which direction should the motor turn

[azguero]

sorry if the title sounds stupid, I am new to 3 wheelers, my recoil is all undone and ive spent maybe a total of an hour looking over my new (well not even close to new) Yamaha and on the last one had the same issue where there was no recoil attached, when I pushed it forward while in gear the, well I don't even know its called that the rope wraps around but whatever it is that seems to want to roll forward (the top of it ) want to go in the forward direction, so id started my last one like that, BUUT when I look at the recoil it seem to me like the recoil would spin it the other way, have I been starting them backward this whole time, and is that extremely bad for them? again sorry if this seems like a stupid question but that's also probably why im only allowed to post in this section

[jb2wheels]

Engine rotates forward - that is, CCW when looking at it from the left side.

Basically, the same direction as the tires when going forward.

[old-yellow]

Welcome to the forum, looks like you got yourself a YT125 or a YT175 trimoto and just like jb2wheels said it will turn counterclockwise if you need more help let me know.

[old-yellow]

Heres a link to some manuals http://www.oscarmayer.net/atc/manuals/

[azguero]

ok that's what I though especially since I was push starting it in the beginning which was a huge pain since in the snow all it wants to do is slide, now what really gets me is the recoil itself seems as though it would spin it clockwise if looking at it from the left side of the trike so I want to be sure that I wasn't starting it wrong, yes it is a 125 tri moto, the pics I have are of the first one I had about a month ago, I got rid of it since it was a nightmare, but I just picked up another one with more issues for 100.00 from my father in law, and since its now getting warmer im going to keep it and fix it up, oh and I literally just saw the link to the manuals thanks for the reply ill try to take a pic of the recoil

[old-yellow]

here a pic of the recoil as you can see there's an black permanent marker arrow on the direction it should turn, i also highlighted the roller wheel to make sure you have one in your recoil.

[azguero]

ok so here's the recoil and as it can be seen the finger that grabs while facing me is grabbing counter clockwise so when I flip it around to install it it will grab clockwise and start the motor in the wrong direction so that's what causes me the confusion

[old-yellow]

hope this helps

[azguero]

yes it helps since it shows that even though our recoils are pretty much mirrored on the casing, with yours having the roller on it it makes it spin the same way, so in that aspect it raises the question of, it the motor should turn in the direction of the wheels, once these recoils are flipped around to be installed the tab or finger or whatever its called, will rotate the motor in the opposite direction of the wheels (clockwise) which is what originally made me think that I may have been starting it backward

[old-yellow]

the reason my pics are reversed from yours is because am using my laptop to take the pics, but know matter what the motor turns counterclockwise.

[azguero]

ok heres a pic with the rope wrapped around as if I was going to start it, also I have set the recoil next to it to show that the tab is facing the same direction, so if I were to turn it around and install it (once I rewind the spring) it will change the direction of how the motor is spinning

[azguero]

so my recoil might be backward from what it should be then, because I understand which way the motor should turn, so I haven't been trying to start it backward, which the replys absolutely helped with verifying that, (thanks for the replys) when I had my first one it seemed like it was trying to run backward because everytime it would go to fire it would rip the handle out of my hand and almost break my arm and hand, looking at this one it is the same recoil as the last one, and when I put it all back together its going to turn that motor clockwise im tempted to just keep using the rope but I don't want to have to carry a rope in my pocket everywhere, especially if I trail register (if I even can)

[old-yellow]

I think that your over thinking this one, the rope would come from the top of the recoil pulley around the roller wheel and out, not from the bottom of the recoil pulley like your thinking i hope this makes sense

[azguero]

ok so I thought about maybe I could be overthinking it, I went out and looked again and just from how your tab looked, mine looked wrong, and thinking about how they were like reverse images, my tab was in the wrong spot I took it out and put it in the slot to the left and now I think its right so yea this all helped and thanks to a different 3ww post I know how to rewind the spring so thanks a lot, I think after an hour or so of actually tinkering with this thing illhave the recoil back on, again thanks a lot