freerida69a

My friend bought a jato 2.5 a couple years ago and it has ran pretty good until now(he hasnt driven it much maybe 2 gallons max, I completely tore it downand seled the engine i put it back in it last night and put the carb back to factory settings. it fired up pretty easily but the easy start just spins most of the time, it will catch and turn it over and i can get it started within 2-3 minutes of turing it over, but why does it spin!? one way bearing?!? and once it does fitre up the rear wheels have to be not touching the ground for it to idle. truck runs like a bat out of hell when you tune it but i have to be careful because it will die if not on the gas(idle screw set to 1 mm) any help at all would be appreciated as i have a broken leg and its hard to run to it all the time and geter going! thanks guys sorry for the novel.....

usa98030

Check the clutch shoes if they are broken.

freerida69a

k im not very familiar with clutches, so which one? the clutch bell one on the motor or the slipper? can you explain why it will cut out when the wheels touch if its the clutch i dont understand....

shadowblade945

I had exactly the same problem with my HPI Firestorm and the problem was that my clutch spring had broken and was not allowing the gear to disengage. This makes the engine stall/die if you force it to stay still and a pain in the rear to start because its starting under a load. I ended up replaceing the stock 2 shoe clutch with the 3 shoe carbon clutch for the Savage. $15 bucks and problem solved. Not sure if it will fit a jato tho, but i bet someone around here will

freerida69a

ok, the clutch shoes were worn out, they were flat 90% of it then there was a bige ridge that wasnt worn, so it was grabbing. Anyways does anyone have an idea why my ez start just spins and doesnt turn the motor over? whenever i clean the shaft where the owb is it usually rolls over good until gas somehow gets on it.