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Old 07-21-2009, 10:32 PM
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Default First problem with the Carbide!

Well my son was out on the Carbide today and it wouldn't go into forward gear. I never had a problem with it on my other AMS machines but on the carbide, the little plastic gear selector that the cables attach to at the engine gave up and cracked / broke. You can still manually put it in either by hand but what a drag. I have just shy of 300 miles. Looks like I'll be ordering parts!
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:15 PM
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i think your right some times my helix won't go into reverse!
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:40 PM
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what model is the carbide? is it a 150?
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:42 PM
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Yes, the 150. AMS uses a different style reverse. It's not the typical external reverse thing you see on most of them.
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Old 07-21-2009, 11:43 PM
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hmmm
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Old 07-22-2009, 02:48 AM
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Angry that sucks

yea think how i feel i love my carbide and my reverse broke and plus we just got the performance parts a week ago and had to wait for them and now i got to wait for more.
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Old 07-22-2009, 11:53 AM
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dang that sucks!
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:24 AM
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ordering parts stinks . it really sucks when you dont have the warranty
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:28 AM
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It's not too bad. The parts are easy to get and I know these machines pretty well so working on them is just trivial in most cases.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:28 AM
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I should also mention that the replacement gear for these is no longer plastic. They're metal! About time they did that.
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Old 07-24-2009, 10:54 PM
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yea i might order one!
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Old 08-05-2009, 10:12 PM
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Yea that happens to me on my carbide but i have to turn it off and back on it works
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Old 08-06-2009, 09:17 PM
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You just gotta blip the throttle while changing from forward to reverse or other direction.
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Old 08-06-2009, 11:06 PM
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im with big boss
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what do u mean blip? explain
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Old 08-07-2009, 10:53 PM
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its very ketchy ..does not want to move one bit ...but... when you shut it off you can put it in the foward gear
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Old 08-08-2009, 01:16 AM
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You gotta do short jabs with the throttle as you are putting it in gear.
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Old 08-08-2009, 01:58 PM
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tried that ...nothing
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Old 08-09-2009, 06:04 PM
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same thing wit me
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Old 08-10-2009, 12:34 AM
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So you are saying that when you go to switch to forward or reverse it feels like it is binding? Is your idle too high? If your idle is too high, it is putting pressure on the physical gears which will keep them from being able to budge.

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its very ketchy ..does not want to move one bit ...but... when you shut it off you can put it in the foward gear
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same thing wit me
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Old 08-10-2009, 07:26 PM
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I had a bunch of those plastic ones, every carbide I sold the dang thing broke. glad its metal now, probably like the old hh 200's were
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Old 08-10-2009, 09:49 PM
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I swear these things are the same as the HH200. I didn't make the link till someone else mentioned it as well.
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Old 08-11-2009, 12:00 AM
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my idle is pretty low i turned it two full turns down and it runs amazing it jus the rev
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-my stickers
-adjusted suspension
-ground out hubs
(to fit on the tires)



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Old 08-11-2009, 10:31 PM
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I'll try that let you know if it works
 


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