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davefrombc

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  1. I keep 1 or 2 amp maintainers on all my batteries that aren't used regularly . One is on my quad, one on my riding mower, one on a jump stater / air compressor pack and one on my 3/4 tom 4x4. They're far cheaper than replacing batteries that have lost capacity or completely failed because they sulphated up from self discharge while the machines sat idle for extended periods. A battery kept charged up on a maintainer can last several years while one allowed to sit at less than full charge may fail within a year or two.
  2. I just finished watching a "Meet the Press" interview with Nikki Haley. Like all politicians she managed to talk a lot without ever giving a direct "Yes" or "No" answer to any question, but I can say President Biden best hope he has to run against tRump and not her in November. Haley stands head and shoulders above tRump in intellect and capability. Whether she would moderate some of the hard right stances she has taken on some issues if she gained the Presidency or not is a question but if she managed to take the GOP nomination she would be a very real threat to a Biden second term and most likely take it away from him. The man-child tRump is increasingly being seen as the disgusting loser he is; even among some of his old supporters on the far right.
  3. The dimensions of that battery are shown in the amazon ad.Measure your battery box to see if it will fit .. If you search for a battery for the specific year and model it should take you to ads for compatible batteries .
  4. Put the battery on a charger to charge it right up.. If it was left for a couple of months without a battery maintainer on it the charge on it could have been very low and a 20 minute charge from the quad's system would not likely bring it to anywhere near a full charge. I just did a search on your battery and the recommended battery for your quad. Your battery is woefully inadequate for that machine. It is rated for 120 cold cranking amps and likely only 9 amp hours reserve. Specs for your quad calls for a battery with 210 CCA and 14 Ah reserve. The little battery in your scrambler might start ok when the battery is full charged and in warm weather , but in the cold it is not likely going to do well even if fully charged.
  5. Yes he is old- A year older than me; but he is still far more aware and capable than tRump. Fact is tRump first tried to use a run for the Presidential nomination as a ploy to put his name out there for business promotion. Remember his vow to spend his own money on his campaign? When he actually won the nomination, the GOP paid all the campaign expenses. When he actually won the real milking the presidency to line the pockets of himself and his family.. Whether you want to believe it or not, Biden is respected internationally and tRump is viewed as an incompetent laughing stock and a threat to your "democracy". I too would like to see younger contenders but as it is it looks like you are going to have the choice of an old , capable honest man and a 4 year "younger" grifter facing 91 felony charges.
  6. Most of the world sees that in tRump, not Biden. But go ahead and enjoy your very misleading Youtube videos.
  7. Yes a strong US is beneficial to Canada; but that is the only thing you got right. tRump will weaken the US, not strengthen it and by the way , you golden god is only 4 years younger than Biden physically. Mentally tRump is a spoiled brat 2 year old throwing tantrums every time he doesn't get his own way.
  8. Bull sh** it was better. tRump was NOT a strong President. and the US has been far stronger economically and healthwise under Biden. Get off the extreme right misinformation sites and look up the real facts. He was a sucker to the likes of Putin and Xi. By the way , quadmaniac, I m Canadian, and last time I looked Canada is a lot larger part of North America physically but much smaller in population.
  9. quadmaniac and johnii mistake bullshit and bluster for strength.. In fact they are signs of weakness. tRump would be a gift to Xi, Putin and Kim. All they have to do is stroke his ego and that narcissist wsill give them everything they want. Really listen to him. He wants to be a dictator; he has already praised the 3 big dicttors and made threats against everyone at home that appears to be any threat to him and said he wants to be "Dictator for a day" and take revenge on all who opposed him.. You accuse Biden of being addled but he is not the one that confused Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi. He mixes up states , has claimed there were aircraft during the Civil War. Really listen to his rants at his rallies. Half of his babble is incomprehensible. In a way, I prefer to see tRump running against Biden. Nikki Haley would have a better chance of beating him. Despite what the right cliams, if you look at the economics of the tRump years and Biden's Biden's administration has posted far superior numbers for job creation , market levels and every other economic indicator. He is far more respected and capable dealing internationally than the sadly laughable tRump. Yes, like many others I would like to see younger contenders on both sides, but if the worst happens to Biden in the next 4 years , Kamala Harris is more than capable of doing a good job if she had to step into the Presidency. I shudder to think what toady tRump will nominate for a running mate. He certainly won't choose anyone he perceives to be capable of being a threat to him. I would like some other international members here speak up with their opinions.. It shouldn't be only Mech and me commenting. What happens in the US affects us all in the US's trading community.
  10. There's a huge difference in 91 felony indictments and none. There's a difference between fomenting an insurrection because you lost an d a peaceful handover of power; and there's a difference between using both the Bible and Constitution as toilet paper and honoring them both. But despite all the evidence MAGAts refuse to believe any of it. Sorry Johnii, neither Jacinda nor Justin have anywhere near the dictatorial power over their parties or our nations that an American President has. You really need to learn the difference between a parliamentary democracy and your republican version.
  11. I wonder how many are going to be able to see the truth through all the lies, misinformation and disinformation this election is going to be severely plastered with. The rise of AI generated crap is going to be even harder for far too many to sort through,especially for those that have great difficulty letting facts interfere with their beliefs.
