I just did an all corners wheel bearing change, new brake pads all around, bushings if needed, and the tie rod ends had a little bid of play on the inners so I went ahead and did those as well as the outer ends while I was at it.
Everything was perfect for about 2 weeks and now it’s REALLY hard to turn…
I’ve checked and re-checked everything I recently did and also anything I could think of that would cause such a problem and it all seems to check out as it should individually, but put it all back together put bike back on the ground and wham, back to near impossible to turn…
The steering turns fine in the air but not on the ground so at fist I was figuring it was the alignment, but after checking that MANY times using about 3 different methods it comes out as it should with about 3/16 toe out.
Tie rods ends are acting as they should, cv joints seem fine, suspension all checks out and plenty air in the tires… I’m left wondering if my steering shaft bearing "the lower bearing, not the upper plastic bushing" might be bad and under weight/load is binding…. I’ve tried to find a part # for that damn bearing and can’t find ANYTHING online or by phone…
I’m looking for the plastic skids for a 2012 outlander 400 EFI XT.
Many of the sites I’ve searched only show options for the 500 and up. Even BRP site says for the G1 400 contact local dealer.
What’s available for the 400 and why is it difficult to find?
I’m looking for the plastic skids for a 2012 outlander 400 EFI XT.
Many of the sites I’ve searched only show options for the 500 and up. Even BRP site says for the G1 400 contact local dealer.
What’s available for the 400 and why is it difficult to find?
New user here, but I have been feeding off the information posted for a couple months now.
I was gifted a 2001 Rubicon from my father-in-law back in June. It had apparently been run out of oil and seized. I accepted the gift (headache) with some hesitation, knowing this was likely going to be a money pit. So now it’s my problem and I’m looking for some advice on whether a rebuild would be feasible, or just bite the bullet and order a 14 hundred dollar engine/trans assembly from eBay.
This last weekend I got the top half torn apart and found several areas for concern.
1) The piston must have seized in the cylinder and the crank didn’t care much about that and ripped the skirt right off.
2) The wrist pin flopped around in the top end long enough to knock off about half of the bottom of the sleeve. I can’t save the jug at this point.
3) Somewhere in this destruction, the connecting rod bent over about 15 degrees about 1-1/2" from the top.
4) There is no sign of the piston impacting the valves, but I can definitely see light through one exhaust valve.
So there is a fair amount of metal floating around the case. Normally, that would not bother me and I would just be careful in replacing all the bearings and seals, and make sure everything was nice and tidy before doing so. But as I am reading, this HondaMatic unit sumps oil from the crank case and uses it as hydraulic fluid. I’m not exactly interested in tearing this thing apart, putting all new parts into it and getting it running only to find out that the debris has found its way into the trans unit.
So my question; Is this engine/tranny/sub-trans junk, or is my risk of rebuilding without major issue minimal?
New user here, but I have been feeding off the information posted for a couple months now.
I was gifted a 2001 Rubicon from my father-in-law back in June. It had apparently been run out of oil and seized. I accepted the gift (headache) with some hesitation, knowing this was likely going to be a money pit. So now it’s my problem and I’m looking for some advice on whether a rebuild would be feasible, or just bite the bullet and order a 14 hundred dollar engine/trans assembly from eBay.
This last weekend I got the top half torn apart and found several areas for concern.
1) The piston must have seized in the cylinder and the crank didn’t care much about that and ripped the skirt right off.
2) The wrist pin flopped around in the top end long enough to knock off about half of the bottom of the sleeve. I can’t save the jug at this point.
3) Somewhere in this destruction, the connecting rod bent over about 15 degrees about 1-1/2" from the top.
4) There is no sign of the piston impacting the valves, but I can definitely see light through one exhaust valve.
So there is a fair amount of metal floating around the case. Normally, that would not bother me and I would just be careful in replacing all the bearings and seals, and make sure everything was nice and tidy before doing so. But as I am reading, this HondaMatic unit sumps oil from the crank case and uses it as hydraulic fluid. I’m not exactly interested in tearing this thing apart, putting all new parts into it and getting it running only to find out that the debris has found its way into the trans unit.
So my question; Is this engine/tranny/sub-trans junk, or is my risk of rebuilding without major issue minimal?
I have been servicing my quads I just bought (new chain, sprockets, spark plugs) and I ran across this spark plug. It has been leaking oil so I changed the cylinder head gasket. It cleared up mostly but it still smoked. I figured it was left over oil on the manifold. I went to change the plug and found that it was not snug at all. I pulled it out to find this. I am now wondering what the other spark plug looks like :dry:
I have been servicing my quads I just bought (new chain, sprockets, spark plugs) and I ran across this spark plug. It has been leaking oil so I changed the cylinder head gasket. It cleared up mostly but it still smoked. I figured it was left over oil on the manifold. I went to change the plug and found that it was not snug at all. I pulled it out to find this. I am now wondering what the other spark plug looks like :dry:
So I was looking at my tail lights as I was walking up to my Sportsman and I got to thinking about how they may look darker given that my atv is mostly grey and black. So I went up to the part store and purchased some "VHT Night shade" spray. I decided to tape around the part that bulges up to kind of give it an evil look as if it has eyes and this is the result, thoughts?
