Fuel gauge By kalee (Read 1,611 times)

[kalee]

Alley, Fuel gauge seems to be working okay now.I took my trike on an 80 mile round trip sunday and I stopped at a stop sign and when I went to take off seems like the belt was slipping or the rollers stuck in the out positon,the trike would rev up but moved really slow any thoughts on this alley ?
kalee

[Alleyoop]

Could be several things, but let me ask this did it straighten itself out or is it still the same it will rev but does not what to move.

It could be oil in the cvt in which cause it will cause the belt to slip. Could be Variator sticking closed and it would be hard for it initially move until after it really got up some rpms and rolling.

Do you hear any noise from back there, which would not be a good sign.
Alleyoop

[kalee]

It seems like it has straightened out but I did notice after I turned into a strong head wind that the trike would vary I could only get 51 or 52 mph then it would jump up to 55 then back to 51 or 52 and stay there .After I turned around with the wind at my back it would get close to 60 mph I did hear a noise but it sounded tinny not sure what that is have not taken a look yet.
kalee

[Alleyoop]

Well heading into the wind will slow the trikes quite a bit so I do not see a problem there. But you may want to check the CVT for worn weights that have flat spots on them and the PLASTIC GUIDES that the Variator moves in and out on. The guides are plastic so with the heat the variator generates they could be worn and binding at times. Worn rollers will make a clicking sound .
Alleyoop

[kalee]

Alley send me your email address I have tried to send pictures thru TinyPics and am not having any luck, my email address [e-mail]. I found out what the tinny sound was I was hearing.
kalee

[Alleyoop]

You have to Learn how to do this so people can help. So follow this procedure using tiny pics:

1. Click on this link:
tinypic.com/index.php

2. Click on Browse, that will link to your computer.
3. Find what you want to load.
3. Click on the name of the picture
4. Click on OPEN
5. Click on UPLOAD
6. Click on the LINK that starts with IMG.
7. RIGHT CLICK and CLICK on COPY
8. THEN Come here to your THREAD ON DOC.
9. RIGHT CLICK and CLICK ON PASTE.
Alleyoop

[kalee]

Bygolly I think I finally got a picture, this nut had come loose and was rubbing against the muffler. If there had been a little more space betweent the muffler and the bracket i would have lost the nut.

[kalee]

I dont know what the torque is supposed to be on this nut so I put some thread lock on and ran the impact a couple of times and hopefully this will stay on
kalee

[Alleyoop]

GREAT GOOD JOB KALEE!! See I knew you could do it now you know how to put pictures up. Pictures of things are worth a thousand words. Sometimes trying to explain a problem with some pictures it speeds the fix up.
Good that you put some loctite on it, if it starts to come loose again put a LOCK WASHER behind the nut.
Alleyoop

[kalee]

I never thought about a lock washer, this nut was a self locking nut but seems to have lost the self locking part. Thanks Alley for all your help, I might try to soup this trike up a little at a time. Is there supposed to be slack in the chain ?
kalee

[Alleyoop]

Yes push up on the bottom center of the chain and it should move up about 1/2-3/4 of an inch. If you can push it up more than an INCH then it is to loose. The other way is on the sprocket grab the chain by the center of the sprocket and pull the chain if you can see almost the top of the teeth on the sprocket then it is to loose or chain has stretched to much.
Alleyoop

[kalee]

Alley,I have 457 miles on my trike and its probably not completely broken in yet. What would you suggest I do to increase miles per hour with out going overboard ?
kalee

[Alleyoop]

About how much to you want to spend?
ALleyoop

[kalee]

Thats a very good question, this is all new to me, I could spend $100.00 right now will that get me any where ?I dont think I want to get into the engine yet.
kalee