08 XP pull cord slipping?

[Arctic Cowboy]

Hey guys, so my dad was having issues with his pull cord on our last trip. When I gave it a few pulls it felt like it was slipping, almost like the teeth on a gear slipping against another gear. Tore it apart and can't see any obvious damage. Any help with what part (part number or title) would be really appreciated. Not a gear head, but we do our best.

-Justin

 

[treeboy]

Sounds like that it is time for a new recoil unit

 

[byeatts]

Sounds like that it is time for a new recoil unit

use recoil from RT 1000, stronger

 

[summit800]

westernpower sports sells a pawl kit # 12-3210 or sm-11004 its like under 12.00 to replace the guts!!

 

[summit800]

also if when you start it , pull the cord out until it stops then pull it over to start it ,they will last longer than just yanking on it!

 

[Arctic Cowboy]

Hey I really appreciate the info guys. I'll be ordering up one this weekend.

 

[Juice5555]

It's not always the recoil unit. I replaced the entire unit and was still having problems. I found a bunch of white grease had flung off the recoil unit onto the metal coupler that is attached to the engine. Cleaned it off and seems to be working much better.

 

[summit800]

also when you put the kit in dont use any grease or lube

 

[Arctic Cowboy]

There was a silver grease on the wheel and the inside of the coupler. I snapped a few pics just incase you guys spot something I dont. Where would have this grease have come from?

 

[summit800]

they put there grease under everything !!! not good when it gets warm and flings out everywhere!

 

[summit800]

There was a silver grease on the wheel and the inside of the coupler. I snapped a few pics just incase you guys spot something I dont. Where would have this grease have come from?

the corner of your pawl is rounded off!

 

[Summit057]

I have been having the same issue with my sled thanks for the info! I ordered all of the insides to the pull start so hopefully that will do it.

 

[mx100]

How many miles does this sled have on it? I have tore into a couple of these with high milage and I have found that the mag side crank seal starts to leak grease and it gets flung all over the pull start. There is a way to regrease the mag side bearing with out splitting the cases, (seal will need replaced eventually) but you need to clean the pull start and maybe replace the worn parts if they are bad.

 

[Summit057]

When you took the pull start out did you have to take the whole engine out? I was looking in there and it looked like a pretty tight fit in my xp...

 

[summit800]

No, just the exhaust can and you need torqs bits

 

[summit800]

No, just the exhaust can and you need torqs bits, i think a #27