Bought a new CT200U-EX from TS. Got it home oiled and fueled it up. Started on the 2nd pull. Rode it all day on Friday and Saturday. It runs great! I bought this for me to ride and play with along side my son and his Chinese atv, this has to do with how I killed the Coleman.
Yesterday, Saturday, we were on the back of the neighborhood at the bottom of a long steep hill when the atv ran out of gas. It’s pretty much a 1/4 mile up hill the entire way. My son wasn’t able to push the atv up the hill, and we were out of gas at home so I couldn’t just ride home and get the gas jug to bring to him. So I knew it would be hard on the centrifugal clutch, and already had plans on the gopowersports torque converter kit so I said screw and put my foot on the rack of the atv and pushed it up the hill with the mini bike. At the top of the hill I noticed that it was laboring to idle, let off the brake and it’s pulling away with no throttle input. Cooked the clutch I’m assuming. A friend of mine was outside when we got to the top of the hill, so I got gas for the atv from him and sent my kid home. I rode around a little bit at a high enough speed for the clutch to not be slipping but little load to try and let it cool off. No dice.
Took the clutch off to try and sand the glazing off to buy a little time, and it’s better, but still pulls at idle. There was a lot of clutch dust under the plastic cover. Ordered the torque converter kit, stage 1 kit, silencer, and the spring.
Based off what was described I am right in thinking I fried the clutch, right?
