anyone ever have to replace a recoil in a new model jiffy? i can't figure it out. they have a new cup style piece that engages the recoil to the motor (on the left). the old one in the center of the picture i can't get to come off. there is a nut on the bolt in the middle which is hooked to the flywheel. i got that nut off. but its like the whole piece is threaded on there, or its just seized.
there has to be a way to hold the motor still so i can twist it off of there. but i cant figure it out.
i already broke some metal piece (not a big deal) when i stuck something in there to try and hold it still while i tried twisting the old part off with a spud wrench. im afraid to force it any more cause ill justbreak more stuff.
hopefully jiffy will have some answers tomorrow but i really wanted to fix it tonight.
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got this tackled today took about 3 hours to get both sides done. Didnt even get to use a torch....
Thought I was golden with just jacking it up and I could get to everything but no luck. Had to remove the entire axle hub and brake assembly to get to what I needed. Was a pain but still better then taking off the entire pivot arm.
Axle bearings were already greased and in great shape thankfully. Got both leaf springs installed and its ready for the road again.
Probably going to have my electric brakes checked, I am not touching anything with the brake drums. Based on what I saw it doesn't look like my electric brakes have been working anyway. Brakes are nice to have if its slippery out
😂 yea pretty amazing how b o o b i e s gets flagged, but they can't respond or tell me why I can't get logged in here on my laptop but I can on my cellular 😪
we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables, winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).
I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up.
For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.
I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches. I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.
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anyone ever have to replace a recoil in a new model jiffy? i can't figure it out. they have a new cup style piece that engages the recoil to the motor (on the left). the old one in the center of the picture i can't get to come off. there is a nut on the bolt in the middle which is hooked to the flywheel. i got that nut off. but its like the whole piece is threaded on there, or its just seized.
there has to be a way to hold the motor still so i can twist it off of there. but i cant figure it out.
i already broke some metal piece (not a big deal) when i stuck something in there to try and hold it still while i tried twisting the old part off with a spud wrench. im afraid to force it any more cause ill justbreak more stuff.
hopefully jiffy will have some answers tomorrow but i really wanted to fix it tonight.
any suggestions??
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