The sled is dead

[jamieren]

I was innocently trail riding and after accidentally hammering the throttle to lift the skis (since I don't want to wear them out I had a situation where Mr sled wanted to head for the bushes and buck me off. In a panic I was able to grab the handlebar from underneath on my way off the sled and coax it away from said trees. At that point I lost all power. Nothing. No lights in the display, no whir of fuel pumps when turning the key back on. There is a tether connected to the left side where I grabbed - if the wires leading to it were somehow disturbed would that cause said problem? Any other ideas?

 

[nydiver]

Pull up the kill switch on the right bar


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[Lman69]

Tether not connected properly and or wires not connected will cause problems. I had a worn out tether connecter that caused me problems till I replaced.

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[jamieren]

Lol.. kill switch is disabled anyway (I forgot to mention that, and figured that solution would come up). Thanks Lman. Are we talking 'complete lack of power' problems?

 

[Lman69]

My tether is wired to kill switch wiring so yeah had no power till put new tether on. Carry extra one just in case I ever lose the main one. Swapped on trailer and boom back up and running.

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[nydiver]

I worried mine would be an issue on trail, so I put connectors on that I can pull the cowl, unsnap it, and re-connect it bypassing the tether until I get home. I got upset with it when I couldn't get it seated right in the warm fall with warm, ungloved hands. I could see how pissed off I was going to be on the Tug, in -20, fudging with the damn thing.

 

[Lman69]

I've done the same as well just in case I can't get it working.

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[Lman69]

I also meant on trail and not trailer.

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[jamieren]

If I follow the wires back from the tether, there is a connection I can take apart and jump the wires. Having done this there is still no power - does this rule the tether out, or would I need to replace the tether itself to know?