Stator overheated to well done!

[spock58]

Just pulled this stator out of a Grizzly 700, unreal how crispy it got! Must have something to do with the owner running it off a car battery long after the stator quit.

Anyone else see one this bad?

[quadmaniac]

Wow, I've never see one like this.

[Brent]

Mine wasn't nearly that bad.

[MarkinAR]

You sir, win the shitbox of the day award.  That's a monumental amount of heat damage.

[spock58]

Oh, it gets better! After fixing the stator, I looked at the front end and it was ugly...brakes worn right through the pad until the caliper piston contacted the disc!?

[MarkinAR]

In the last year I've bought a couple ATV's and a Nissan Altima that were all great machines...but were suffering from severe lack of maintenance.  Why is it so hard to just check routine wear items?  Grr.....

[spock58]

This quad is 15 years old and used daily by a rancher. Fortunately he brought it to me for repair before it was totally destroyed, haha!

Because of a loose ball joint I have to replace the steering knuckle/spindle and the upper A-arm as well as the brake caliper, pads, etc.

Surprising enough, the motor ran fine - even with over 10,000km & thousands of hours on it. Most Japanese quads are pretty durable.

[MarkinAR]

If not swamped, most all of the Japanese motors before the early 2000's will almost run indefinitely.  I've seen old Hondas that the rings are so gone they look like a fog machine but still run like a top.  Been playing with a BRP lately and while the power is a blast, it's just not a Japanese machine.  It likes to kill it's own parts regularly.

[RolledIt]

Wow, never seen one that bad! 😂