Replacing recoil rope

[Dogmeat]

Ok, I pulled the stator housing off and there is only one bolt.

I'm trying to replace the stock rope with the Armorchord I ordered.

I can't get the bolt off the recoil ...

What am I doing wrong here?

 

[guidoxpress]

it has locktite on it...

i used a cordless drill with socket...and some muscle to hold it in place and zipped it right off...

if you dont have coldless tool...use an extention, and tip the recoil on its side and hold it while you go to town on it...you will get better leverage

good luck trying to re-wrap the cord and all that...i can never do it w/o blowing the metal wound recoil inside there...dealer charges like $15-20...let them deal with it,

 

[High Velocity]

I never take the recoil sheave/pulley out of the housing to replace the rope. I pull the rope out as far as it will come, then use c-clamp vise grips to gently clamp the housing and sheave together (just tight enough to hold the sheave with the rope in an "extended" position. After that, it's a simple job to remove the old rope, then feed the new rope through the hole in the recoil housing and into the sheave - a seal pick is really handy for this. Done this way, it usually takes me about ten minutes to replace the rope after the housing is removed and, you don't have to worry about that damn spring.

 

[skibreeze]

I never take the recoil sheave/pulley out of the housing to replace the rope. I pull the rope out as far as it will come, then use c-clamp vise grips to gently clamp the housing and sheave together (just tight enough to hold the sheave with the rope in an "extended" position. After that, it's a simple job to remove the old rope, then feed the new rope through the hole in the recoil housing and into the sheave - a seal pick is really handy for this. Done this way, it usually takes me about ten minutes to replace the rope after the housing is removed and, you don't have to worry about that damn spring.

Cool, I'll be doing 2 of them tomorrow.

 

[Dogmeat]

Ok, so how do I get the recoil spring wound back up? I didn't realize I wasn't supposed to take the whole thing out ...

Do you need a special tool for it?

 

[High Velocity]

Shouldn't be any special tools required. Any time I've had to deal with the spring, I hook the outside end of the spring onto the tab in the recoil housing, then slowly wrap the spring back into place. Re-install the sheave and make sure it hooks onto the inner end of the spring. Re-install all the other related parts. Preload the spring by turning the sheave counter-clockwise about five full turns, then clamp it lightly (like I mentioned before) with the holes in the housing and sheave lined up. Now install your rope. Good luck.

PS: I'll go out to the garage and double check the amount of turns you want for preload. Too much and you'll get spring-bind or breakage. Too little and the rope won't retract properly.

 

[jcrjet]

I did one on a ski-doo using some small diameter synthetic rope from the local climbing store. It had a cool colored design and probably cost me $2.00. ChaChing!

 

[High Velocity]

Here's pics of how I hold the housing for rope replacement.

 

[Dogmeat]

I can't get the spring to hook ... the spring wraps around the INSIDE of that impression in the housing, right?

 

[High Velocity]

Yes, it does wind up inside that impression you mentioned. It definitely helps sometimes to have an extra set of hands to hold the spring in as you work your way around re-wrapping the spring. Make sure you're starting from the outside working towards the center. There should be a tab or notch on the outer diameter of the "impression"/dished area that the spring will hook to. That is your starting point.

Kinda wish the recoil was all I had left to do on mine. I'm reassembling my engine and have been doing lots of cursing today trying to get those damn piston pin circlips in. They've gotta be the toughest ones I've ever dealt with.

 

[Dogmeat]

I can't get this put back together for the life of me..

There isn't a single iota or picture or ANYTHING in the f*cking service manual about this either.

Does anyone have any pictures of how this was supposed to go back in?

I still can't figure out how to get this spring wound either ....

 

[skibreeze]

I can't get this put back together for the life of me..

There isn't a single iota or picture or ANYTHING in the f*cking service manual about this either.

Does anyone have any pictures of how this was supposed to go back in?

I still can't figure out how to get this spring wound either ....

I took one apart once, and it was a true mother to get that piece of crap back together again, good luck.

 

[ss_badaz]

Ya went through this last year, I replaced mine with an ArmorCord as well. Opened it up spring let loose I would almost get it wound up then she would let fly this went on for hours. I gave up went to the Polaris dealership picked up a new one think around $30 mind you at this point I would have paid allot more. The new one is all wound up and has a small wire wrapped around the outside, place it in the housing slip off the wire or cut it and bingo she’s in.

After looking at the new one I had got, If you can build a jig wrap the spring very tight get a small but strong fine wire around the outside of the coil you may get lucky but it is like surgery and you may need a few more hands.

 

[guidoxpress]

yeh like i SS said..i tried it once..then i knew i wasnt getting it back on..whats $30 and let the dealer mess with it...

the more you mess with yours trying to get it wound up..there is a good chance you will bend the hook wrong or too much and have to get a new one...

some things are not worth messing with...and this is my #1....i dont have the patience..

 

[Dogmeat]

Ya went through this last year, I replaced mine with an ArmorCord as well. Opened it up spring let loose I would almost get it wound up then she would let fly this went on for hours. I gave up went to the Polaris dealership picked up a new one think around $30 mind you at this point I would have paid allot more. The new one is all wound up and has a small wire wrapped around the outside, place it in the housing slip off the wire or cut it and bingo she’s in.

After looking at the new one I had got, If you can build a jig wrap the spring very tight get a small but strong fine wire around the outside of the coil you may get lucky but it is like surgery and you may need a few more hands.

That sounds like the plan right there.

 

[Super Dave3]

Send it to me, I'll fix it for nothing.

 

[guidoxpress]

Send it to me, I'll fix it for nothing.

Cant beat that...

 

[Dogmeat]

Send it to me, I'll fix it for nothing.

For real? That would be freakin' very nice of ya

 

[skibreeze]

Send it to me, I'll fix it for nothing.

Glutten for punishment! I refuse to back down from a challenge as well.

 

[jsledder]

Drive a nail in your bench and hook one end to that and rewind it right there, out of the housing, then use a pair of small vice grips to hold it together once you get it wound and then either tie some wire around it to hold it or just set it in the housing nice easy while it's held in place by the grips or wire. Did this once several years ago and realized you didn't have to take that off just to change the rope, but you do to fix a broken prawl spring...

Or... just send it to Super Dave.