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« on: June 21, 2012, 09:01:05 PM » |
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hey guys, what in the hell do you do with the seat-cable lock on an old monster during a tail chop? how do you get it undone? do you just cut around it to save hassle?  i am a total newb |
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 09:14:03 PM » |
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Your chop should not be even close to the cable lock...are you sure you doing it right? Or maybe i dont understand ur question.
Try searching for the tailchop tutorial with lots of pics or even youtube
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 09:39:22 PM » |
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i have searched and searched but all the tutorials are for newer monsters or don't say how the seat-lock cable was got around (for lack of better grammar). pre-2000 monsters have a seat-lock cable that is threaded through the back of the frame and looped out the back end, so you have to get it out of the frame and turn it back under the seat...  |
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2012, 09:57:32 PM » |
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That explains it...
I have recently been acquainted with an 851 framed monster... tail already chopped... I'll pm the workaround.
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2012, 10:20:42 PM » |
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That explains it...
I have recently been acquainted with an 851 framed monster... tail already chopped... I'll pm the workaround.
Post it up here! |
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2012, 03:58:13 AM » |
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I've cut it off my early M900 and will re-locate and get welded on somewhere 'nicer'. Chopped back end will look cleaner and symetrical without it on  |
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Dirty Duc
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2012, 05:47:11 AM » |
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Post it up here!
It is significantly less secure than the OEM setup. I feel uncomfortable discussing it out here for the googles to find. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2012, 11:44:38 AM » |
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hey guys, what in the hell do you do with the seat-cable lock on an old monster during a tail chop? how do you get it undone? do you just cut around it to save hassle? i am a total newbI disassembled the lock and pulled the cable out of the frame (really easy.) after I did the chop (be sure to tape the frame off so you don't accidentally scratch it with your saw) I just reassembled the lock and flipped the cable around and wrapped it under the seat. Hope this makes since/helps. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2012, 10:30:12 PM » |
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i have made the first truly IDIOTIC move of my new monster-modding career believe it or not, i have managed to lock my seat down while the lock-pully was disassembled. wanted to check how it looked so far. any ideas how to get the seat back off without breaking anything? i am such a moron... |
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2012, 02:29:27 AM » |
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Pull on the cable.
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2012, 05:36:00 AM » |
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it's unhooked from the latch
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2012, 06:07:13 AM » |
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Reach in with a hooked bit of wire and hook the hole in the plastic part of the latch where the cable attaches.
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2012, 02:31:51 PM » |
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bingo  thanks howly |
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« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2012, 06:36:50 PM » |
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I disassembled the lock and pulled the cable out of the frame (really easy.) after I did the chop (be sure to tape the frame off so you don't accidentally scratch it with your saw) I just reassembled the lock and flipped the cable around and wrapped it under the seat. Hope this makes since/helps.
I did this as well. Works like a champ. I can snap a pic of the finished product and post it for you if you want. |
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