Starter turns constantly… sometimes

[SuzukiT350man]

You guys are probably tired of seeing my name pop up every other day but I’ve got another one for ya. Long story short: My problem arose when I was trying to take the battery out of my user 129 to put in another one i recently fixed, and I short circuited the B and G terminal on the VR. No solenoid click or starter turning over with the ignition on. The harness was boogered together and worked okay for 10-ish years, so I replaced a few connections and re-spliced some of the wires that weren’t spliced properly. I found out the brushes on the starter were wore out and slapped on a old new S/G that’s never been used, a good solenoid, as well as a new ammeter since the original one was badly corroded inside.

After all that, it cranked over and ran just fine, but no charge. I am almost 100% positive I reassembled it correctly. I jumped the F terminal on the S/G to the hot side on the battery while at full throttle, and it started charging, even after I disconnected the jumper wire. I went to cut the key off, and the S/G was still turning. I disconnected the battery and connected it again, and it didn’t turn over on its own. It only seems to keep turning when It starts charging with the jumper wire’s help. The blue wire is going to G on the VR, gray is going to B, and yellow is going to F, so It’s hooked up correctly.

Sounds like a failing regulator to me (especially since i short circuited it) and I was just passing on the info. I’ve been reading other threads about starters turning over constantly, but mine is only doing it when it starts charging. It is also possible that the S/G is shorting somewhere inside, but let me know what you guys think.