Quote originally posted by Festus33
Okay Guy's
I've posted this in about 4 other thread's, and decided it's a big enough issue with All modern Arctic Cat's.
Not just the Z's, ZL's, ZR's, and ZRT's.
to warrant it's own thread.
Before you decide you have a bad CDI, or a junk Stator.
Perform these simple diagnostic test's.
1= Unplug the 4 wire plug from the motor {2 Yellow, 1 Brown, 1 Black}
2= Jump the Brown to the Black, on the motor side of the plug.
At this point if you have spark, you've eliminated the CDI, and Stator as being the problem.
3= plug the 4 wire back together, making sure that the key is turned On, and the Kill switch is in the run position.
Press the Throttle pin against the internal Safety Switch Like This
At this point if you have spark, your throttle bushing's are shot.
You can try replacing the bushing's, but the problem will just come back.
Probably sooner than later.
The most certain method of avoiding this problem in the future, is to bypass the Throttle Safety Switch.
ACM has a topic stickied at the top of this forum, that will link you to an outside topic on how to accomplish this.
I hope this help's some people who have been having problem's, that may not be as bad and expensive as they initially thought.
Rick