Please bear with me. I feel like a complete fool.
Had our 2005 3D out this weekend. As usual, it ran perfectly.
Got home and one of the kids pointed out that the throttle was a little harder to pull than in the past. No problem Dad will spray some silicone into the cable up near the trigger . Hmmm, that didn't work.
(here's where the I'm-an-idiot part comes in...)
I removed the other end of the throttle cable from the half-moon-shaped cable guide on the front of the oil pump. Sprayed silicone up the cable from that end as well. Was then able to slide the cable smoothly back-and-forth. That was good.
Then tried to "wind-up" the half-moon-shaped cable guide (counterclockwise) and reattach the cable to the front end of the oil pump. It's a lot tougher to get the cable on than it was to get it off. Nonetheless, after about the third try, the "springback" in the cable guide stopped. I can spin the cable guide 360 degrees and there is no springback or any restrictive tension at all.
I don't see any obvious mechanical spring that either broke or is no longer attached correctly. I've scoured google for hints with no luck. The manuals don't show a separate sprint, they just appear to show an oil pump assembly (a $250 part).
Did I really mess up? Did I take a perfectly running machine and break it?
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. (yes the kids are pretty mad at Dad)
Thanks
Ed Sabis
Orlando, FL
Had our 2005 3D out this weekend. As usual, it ran perfectly.
Got home and one of the kids pointed out that the throttle was a little harder to pull than in the past. No problem Dad will spray some silicone into the cable up near the trigger . Hmmm, that didn't work.
(here's where the I'm-an-idiot part comes in...)
I removed the other end of the throttle cable from the half-moon-shaped cable guide on the front of the oil pump. Sprayed silicone up the cable from that end as well. Was then able to slide the cable smoothly back-and-forth. That was good.
Then tried to "wind-up" the half-moon-shaped cable guide (counterclockwise) and reattach the cable to the front end of the oil pump. It's a lot tougher to get the cable on than it was to get it off. Nonetheless, after about the third try, the "springback" in the cable guide stopped. I can spin the cable guide 360 degrees and there is no springback or any restrictive tension at all.
I don't see any obvious mechanical spring that either broke or is no longer attached correctly. I've scoured google for hints with no luck. The manuals don't show a separate sprint, they just appear to show an oil pump assembly (a $250 part).
Did I really mess up? Did I take a perfectly running machine and break it?
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. (yes the kids are pretty mad at Dad)
Thanks
Ed Sabis
Orlando, FL