cometic gaskets, ask erbe he sells them
Should have the COMETIC store up and finished by Monday
I feel like I'm going to end up spending a lot more buying every gasket and seal separately then I would if a bought a kit, Like Athena or winderosa.
So I'm getting all my parts limed up. Do I get the billet thrust washers with RM bearing or get the titanium thrust washers that you use with OEM bearing?
But anyway where did you get the frame fixed at? Mine is a lot worse than that but I would like to find a place that could fix it. How much something like that cost?
Cut the tubes off and replace with chromoly. Any metal shop can do it. Cost is minimum.
The frame was twisted. I purchased a used frame with fresh yellow powder coat. I paid $300 shipped. Can't beat that
Looks good. Get that flywheel hub welded up. Very cheap insurance.
The frame was twisted. I purchased a used frame with fresh yellow powder coat. I paid $300 shipped. Can't beat that
No you can't. 200 for the quad and 300 for a freshly powder coated frame. A lot of guys pay 1200 to 2000 just to start.
Good deals are falling on you like rain.
Looking good.
I'm not getting away with that much. There is a reason why the quad was $200. I have a long list of parts that went into this and it still need some TLC. I had to get a new head, water pump impeller, shaft, bearing and seal. Every bearing, seal in the engine and chassis was replaced because of wear. The frame and steering stem was bent and replaced. I replaced rear bumper and front bumper with PRM product. The cylinder had the stock bore and was so torn up it had to be bored 1mm overbore. It only cleaned up on the last .005 cut and still had a little gowge at the bottom. The lower rod bearing was good and the crank run out was under .002" on both sides, lucked out. Piston was replaced and new thrust washers and Rm250 bearing. The shift shaft had to be replaced because it was shaped like a taco. Rear shock was blown out and I rebuilt it with all new seals, bushings, O rings and my secret touch. Plastic where trash and I have only found a rear fender to replace so far. Seat was trashed and I manage to find a cover for $40 and covered it over trashed foam myself. The pipe was a poul turner with a blown out pos silencer. I found a new silencer and sanded the rust off the pipe. still need too weld a new stinger on the pipe and chrome it or paint flat black and it leaks like sive from the flange to pipe fit. A lot of powder coating was done. Tires are shot and I still need to replace. The carb slide is worn out where the idle screw stop is. I need to find a new slide. Had to replace the float needle and seat. The air filter is junk. The quad runs hard on top, little funky on bottom in 1st and 2nd gear. It has stock jetting that I will have to tinker with this week. I have almost $2000 into it so far and I'm not there yet. But she rips with that dr. Q cut billet head and PTR pipe.
You have $2000 in yours I have $1500 in just the purchase of my Zilla. I am replacing all chassis bearings and seals, ball joints and tie rods. Having cylinder bored bought a used Q pipe plastics are rough but I'm gonna restore them. Axle needs work needed an entire new clutch assembly minus the pressure plate. Will be getting a fresh bore and new piston. By the time I'm done the build will be total around $3500-$4000. So you're about half as much as me so I'd say you did pretty good. Any of these bikes you find used unless they were stored in a container in a conditioned space need pretty much everything replaced to be right. That is also unless you get a used bike off someone that actually takes care of it and keeps up with the proper maintanence which is practically impossible to find unless you want to spend $3500+ on just the used bike.
Well I guess that makes me feel a little better. But I'm gonna be dropping at least another $500 on tires, ball joints, front fender, carb slide, air filter, and brake rotor. This quad needs new pegs lowered about 3 inches and some new high rise bars. Gonna port the cylinder on next top end and q pipe it. That adds another $1000 just for pipe, bars, and pegs. Carb bore and open intake mount will add $200. It adds up.
It never ends but that's the fun of these bikes I'm finding. I did luck out and got my bike with brand new itp rims and brand new tires all the way around. Saved me $600 but then again everything on the bike needed redone. Except the frame was straight and uncracked and the bottom end and tranny are in great shape. This is only my first build on this bike after this season I'll probably invest in a custom swinger and front a arms and better suspension. I'm gonna drag this bike and do some novice mx races with it locally. Depending how I like the mx'ing will determine how my future builds are directed (drag or mx/trail). I will say this though I've not been this obsessed about getting something put together and running good about any other atv I've ever owned and I know I'll have far more pride in my bike once its together and running than I have had in anything I've owned.