). Total cost approximately $63...

[PoPr]

Finally got the stuff I ordered, and I put the starter together with new parts today. I put the starter back on the bike, and prayed a little and pressed the starter button and - "click, click, click, click..."

A series of clicks, but the starter did not turn at all
I plugged in the battery charger, and tried to start the bike with the charger on, same thing. I left the charger connected to the battery and now I´m here, trying to figure this out. I need some help!

The starter could turn easily between my fingers when I had it apart from the bike. Any thoughts??

[yaddy]

Did you try the starter on the bench after you built it back up? I'd pop it back out of there and do a bench test straight from a 12v power source to see if it is actually working ok. You could try it while it's on the bike easy enough too, either short the starter solenoid or use a jumper cable or something, straight from the battery to the starter and see if it turns over. I'd prefer to remove it myself, just to remove as many "links in the chain" as possible

[Spyderman]

hey gents here's another thought a few years back (ok a lot of years back) i had this issue with my 750 and it turned out to be the one way starter clutch that is behind the stator rotor and easy way to find this out is to remove the alternator cover from the left side of the bike and behind the stator rotor there is a large gear that spins one way (i forget which way it spins) that connects to another gear that is on a pin and that gear connects to the starter
pull the pin that holds the middle gear and remove the gear
now try and spin the large gear that is behind the rotor it should spin freely in one direction if it wont spin freely in one direction then your one way clutch for this gear is shot
now for the bad news if the one way clutch is shot then there is almost certainly damage to the crank end if this is the case then
you'll have to replace the crank or get it spray welded and reground to spec
then you'll have to get a new starter ring gear a new one way clutch and put it all back together again

this is just a thought as to what could be doing it to him
and i know cause i had to do this whole procedure on my 750 i ended up replacing my crank as it was less down time for me and i rebuilt the engine while it was apart because it was the right time as it was all in pieces