Hello All,

I am by no means mechanically inclined so I will try my best to describe my issue. I will use some terms that I found on the internets and hope I am using them correctly.

I don't use my quad very much so things take awhile to manifest themselves. Two years ago I swamped my quad. I took it in and had it cleaned out professionally (fluids, filters etc).

Ever since then it has no low end torque. It takes forever to rev up until it hits a certain rpm (no tach so I don't know what that rpm is) then takes off as the torque kicks in...until you shift the gears when it then takes awhile for it to rev up until it hits that rpm and it kicks in. Now this I can live with. I can hit 40 mph or higher if I was stupid enough.

Other times it will rev slowly as before but only to a certain rpm then that's it, won't rev any higher (say, if 6000 rpm is max then it will only go to 3000 rpm and then stay there). I shift gears and it then slowly revs again to probably the same rpm and that's it. I can only get about 20 mph in 5th gear, full throttle on a straight level road. I hope I made a bit of sense there.

The carburetor has been cleaned and rebuilt, new spark plug.

does anybody have an idea what may cause this lack of torque and limiting rpms?

Also, a bonus question...my reverse shift cable is seized. The OEM part is $225. Does anyone know of a work around? Yes, I am cheap.

Thanks for any help.