05 800 Can't pull start?

[chopperguy]

My wifes sled is an 05 Rev 800 and the pull rope won't engage (to turn the motor over) when I try to pull start it. I have an 05 RT 1000 and I have a shop manual for the RT. It has a fairly straight forward procedure for lubricating the rewind starter and goes as far to say that if you don't maintenance it, you will begin to have the problems I am now having.

Easy enough, however there is a huge difference between accessing the rewind starter on the RT as compared to the 800. The 800 sits behind a part of the tunnel and you can't get to it. From looking at it, I guess you would either need to drill out all of the rivets and take the entire tunnel apart (looks like a huge job) or remove the motor and raise it high enough to get to the rewind starter.

Has anyone done this? Am I way off base and missing something simple? If the book says it is something that needs periodic maintenance I can't imagine them engineering it to be so hard to get to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[gmaredd]

Easy deal. Use a hole saw and drill some access holes for the four bolts that hold the cover in place. Otherwise you are correct - you will need to pull the motor out. Using the access holes will make this an easy job.

 

[summit800]

remove muffler, access the screws through the holes that are already in the side frame, you dont drill anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chopperguy]

Thanks guys. I will give it a shot.

 

[m7]

Before you take anything apart try turning motor half turn with clutch then pull the rope.

 

[Crasher]

remove muffler, access the screws through the holes that are already in the side frame, you dont drill anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

x2 Ten minute job at the most.