Category Archives: Honda Rancher

Need help with a 04 rancher

I have a 04 rancher that was ran with very little oil. It started to smoke and the bike was shut off. I added oil and started it back up and rode it for about 5 minutes. It was still smoking so I did a compression test. It tested 120psi and the spark plugs is covered in oil. Any help to what I’m looking at would be greatly appreciated.

Lost Key!

I have a 2004 Honda Rancher… TRX400FA. I bought if from a buddy, who bought it from a guy he worked with. It came with one key, and my wife has lost it! The key only had one single number on it. Is that the code needed to order a new key? Is there another way to figure out the code, cause I’m only 97% sure of the number that was on the key! Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! 🙁

Rancher 350 low power

My 2004 rancher 350 always ran good but never had the low end power of my buddy’s 350s! She’s still quick and can keep up with everyone but I couldn’t spin 24s as good as they could spin 25s! I have 25s on er now and she had a lot of power loss so I’m wondering what could be wrong because she suffers! My friends dad cleaned the carb and found no dirt or damage but after he put it back in he must have got dirt in it because my bike shut off when I hit water and died and wouldn’t move under her own power without choke on! Took it apart and found dirt, cleaned it, put it back in and she died again in water! She started to shut off while idleing just like the kill switch is hit randomly but she starts right back up but runs really rough which she never ever did before! He did break an o ring on the pilot screw but replaced it when he cleaned he carb! So I’m wondering how to get the bike idleing good again and then the primary problem of not as much low end power! Going across bog and when she hits wet soupy bog she just can’t spin the tires in secound gear!! Any ideas?

Rancher 350 low power

My 2004 rancher 350 always ran good but never had the low end power of my buddy’s 350s! She’s still quick and can keep up with everyone but I couldn’t spin 24s as good as they could spin 25s! I have 25s on er now and she had a lot of power loss so I’m wondering what could be wrong because she suffers! My friends dad cleaned the carb and found no dirt or damage but after he put it back in he must have got dirt in it because my bike shut off when I hit water and died and wouldn’t move under her own power without choke on! Took it apart and found dirt, cleaned it, put it back in and she died again in water! She started to shut off while idleing just like the kill switch is hit randomly but she starts right back up but runs really rough which she never ever did before! He did break an o ring on the pilot screw but replaced it when he cleaned he carb! So I’m wondering how to get the bike idleing good again and then the primary problem of not as much low end power! Going across bog and when she hits wet soupy bog she just can’t spin the tires in secound gear!! Any ideas?

Rancher 350 low power

My 2004 rancher 350 always ran good but never had the low end power of my buddy’s 350s! She’s still quick and can keep up with everyone but I couldn’t spin 24s as good as they could spin 25s! I have 25s on er now and she had a lot of power loss so I’m wondering what could be wrong because she suffers! My friends dad cleaned the carb and found no dirt or damage but after he put it back in he must have got dirt in it because my bike shut off when I hit water and died and wouldn’t move under her own power without choke on! Took it apart and found dirt, cleaned it out it back in and she died again in water! She started to shut off while idleing just like I hit the kill switch but she started right back up but runs really rough which she never ever did before! He did break an o ring on the pilot screw but replaced it when he cleaned he carb! So I’m wondering how to get the bike idleing good again and then the primary problem of not as much low end power! Going across bog and when she hits wet soupy bog she just can’t paint the tires in secound gear!! Any ideas?

Rancher 350 low power

My 2004 rancher 350 always ran good but never had the low end power of my buddy’s 350s! She’s still quick and can keep up with everyone but I couldn’t spin 24s as good as they could spin 25s! I have 25s on er now and she had a lot of power loss so I’m wondering what could be wrong because she suffers! My friends dad cleaned the carb and found no dirt or damage but after he put it back in he must have got dirt in it because my bike shut off when I hit water and died and wouldn’t move under her own power without choke on! Took it apart and found dirt, cleaned it out it back in and she died again in water! She started to shut off while idleing just like I hit the kill switch but she started right back up but runs really rough which she never ever did before! He did break an o ring on the pilot screw but replaced it when he cleaned he carb! So I’m wondering how to get the bike idleing good again and then the primary problem of not as much low end power! Going across bog and when she hits wet soupy bog she just can’t paint the tires in secound gear!! Any ideas?

2013 rancher coil starter

I had an 06 rancher and it had the manual pull starter on it.My 2013 does not.I was going to buy one for $150 and then figured out if my battery dies it will not start with a manual pull start anyway. So I was looking at a back up battery pack to jump the wheeler if need be. I am looking at a 300 amp battery pack.Can I go bigger 400 amp or more or how high would / can you go ?

2007 420 won’t display reverse gear

Alright, awhile back my boyfriends 2008 Honda rancher 420 had shifting issues. His battery was bad, shift motor really nasty inside, and the shift angle sensor had high resistance when we checked it. So we replaced the battery and sensor and cleaned the shift motor and put new grease inside. It’s been great until the other day. When you shift into reverse you can hear it shift but the display only shows a — and the reverse light does not come on but it does move backwards. But tonight we were looking for beavers and he shut it off in reverse (no idea why) but when we went to leave it wouldn’t shift into neutral and it wouldn’t start either when he held the brake and tried starting it. Any ideas what could be wrong, especially with the reverse indicator? Any help is appreciated, I searched everywhere but didn’t find anything