5.5
TRACTION DRIVE CLUTCH
5.6 SPEED SELECTOR ADJUSTMENT
ADJUSTMENT
If drive slips, adjust traction clutch to compensate for
friction disc wear.
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To test traction clutch (Figure 14):
1.
2.
Put unit in first forward speed.
Without engine running, push unit forward while
slowly moving the traction drive clutch lever toward
the handle grip.
2
4
1
3.
Measure distance between lever and handlebar
when the wheels brake. If distance is not 6–1/8 in.
± 1/4 in. (15.5 cm ± 6 mm), adjust the traction
clutch.
Traction Drive
Clutch Lever
1.
2.
Shift Rod
Adjustment Pivot Pin
3. Speed Selector
Lever
6-1/8 ± 1/4 in
(15,5 cm ± 6 mm)
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Figure 16
To adjust (Figure 16):
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1. Remove hair pin from adjustment pivot pin.
Figure 14
2.
Pull shift rod and adjustment pivot pin out of speed
selector lever.
To adjust traction clutch (Figure 15):
1.
Loosen jam nut on traction cable adjustment
barrel.
3. Place the speed selector in the fastest forward
speed position.
2.
Turn the adjustment barrel up the cable to
decrease the distance between clutch lever and
handlebar.
4. Pull the shift rod straight down towards the ground
as far as it will go.
5.
Thread the adjustment pivot pin along the shift rod
until it aligns with the mating hole on the speed
selector lever.
3.
Turn the adjustment barrel down the cable to
increase the distance between clutch lever and
handlebar.
6.
7.
Reinsert the pivot pin into the hole on the speed
selector lever.
4.
5.
Check traction clutch lever distance and repeat
adjustment steps if necessary.
Check forward and reverse speeds.
a. Start unit.
Tighten jam nut on traction cable adjustment
barrel.
b. Shift speed selector into first forward speed.
2
c. Engage traction clutch. Unit should move
forward.
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3
d. Stop unit.
e. Shift speed selector into first reverse speed.
f. Engage traction clutch. Unit should move
backward.
g. Shut off unit.
8.
9.
Adjust pivot pin as needed so unit travels forward
when speed selector lever is in first forward
position and backward when speed selector lever
is in first reverse position.
4
5
Secure adjustment pivot pin to speed selector lever
with hairpin.
1.
2.
3.
Traction Clutch Cable
Adjustment Barrel
Jam Nut
4. Speed Selector Arm
5. Shift Rod
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Figure 15
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