Reverse cable snapped at the lever and needs to be replaced. Does anyone have pics of how it attaches in the gearbox? Don't wanna take everything apart if I don't have to... Is there an easy way of installing a new one without taking apart the whole reverse assembly? There's a file from 'spiderbox' on here somewhere, but not sure if it's the same as my Talon...
and what buggy is most similar to a GSX1502R Carter Talon? Hammerhead 150 maybe? Carter doesn't sell replacement reverse cables online apparently... need to find a copy somewhere. Anyone?
Just thought I'd update this incase any newbies like me have to change their reverse cable... I cheated and it worked. But kinda risky...
I didn't take the reverse gearbox apart, or even take the cover off. The ball of the cable is attached to a yoke on a giant spring, but if you want to remove it, you either have to take apart the gearbox and use clamps to depress the spring, or cheat like I did.
I took off the 2 bolts connecting the cable to the gearbox, wrapped rubber around the cable and took a firm grip with a set of pliers. Pull hard and you'll see the slot where the cable ball fits. Now, there's a snap-ring on that shaft near the ball, and lucky for me there was another groove about 2 inches further up that shaft where I was able to move the snap-ring and hold that shaft's position. Risky though, cuz if that snap ring pops off after you remove the cable ball... the yoke will slam back inside the gearbox thanks to the spring, and you'll have no choice but to open up the gearbox. If you don't have another positioning slot for the snap-ring, then you're also out of luck for the easy way. Just too much pressure on that spring to hold it any other way from the outside.
Now, with the snap ring repositioned and the cable ball now exposed... don't bump the buggy! simply take off the old cable, and insert the new one. Now use more rubber to protect the new cable from the pliers grip, and pull hard again... get that snap ring to it's origional position and slowly release the cable and yoke back into the gearbox.
Be extremely careful not to damage the cable. If you cause a kink or fray a line, you're guarenteed to be doing this all over again soon. That's why I said this technique is pretty risky.
But it worked well for me... no issues and no damage at all, and it took all of 15 minutes to have the new cable completely attached and working.
I'd also suggest slipping on a few short sections of slightly larger diameter rubber hose around the cable, so you protect it from damage where you use zip-ties to hold it to the frame. My stock cable became pinched at one point, cracked, and eventually rusted and seized up. I used rubber tape around the cable adjustment screws front and back as well to prevent dirt, rust and corrossion. And absolutely oil the cable well before installing... it's amazing how much easier the cable slides.
I can post pics if anyone needs... but hopefully this was easy enough to understand.
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