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Back in the day, bars by me were open till 4am. I was never late for work.
I start at 5am......LOL
 
I would leave the bar when it closed, then head down the street to the private after-hours club. Hang there till the bars opened back up. Cycle of life.
 
Ddaddy said:
WTF happened??
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dartnabout said:
What? Geesh man. Are you sure you are ok?
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dartnabout said:
You better get checked out. I know I am still dealing with my Memorial day adventure and I am glad you guys and others talked me into getting checked out. SO go get checked!
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goldfish65 said:
Oh no, I hope you are okay, Chris.
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krazykuda said:
Are you gonna be ok???
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krazykuda said:
I hope you didn't screw up your screwed up back....
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Thanks all.


As to what happened, not really sure yet. I've got a Yamaha 4 wheeler, had it for about 10 years now. I was sitting on it with both kids taking them on a little slow putt putt ride around the yard. Been running fine for about 20 minutes. We were sitting stopped talking to my wife , I reached down and took it from park to drive and suddenly it went full throttle without anyone touching it. I grabbed all three brakes, front , rear and and trans brake and still couldn't stop. I couldn't get it slowed down or turned, all I could manage to do in the 20-30 feet before smoking the heavy duty live stock paneling fence and rolling was hold tight on to both kids and try turning . We caught the fence with the left side, being 4x4, the left side climbed the panels, right right dug into the dirt and over it went. Threw me and the kids off, I managed to lock me legs as I hit and keep the thing from coming top of us, it came to rest ontop of the fence post. Kids were on top of me, not even a scratch or bump. They were a little scared. I'm beat up pretty good and my back sure didn't get fixed in the process but I think everyone is ok

Neighbors came running, wife screaming while big scene.


We got the thing flipped back over, it has a safety kill switch for roll overs, reset that and it fired right up but goes straight to full throttle. I'm wondering if something broke on the carb and it went to straight wide open throttle. I know there is a cable from the gear shifter to the carb throttle that opens the blades up a tiny bit when you put it in gear to increase the rpms, I'm gonna check and see if that broke or maybe the throttle return spring broke. Either way, that was one scary and painful ride
 
Glad you are all ok Chris.
Now do the American thing and claim defective product and sue.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Thanks all.


As to what happened, not really sure yet. I've got a Yamaha 4 wheeler, had it for about 10 years now. I was sitting on it with both kids taking them on a little slow putt putt ride around the yard. Been running fine for about 20 minutes. We were sitting stopped talking to my wife , I reached down and took it from park to drive and suddenly it went full throttle without anyone touching it. I grabbed all three brakes, front , rear and and trans brake and still couldn't stop. I couldn't get it slowed down or turned, all I could manage to do in the 20-30 feet before smoking the heavy duty live stock paneling fence and rolling was hold tight on to both kids and try turning . We caught the fence with the left side, being 4x4, the left side climbed the panels, right right dug into the dirt and over it went. Threw me and the kids off, I managed to lock me legs as I hit and keep the thing from coming top of us, it came to rest ontop of the fence post. Kids were on top of me, not even a scratch or bump. They were a little scared. I'm beat up pretty good and my back sure didn't get fixed in the process but I think everyone is ok

Neighbors came running, wife screaming while big scene.


We got the thing flipped back over, it has a safety kill switch for roll overs, reset that and it fired right up but goes straight to full throttle. I'm wondering if something broke on the carb and it went to straight wide open throttle. I know there is a cable from the gear shifter to the carb throttle that opens the blades up a tiny bit when you put it in gear to increase the rpms, I'm gonna check and see if that broke or maybe the throttle return spring broke. Either way, that was one scary and painful ride
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Keep in mind when that sudden acceleration, turn the ignition key off...

The first Mopar Nationals that we went to, we met some guys with a 440 6 pack coronet and they invited us to cruise in their car with them...

We went cruising in Ann Arbor and gathered with some Hemi cars and a Charger R/T 440 4 bbl.... After a short while we decided to leave... As everyone was turning out of the parking lot, they hit it... A guy had a real nice 68 SS Dart green with two tone green stars in the paint job, when he came up to the stop light, it turned yellow and he nailed it and broke the tires loose through the intersection... When it was our turn, we turned out and the driver nailed it, the throttle stuck, but he kept his peace of mind and camly hit the key off... Turned out that the throttle return spring broke... Lucky the driver knew to hit the key off, then put it in neutral and get it stopped...


Glad you survived it... A little beat up, but you survived....
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Thanks all.


