yep. The rope in the cylinder did it and one of the rollers inside the driver was off track. All good now. Could not take the driver pulley off the crankshaft without taking it apart first and that was the problem I was having. There is not enough room between the frame of the cart and the end of the crankshaft to get the driver pulley off in one piece.
On this ride, I have replaced just about every piece of the front suspension, rear axle, brake, hubs, whatever the driven clutch is mounted to and all of those bearings and now the driver pulley assembly. I put rear high intensity LEDs on it. It's street driven and every kid in the 'hood has busted it up at one point or another. It has turned into an unintended hobby.
So, I did jack this thread because it was the same model as was being discussed. I am on other boards and I knew the reply would bring the thread to the top.
Fellas, thanks a ton. Appreciate the help very much.
PS: For someone9, its way out of date to answer your question on the "how to" header issue but these are available online. At one time I was going to bolt one on to this ride but I have been spending too much time rebuilding the thing to worry about the header.