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strike250

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  1. The only thing holding it back should be a plate on the throttle peddle area. It is called the throttle stop. Take a look at it and see if you have one there. You should be able to depress the throttle peddle all the way down, and watch the throttle butterfly valve rotate completely as well. You can verify this by pressing the throttle peddle all the way down, and then access the throttle where the throttle cable is attached. If you can still rotate the round butterfly valve a lot more than you are already pressed down, then you have a throttle stop. You should only have a very slight movement left if at all in the throttle valve when the throttle peddle is pressed all the way down. Remember that after any throttle cable adjustment, you should have some slack when the peddle is released so that the throttle can close all the way. check this and let me know. I will post some pics of mine here.

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  2. It was surprisingly easy, I actually did it without the service manual as well. Learned a lot. Found a lot of loose nuts and bolts which I replaced with quality ones. Just wanted to know more about the construction of the unit overall, welds and connections. I found a lot of things I would have done different, like re-routing the wiring and harness in different areas from the factory, they seemed to just place things in there. I found much better routing, safer as well.

  3. On 5/2/2017 at 7:38 AM, KawieMan550 said:

    Looks to me like the Transmission and Crankcase are one piece?

    yes it is, the transmission only consist of Low, High, Neutral and Reverse. But it shares the same case as the engine as well as the same oil. But it is driven by the belt, not by a gear or chain drive.

  4. I had purchased this unit as a demo, so it was used pretty hard to show it off. Also, it had gotten some oil on it from being rolled over. After inspecting the belt which was smoking after being rolled over, I removed the clutch assemblies and found the clutch pads to be worn to the point that they needed to be replaced. I also noticed that the sheaves needed to be smoothed down and cleaned due to wear from the belt. So I took this all in to consideration and bought a complete clutch assembly. I am using the original clutch to send to a performance company to see about having a high performance spring and clutch kit built. Remember, this unit is a Chinese unit, and the quality of the products are just not the same as some other products out there, so the wear and tear that they can take is far less than some other name brand units on the market. So, it is important to constantly inspect the drive train for pre mature wear.

  5. I can understand about not spooling correct, it does need to have some resistance against it when spooling back on, and I do not use mine here in southern california. I mostly use it in the desert, in fact I hardly use it at all as I dont really get this little 250 stuck really. But for the amount of time it sits not being used, the synthetic rope is better as it better quality than the cheap steel one installed at the factory, and I have known first hand about getting a broken strand stuck in my hand when winding it in and it is painful. The other side is that the steel cable tends to remember the winch wind, and gets twisty after time, like a corkscrew. For your application with the snow plow, I would either get a much higher quality version, like one recommended for a jeep, or either go back to a steel one, but use again a higher quality one. By this I mean one impregnated with lube inside. I say this as a former crane mechanic, and I know wire rope. You just have to find out the hole diameter in the winch spool where the wire goes, and then look for a high quality wire rope. It is easy to install yourself and there are many videos on youtube for you to watch on how to install. If you get a high quality wire rope, one with lube inside (lube in-between the wire strands) it will last a long time. And I would also lube it up, yes lube your winch cable up every couple of years. Again, there are tons of videos showing how to do this. Good luck on your new Mule, would love to see a pic of it. Matt

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