New Ride 2000 Arctic Cat 500

[dnifong]

update. Well, I dont believe it, but after a carb requild, several times, valve adj, timing chain and timing gear alignment, and new drive shaft boots I took it for a ride and it ran like a bat out a hell. until i put in low gear. then it runs like crap. it it obvious, put it high, runs great, put it low and it backfires and runs like crap "under throttle"

so does it have a rev limiter? my kawaski has a reverse gear limiter!!! could this bike be wired wrong? did it come with a rev limiter for low gear or reverse gear? its difinative, i tried it multiple times with same result.

btw, ive lost all brake. nothing but lever:(

thanks, dale

[swampcat07]

I can't believe the timing was off!

As far as the low gear, if they messed with the engine maybe they messed with the clutching. With the secondary mod complete the low gear is super low. So low in fact that when completing the mod I would let off the throttle and the engine breaking would bring the quad to a dead stop.

The brakes have always been an issue with the cats and they can be tricky to bleed. Make sure there is enough fluid under the seat and in the reservoir in the handle bars.

I have also noticed when you have a bearing go bad the breaks fade in and out as the wheel rotates off center. So if you have brakes every once and a while after pumping them up check your wheel bearings.

[dnifong]

Update. I adjusted the valves one more time. this time i really took my time. I made a differance with the backfiring. I removed some wiring going to the battery that did not appar to be factory. seems that it had some type of power commander. I removed it and that really helped. doesnt idle well, will backfire and shut off. It will restart and runs strong.

I changed the upper master cylinder/brake handle. still no brakes:( could not get a mechanical bleed to work:(

I painted it and had the seat recoverd. looks good:)

thanks again. dale