For Pete's sake how do you get the rope thru the pull cord handle?????

[foster]

Been fighting with it for two hours!
How the heck do you get that darn rope through that darn pull cord handle!
Argh!!!
I can't take it anymore! :mad:

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

take a lighter and singe (sp?) the end of it, it will cause all the little frays to burn off, and stiffen it up. You can also dip the end in wax and that will stiffen in.

[foster]

I tried that and still can't manage to stick it thru. It seems fatter after I burn it! I even tried smushing it with pliers.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for the help, too.

[Huffa]

I tried that and still can't manage to stick it thru. It seems fatter after I burn it! I even tried smushing it with pliers.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for the help, too.

The second you leave the flame off you must use your fingers to cone out the tip while it is cooling.

Same trick you use for shoe strings that lose the little plastic end pieces.

[foster]

Fingers? Last time I got hot melted lace material on my fingers, it kind of HURT!
But I'll give 'er some.
Thanks for the speedy responses, guys.
Back to the garage I go!

[85 250sx]

Fingers? Last time I got hot melted lace material on my fingers, it kind of HURT!
But I'll give 'er some.
Thanks for the speedy responses, guys.
Back to the garage I go!

haha lick your fingers fist get them nice and wet or dip them in some water or somthing

[Huffa]

haha lick your fingers fist get them nice and wet or dip them in some water or somthing

OOPS......forgot to mention that. Hope he reads it in time :D

[freewheel3]

I wrap the rope with electrical tape in a cone shape, works every time if you don"t use too much tape or get the tape oily.

[foster]

Ha ha! We burned the first four inches of the rope this time around and my son had the duty of smoothing it with his fingers. As he jumped around in pain, I said, "We should have some water to dip your fingers in," just like you said. But no, we DID NOT read it in time!
Oh well, it was HIS fingers, not mine. ;) (Actually, I warned him, but he insisted on volunteering.)

P.S. I like the tape idea. That would have worked. I guess I knew that but forgot.
Thanks for the fast replies. You guys are the best. We got the job done and the trike is hummin', waiting for Saturday morning with its complete new starter kit from Dennis Kirk.
:)

[mymint87]

hahahahha...i dont mean to laugh but the title of your thread made me remeber how it was for me as i rewound one for the first time>>>>>>>BOING.......hehe, I was stressed

[foster]

P.S. for the Canadians on this board: the parts were $66 US.
The tax, duties, postage, etc... was $44 Cdn MORE! :o

[foster]

hahahahha...i dont mean to laugh but the title of your thread made me remeber how it was for me as i rewound one for the first time>>>>>>>BOING.......hehe, I was stressed

Hee hee. Did the BOING thing once tonight, even though I know better. But the second time around, it popped right into place, right out of my hand!
They say it's better to be lucky than to be good, and I guess sometimes they're right.

[rob0781]

i usually force the rope threw with a thin screw driver.

[foster]

That's what I was trying to do for the two hours I spent working on it. Couldn't manage it, Rob.
But I got bad hands, shakey and sore and full of arthritis. Some days are good and some days are bad. Tonight was bad.
Pushed at it with screwdrivers, needle-nose pliers, allen keys, tweezers, all I ended up doing was fraying it badly.
But it's all good now, finally.
That's the way it usually goes with me -- the hard part of the job takes two hours, and the 'easy' part of the job takes four hours.
I'm all new at mechanical stuff. I'm learning as I go. It's all fun until someone loses an eye or something.

[rob0781]

That's what I was trying to do for the two hours I spent working on it. Couldn't manage it, Rob.
But I got bad hands, shakey and sore and full of arthritis. Some days are good and some days are bad. Tonight was bad.
Pushed at it with screwdrivers, needle-nose pliers, allen keys, tweezers, all I ended up doing was fraying it badly.
But it's all good now, finally.
That's the way it usually goes with me -- the hard part of the job takes two hours, and the 'easy' part of the job takes four hours.
I'm all new at mechanical stuff. I'm learning as I go. It's all fun until someone loses an eye or something.
thats strange you had such a hard time,is it the original handle on your trike?You might have bought the rope to thick,i know when i did mine i had 3 size choices for the rope i had to bring a sample of my old and match up but i'm pretty sure it went in no prob..

[foster]

The rope and the handle came with the rebuild kit. I even tried it on the old handle, and on an older spare handle. No luck.

Maybe they just sent me a bigger rope by mistake. (Just like they mistakenly forgot to send me the friction spring and just like they mistakenly sent me two friction washers. No biggie, my old spring is just fine and I can always use a spare washer.)

[foster]

My apologies. The kit does not come with a friction spring. (How odd.)
And it is supposed to come with two D washers.
Uhhh, what's the second D washer for???
I know one goes on the outside of the works. Have no clue about the second washer!
Now I'm nervous!

[bigredhead]

Take a piece of electrical tape and tape the end of the rope real tight. like a shoe lace.

Simple as that.

[bigredhead]

Start an inch from the end of the rope... pull it around a few times as tight as you can.. then snip the tape 5 inches longer.
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twist the tape that's sticking out and push it thru the handle first.. and pull

[Huffa]

There is even a special type of knot you should tie too.

[MTS]

the second washer should have gone under the friction spring....if i remember correctly

[Rex Karz]

Hit it with your purse!

[foster]

the second washer should have gone under the friction spring....if i remember correctly
Yeah, I looked it up and you are correct.
Took the machine out all day Saturday through surreal mud conditions for about 10 hours and it started right up after every time we took a brake, though. I was a happy camper. Still, I'll go back into it and put that washer back where it should be.