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Post by mikeyygee124 on Oct 24, 2013 17:55:52 GMT -5
Hey guys I'm new here and I recently bought my reverse trike from a local man selling it for 1500 but I swindled him down into 1100. He warned me it would need a new battery because it was sitting in his garage for a year and a half. Only 220 miles was on it. I've been kick starting the scooter for about a week and recently the battery has become completely killed. I've bought a new battery and I need to swap out the old one but I cannot get the seat to open to save my life. I've read the threads here about the same problem so please don't forward me to an old thread. I've gotten the seat open a few times before, not easily but I've succeeded. I haven't been able to pop it for 2 days now. Can someone take pictures or a video of the cord connected to the ignition that I would need to tug on to pop the seat. Any advice would help. I'm in dire need to get this new battery in and back on the road.
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Post by alleyoop on Oct 24, 2013 18:21:46 GMT -5
You should be able to reach the cable from under the side panels. I hate those seats that you have to turn the Ignition key to the LEFT and it releases the seat lock. Once you get it open I would either take the cable off the Ignition and make it a PULL release just like you would a CHOKE setup on your carb. Then you can put the Knob on the Dash of the scoot or where you want and no more problems after that.
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Post by mikeyygee124 on Oct 24, 2013 18:57:27 GMT -5
Is there a way I can just screw the seat off the thing?
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Post by alleyoop on Oct 24, 2013 19:12:20 GMT -5
On most the bolts are in the inside so the seat has to be open.
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Post by mikeyygee124 on Oct 24, 2013 19:50:06 GMT -5
Well I got the cushion off and each latch has 2 bolts on them. I was gonna get my dad to come by tmrw morning with his tools and take em out and see what happens. How would I go about taking the side panels off?
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Post by mikeyygee124 on Oct 24, 2013 20:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by mikeyygee124 on Oct 25, 2013 13:52:30 GMT -5
Seat won't open after removing nuts. Opened up the front panel right above the headlights and I could adjust the mechanism that connects the release cord to the ignition, I tightened it up allowing the ignition to pull slightly more still nothing, I pulled on the cord at the beginning and in the middle where they connect still nothing. I'm at a lost.
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Post by jeffdeq on Oct 31, 2013 21:18:39 GMT -5
I have encountered this same issue from time to time. If you can, locate the cable that runs from the ignition switch to the seat latch/locking mechanism. Grab the outer housing of this cable as close to the seat latch/lock as you can. Try pulling with a steady pull until the latch unlocks. If that didn't work then pull on the cable housing very firmly and have someone try to unlock the seat with the key at the ignition. If that does not work, pull on the cable until there is no slack then make a short, quick jerk. I have found that the issue is that the latch has a flimsy arm holding the cable housing that does not allow for the inner cable to release the locking mechanism properly with enough travel provided by the turning key. This can be complicated with seats that have a double latch/locking mechanism.
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Post by crawdad on Nov 1, 2013 21:48:40 GMT -5
I have encountered this same issue from time to time. If you can, locate the cable that runs from the ignition switch to the seat latch/locking mechanism. Grab the outer housing of this cable as close to the seat latch/lock as you can. Try pulling with a steady pull until the latch unlocks. If that didn't work then pull on the cable housing very firmly and have someone try to unlock the seat with the key at the ignition. If that does not work, pull on the cable until there is no slack then make a short, quick jerk. I have found that the issue is that the latch has a flimsy arm holding the cable housing that does not allow for the inner cable to release the locking mechanism properly with enough travel provided by the turning key. This can be complicated with seats that have a double latch/locking mechanism. If you haven't got the seat open yet try this. I have had the same problem .take off trunk and any other plate er trunk. there should be two small bolts about two inches apart, These hold on the lock mechanism . Take off the nuts ,careful not to drop the nuts below and you should be able to hold the lock mechanism and try and see if you have a cable wire in the area beneath the lock . Now look along the right side of the scoot near where you are working and try and locate a wire cable in possibly black tubing .IF you can hold on to that cable. CUT the wire inside the black housing and then with a small screwdriver or some kind of small bar. you can move the bar around in the mechanism and pop the lock and lift the seat up. Then you take the cable and move it across the area and attach it to any piece of solid metal with a tie. Don't let the wire inside the cable get back in the black part. you then can then attach the black outside tubing to some solid part and put a small piece to use as a handle on the inner wire.. All you do now pull the inner wire and the lock mechanism will open It takes a little time to figure it out but ,it will work for you as trying to make the original type of lock is impossible on some scoots. You can take the end of the cable with the handle on it and slip it under the body and it will be invisible to all but you. |
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