Terra tiger

[Scottielee]

Need help In March of 09 I brought a terra tiger threw ebay the guy said it ran just needed 2 tires had pics on ebay looked good ended paying $1000.00 for it plus a 1200 mile round trip paid for it at end of auction 2 weeks later I went up and picked it up was not in as good of condition at he said it was he was all ready paid so I brought it home all 6 tire where shot I brought 6 new tires and rims and adaptor plates for it over $800.00 spent on them then I needed break cable throtal cable brake calapior for it as well now the guy said it ran I put a new battery in it the starter dose not engauge it turns but will not turn the motor over could never get it to start with pull roope cant find any one here in Yankton SD to to work on a motor that old. ok I found a motor for it that came out of an attex that runs got it home and to turn the head a half a turn and the pistion at well. put the motor in hooked every thing up Motor runs cool put the belt on goto drive it give it gas and the motor bog down the chains are all good axels all turn good every thing is free no binding dose any one have any idea where I go from here I have over $3500 invested in it now I cant turn back please let me know if you have any ideas my email address is scottielee@yahoo.com I have read a lot of post here nad this site seems really great you all are a great bunch of guy thanks Scott Hysell proud terra tiger owner

[Mike]

Are the clutches engaging properly if you rev the motor up in neutral?

[Amphiman1]

I'll bet his 2nd clutch is froze up..

Are the clutches engaging properly if you rev the motor up in neutral?

Mike, there;s no nuetral in a terra tiger...."Sorry Mike, NO t20 either,,

[Mike]

I should have said no load (ie with the tires off the ground) or better yet, with the engine cover/firewall removed you should be able to watch it as you drive around.

I remember riding with racerone3 when his clutch was doing something similar and he was able to watch it while revving the motor.

[simpleton7016]

For your sake, I hope that your driven clutch is not frozen up. I am going to roll the dice and pray that the three I am using are not frozen.

If they are, you will likely have to remove the entire shaft and tear it down. In the process, you may find warbled out holes for the shear pins as well as warbled out holes in the steering clutch hubs themselves. Then, you might find a dangerously low amount of clutch material. Moving on, the engaging springs may have lost some of their tensile strength over the years. After all of that, you will get to the driven clutch and for the life of me, I have not been able to get any of my driven clutches off the shaft (even with soaking in penetrating oil, heat and a pneumatic press).

Sorry to rain on your already flooded parade, but I hope it is just a stuck steering clutch.

If there is a way to free up a driven clutch and check to see if it is operational, I too would be interested in hearing any tips.

http://www.6x6world.com/forums/other...rra-tiger.html

[farmtoybuilder]

Sorry to hear of your troubles! First Question i have is engine. With belt off does it run well when you open it up, does engine clutch close up? You'll have to pry it back if working! Next thing to check is driven pulley on steering clutch shaft. As if it has been setting it's probably stuck!!! It has to move as engine clutch moves. You can spray it down with penetrating oil and carefully use long screwdriver or pry bar to move and to free it up. If it won't move, you'll have to remove shaft assembly from machine and disassemble it. You can check steering clutches by turning tiller. You can see them disengage when you turn tiller. If stuck they won't move and tiller won't move much either. And this wouldn't let you turn. If their stuck you'll need another helper and you can try to unstick them by tapping on outer clutch cone with rubber hammer or such and turning while other is holding turning steering tiller. If no luck you'll have to remove and disassemble them.

[Scottielee]

after 5 months waiting for the shop to fix my carb on my terra tiger they called today so I could pick her up I was so excited finally got her running the shop drop the new batterrie that I got and broke it they gave me another on that bat6tery would not start the motor very well I truley dont know what size of battery should be in there for an 18 horse motor any how I have the the recoil pull on it like on a lawn mower no problem right wrong some times it pulls nice other times not so I am at my witts end with this machine finally got it started max speed may be 20 miles an hour should run faster than that I believe. was trying to climb up a snow bank it really should have been no problem gave it gas and all of a sunned it bog down the tires stop moveing no power motor dies fine I puch it down the snow bank finally got it started and got it to go up on a smaller snow bank where do I go from here I paid $1000.00 for it brought 6 new tires rims adapptor plates brought a used motor for it that costs me $ 500.00 spent over $ 800.00 at the shop to have motor put in had to have pistio and head spun 180 degrees because the motor came out of an attex I have too much money tied up in her now to give up on her the second are cluch seems to be opening up like I think it should I am thinking that may be it needs a new belt and yes if I do put one in I will buy 2 and put it in so I have an extra belt on hand dose any body have any ideas if so please email me at scottielee@yahoo.com thanks Scott H

the second cluch opens and closes fine

I have it stuck right now in the snow it steers ok truns right and left no problem with that with it being sturk I rev up the motor and looked at the secondary clutch it is opening and closeing fine I did not look at the cluch on the motor to see what it is doing will tomarrow when I was trying to climb that snow bank and it should have been able to do that with out a problem it just bog down and died I can easily get the bely off of the secondary very easily 5 seconds and it is off I am thinking that may be the belt is wrong or strech out the recoil pulls good some time and other time it pulls very hard what size od battery should I have in it?????? and what should the oil to gas raito be i am doing 40 to 1

[simpleton7016]

It might sound foolish and too simple, but try a new spark plug. Even if you have a new one in it, they are often poor off the shelf. Some of your problems sound similar to what I had before putting in a new plug....hard starts, bogging, etc. A new plug solved everything!

[Scottielee]

what size spark plug dose the tt 18 take?????

[simpleton7016]

Not sure....just take your old one in to NAPA and have them match it up.

[Duke]

when you get the new plug try and look up what the spark gap is supposed to be someone on here might know but if its not right you could have that problem too its happened to me on a couple of engines. also plug the spark plug in and lay it on the engine to get a ground and pull it over and see if it has good spark.

[Scottielee]

thanks Duke

[Scottielee]

wanting to put in a new motor in my terra tiger and suggestions on what I should put in

[mxrider4life847]

Read through your original post, did you ever get the engine to run right? JLO 295?

I have no insight on what engine to repower it with, I considered doing the same with my terra tiger. But I really hate to alter it from factory.

[Hercules222]

It looks like the 13 or 16 hp honda clones are a popular choice, but I would rebuild the JLO and run it! They are super simple inside. If you have access to a small engine shop that will press the new bearings on the crank you could do the rest in your garage. I had a JLO 440 in a scorpion sled and after rebuild that was the most reliable snowmobile I ever owned. started first pull every time. Yanktons a little ways out there, but you could ship motor to Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg, IA. The instructor there is a very good friend of mine and would be happy to overhaul it for ya