For all of you RZR 170 owners....
Background: I had my RZR in for some warranty work, but it sat at the dealer for a month waiting for parts.
When I got it back home, I found the idle was eratic and when I applied the throttle (through the pedal), the idle would skyrocket and would not come back to normal idle.
First thing I did was spray some lube on the pedal, cables and carb mechanisms! Still no luck, played with the gas pedal freeplay settings and carb idle screw...still nothing.
Then I decided to dissassemble the gas pedal housing to see what's going on in there. Upon opening up the housing, it appeared I found the issue. The housing contained mositure and a fair amount of dirt...which was binding the internal operation of the gas pedal. I cleaned it all up, blew out the crap and completely re-greased all internal parts. Inside, there are two roller bearings that the gas pedal sits in...these needed greasing in the worst way. I used dielectric grease where the electrical contacts are within the housing, filled the two bearings with bearing grease and greased the opening where the throttle cable enters the housing.
Once I got it all back together, I crossed my fingers and fired 'er up.....sure enough, the idle was good to go and when the gas pedal was released, the engine would drop back to idle.
Sorry, but I didn't take pics, but it's pretty self explanatory when you take this housing apart.
Anyhow...if anyone is having this issue, this is likely your problem. Just thought I would pass this tidbit of info on.
Background: I had my RZR in for some warranty work, but it sat at the dealer for a month waiting for parts.
When I got it back home, I found the idle was eratic and when I applied the throttle (through the pedal), the idle would skyrocket and would not come back to normal idle.
First thing I did was spray some lube on the pedal, cables and carb mechanisms! Still no luck, played with the gas pedal freeplay settings and carb idle screw...still nothing.
Then I decided to dissassemble the gas pedal housing to see what's going on in there. Upon opening up the housing, it appeared I found the issue. The housing contained mositure and a fair amount of dirt...which was binding the internal operation of the gas pedal. I cleaned it all up, blew out the crap and completely re-greased all internal parts. Inside, there are two roller bearings that the gas pedal sits in...these needed greasing in the worst way. I used dielectric grease where the electrical contacts are within the housing, filled the two bearings with bearing grease and greased the opening where the throttle cable enters the housing.
Once I got it all back together, I crossed my fingers and fired 'er up.....sure enough, the idle was good to go and when the gas pedal was released, the engine would drop back to idle.
Sorry, but I didn't take pics, but it's pretty self explanatory when you take this housing apart.
Anyhow...if anyone is having this issue, this is likely your problem. Just thought I would pass this tidbit of info on.
