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So I decided to pick up a small trailer if I could get one for the right price. I found this one for a few hundred bucks on Craig’s list. It is a galvanized trailer which is exactly what I was looking for. The wood was shot and needed some minor repairs which I could care less about as long as the chassis was good. I striped it down and put a new deck on. I had some vinyl realtree graphics that I had laying around so I added them to the fenders which I think worked out well. Very happy with this little guy. I'm having the iron workers at my jobmake me up a few lightweight side rails that will have a 22 degree bend in them to accommodate the tires that slightly hang over the edge and will incorporate some tie down points as well.

Old thread but still a great read. Thanks to all involved.

I will also be trying to find parts so I can do this to my quad in the next few months and will post videos on YouTube with tips and tricks to do this swap

I have come to this conclusion because if you look at the parts diagram the steering, a-arms, and knuckles are all the same part numbers even up to the foreman and rubicons the only difference is they’re is a “puck” instead of the cv axle as seen in this picture (it’s number 8 that I’m talking about)

I agree with Mech here! Nothing better than an OEM carb. The original is a nice litlle carb fairly simple and straight forward. i would take the original all apart inspect good for any abnormalities, clean really well put back together with the new gaskets and see how it does.

If it's got a rubber inlet manifold you want to inspect that for splits. They mostly split on the end where the carb fits in.

Your right it does sound like finniky 2 stroke behavior, a little suprized replacing the carb made no change. Probably does need an adjustment.

Nah you'll probably be right Gw.. It just sounded like two-stroke behaviour.

I thought the outlaw 50 of 2008 was 4 stroke, am i wrong.

If it starts easy and will idle for a few minutes before dying then I'd suspect the idle mixture needs adjusting. I'd strip the old crb right down though, take every brass bit out, and clean it all and then put that back on. The originals are nearly always better tuned than some generic carb made and tuned for any small bike. If it won't idle after the mixture adjust I'd check for air leaks at the inlet manifold. If it has an auto lube I'd check the pump isn't over delivering oil as well.

A few things i might look at, it possible you might have air air leak between gasket, that would cause a lean condition, it shouldnt be dirty if new, you might check the mixture adjustment screw, also check jet needle to make sure it is stable and in tact in the right clip position.

I overhauled my smaller trailer last year. The mesh deck was broken in several places and was getting rusty. Replaced the wiring harness and put in all new LED lights. The main difference is the deck is HDPE plastic sheet that I had cut up at work. It did add some weight but it will never rot.