  12. Have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS ! Happy and Safe HOLIDAYS everyone. !
  13. The float could be stuck partly open or misadjusted. about the only thing I can think of otherwise is if there is a drain valve on the floatbowl bottom it could be stuck open by a bit of debris if you pushed the button to let a little fuel/ water out.
  14. I've mentioned this in other threads, but a handy tool is an inline spark tester. Sometimes a spark test in free air ( spark plug out of the cylinder) will show a spark, but it will fail under compression.
  15. Cheetah, Did you have the entire starter assembly out or just the starter? On some bikes the sprag ( the part in #4 that looks like a roller bearing) can be put in wrong way round. Those "rollers" are actually an oval shape. Turned in one direction the cam out and jam against the bore they run in and turn the assembly to start the motor. When the motor runs it is faster than the starter turns allowing those "rollers" to drop down and free the assembly. If you had the whole assembly part and put that sprag in wrong way round it would let the starter spin the assembly without locking up and turning the motor over. If that is the case, testing it like Mech suggested , you'd find turning the starter shaft forward it would turn freely but if you turned it back it would lock up, trying to turn the motor in reversed rotation.
  16. The large size combination wrenches are handy to have.. Most bolts and nuts from about 1" / 25.4 mm up to 2" / 50.8 mm can be handled by those wrenches without having to also have a set of metric wrenches of the same sizes. My inner nuts on my Honda rear axle were either handled by my 1 !/2 wrench also, I believe.. Like GW, It was a while ago and I'm not sure which one it was .. Torque specs are fine if you have a specialized torque wrench that you could use, but not necessary. Snugged up solid , and checked to be sure nothing has loosened up after a few hours of running will do.
  17. Increased resistance at the starter would not cause the voltage drop.. No need to pull the starter to test it .. Take a good battery and use jumper cables to connect to ground ad directly to the positive terminal on the starter to see if it spins up properly . The battery reading dropping to 2 v.... is that the reading at the battery positive post? A bad connection internally could cause the voltage to drop like that as soon as the battery is put under load.. Double check all your connections are clean and tight, and test once more , but my money is on either a shorted cell or an break internally at the positive battery post that causes it to only have a minimal connection that will not pass a high current. Either way , the battery would be toast.
  18. Flooded batteries are fine in stationary and automotive use where they are less subjected to the pounding and occasional dumping over as they get in quads and bikes . SLA are better in ATVs, but the most reliable in them,, in my opinion,, are the AGMs. They have no liquid that can be spilled when our ATVs are ridden a little too hard. (We'd never do that , would we?) They are far less prone to any leakage that could cause corrosion at the terminals or elsewhere near the battery. They are far less prone to damage from vibration and shock from hard riding. Kept charged up with a maintainer or from frequent use and parked fully charged between uses they should last as long or longer than any of the others. They are a bit more expensive, but I believe their advantages outweigh the cost.
  19. I assumed Ejwill would recharge the battery before trying to start the quad again.. Even a brand new battery run down and left discharged for too long can be destroyed or at least have its capacity greatly reduced by sulfation. That's why I recommend battery maintainers / tenders. A battery kept up by a maintainer should last a lot longer than 3 years. One left in a partially discharged or completely flat can be destroyed in a year or a lot less.
  20. The biggest killer of all forms of lead/acid batteries is letting them sit, especially if they are not fully charged to start with. Sulfate builds up on the plates as they discharge and it hardens as it sits. Recharging a badly sulfated battery ,especially using a "desulfating" cycle can make some of that hardened sulfate flake off instead of going back into solution and shorting a cell. That reading of 11.4 volts ,could be because of a shorted cell, and be the cause of the "chatter" when trying to start the quad. A decent maintainer used on the battery when the quad is laid up will keep the battery charged up and extend its life many fold. If it is a shorted cell the battery is toast. Don't bother trying any of the "miracle" battery "rejunenators" you occasionally see advertised for sulfated or shorted cell batteries. They don't work. Buy a good maintainer when you buy a new battery and use it when the quad is laid up . The same goes for riding lawnmowers , boats or any other RV or yard equipment that may sit for more than a week or so at a time.
  21. Are you sure the motor is seized and not something else jamming it ?
  22. Most starters run the same direction whether they are wired straight or reversed. There are motors built to be easily reversible by shifting the position of the brushes on the commutator. Accidental shifting of brushes on a motor not designed for it could still cause it to reverse.
  23. It may be the brushes have been reversed, changing the polarity. Have you had them out and accidentally switched them ( and their wiring) when putting them back? If the starter was like that when you got the machine , you could try switching them to see if that fixes it.. I don't know of any other way it would reverse.
  24. Just a small problem. Those bridge rectifiers would not work to rectify and regulate the output of a quad's stator. You would need 3 of them just to rectify the output of the stator. Then you need circuity to smooth those voltage pulses from the 3 phases, and a regulator chip to limit that voltage to between 13.2 to 14.6 to actually charge the battery. There's a lot more circuitry inside that little rectifier/regulator box than you realize.
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