As to what happened, not really sure yet. I've got a Yamaha 4 wheeler, had it for about 10 years now. I was sitting on it with both kids taking them on a little slow putt putt ride around the yard. Been running fine for about 20 minutes. We were sitting stopped talking to my wife , I reached down and took it from park to drive and suddenly it went full throttle without anyone touching it. I grabbed all three brakes, front , rear and and trans brake and still couldn't stop. I couldn't get it slowed down or turned, all I could manage to do in the 20-30 feet before smoking the heavy duty live stock paneling fence and rolling was hold tight on to both kids and try turning . We caught the fence with the left side, being 4x4, the left side climbed the panels, right right dug into the dirt and over it went. Threw me and the kids off, I managed to lock me legs as I hit and keep the thing from coming top of us, it came to rest ontop of the fence post. Kids were on top of me, not even a scratch or bump. They were a little scared. I'm beat up pretty good and my back sure didn't get fixed in the process but I think everyone is ok

Neighbors came running, wife screaming while big scene.


We got the thing flipped back over, it has a safety kill switch for roll overs, reset that and it fired right up but goes straight to full throttle. I'm wondering if something broke on the carb and it went to straight wide open throttle. I know there is a cable from the gear shifter to the carb throttle that opens the blades up a tiny bit when you put it in gear to increase the rpms, I'm gonna check and see if that broke or maybe the throttle return spring broke. Either way, that was one scary and painful ride
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I would bet it's the throttle return spring...
 
This..could..have..beenworse...so..glad..the..children..and..tou..ar..ok..Chris..
 
krazykuda said:
Keep in mind when that sudden acceleration, turn the ignition key off...

The first Mopar Nationals that we went to, we met some guys with a 440 6 pack coronet and they invited us to cruise in their car with them...

We went cruising in Ann Arbor and gathered with some Hemi cars and a Charger R/T 440 4 bbl.... After a short while we decided to leave... As everyone was turning out of the parking lot, they hit it... A guy had a real nice 68 SS Dart green with two tone green stars in the paint job, when he came up to the stop light, it turned yellow and he nailed it and broke the tires loose through the intersection... When it was our turn, we turned out and the driver nailed it, the throttle stuck, but he kept his peace of mind and camly hit the key off... Turned out that the throttle return spring broke... Lucky the driver knew to hit the key off, then put it in neutral and get it stopped...


Glad you survived it... A little beat up, but you survived....
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Yeah in hindsight I wish I'd tried that. Just happened so quick and such short of area, not enough time to think or try much. I'm surprised the transbrake didn't stop it too. Plus it has 4 wheel discs. All I had locked down
 
krazykuda said:
Keep in mind when that sudden acceleration, turn the ignition key off...

The first Mopar Nationals that we went to, we met some guys with a 440 6 pack coronet and they invited us to cruise in their car with them...

We went cruising in Ann Arbor and gathered with some Hemi cars and a Charger R/T 440 4 bbl.... After a short while we decided to leave... As everyone was turning out of the parking lot, they hit it... A guy had a real nice 68 SS Dart green with two tone green stars in the paint job, when he came up to the stop light, it turned yellow and he nailed it and broke the tires loose through the intersection... When it was our turn, we turned out and the driver nailed it, the throttle stuck, but he kept his peace of mind and camly hit the key off... Turned out that the throttle return spring broke... Lucky the driver knew to hit the key off, then put it in neutral and get it stopped...


Glad you survived it... A little beat up, but you survived....
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I do know this, the whole thing has proved to me to install a kill switch like IrL and NASCAR run on their steering wheels.

Had thenthing been a manual, the clutch would have been able to be used but it's an automatic
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Yeah in hindsight I wish I'd tried that. Just happened so quick and such short of area, not enough time to think or try much. I'm surprised the transbrake didn't stop it too. Plus it has 4 wheel discs. All I had locked down
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You don't have time to think about it when it happens...

If it wasn't for my experience at the Nats with the guys in the Coronet, I would not have that stored in my memory....
 
krazykuda said:
You don't have time to think about it when it happens...

If it wasn't for my experience at the Nats with the guys in the Coronet, I would not have that stored in my memory....
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Yeah. That's for sure.
 
dukeboy_318 said:
Yeah. That's for sure.
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The funny thing about that cruise at the Nats, we were the 2nd slowest car there - and we were in a 440 6 pack!!!

the "slowest" guy was the guy with the 440 4 bbl Charger R/T....

Who would have thought you would be the slowest with a 440 4 bbl???? :BangHead:
 
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