Reverse on a 540

Post by **tyler440** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:43 am

this just randomly hit me lastnight while i was driving home....

a lot of the skidoos simply start the motor backwards to go into reverse... why couldnt we just do this on a 540 or any other 2 stroke without reverse.... on the electric starts all you would need would be another selonoid and a push button... it would be a bit harder on a 540 as you would have to wrap a rope around the primary backwards and yank..... the only thing i am worried about would be possible negative voltages from the stator?? and breaking the regular recoil from spining it backwards... from what i understand everything else should be ok to run backwards???? what do you guys think?

Post by **tyler440** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:26 am

ok so maybe the oil pump wont pump either??? the waterpump should flow water still only backwards... also will the secondary work right?