davefrombc

If it is stopping at very close to the top it could possibly be a valve is stuck full open for some reason and the piston is hitting it. If you had the spark plug out something could have dropped in the hole and then the piston jams between it and the head.

Should be easy to find some hose the right diameter in an industrial or automotive supply if you can't come up with an OE hose. A lot easier replacing a straight one than one with some bends in it. You might even find some the right diameter in a plumbing supply.

Sounds like it is not getting the gas for some reason. Have you checked to be sure the gas line is not plugged? The new carb.... Is it new or just new to you ? It could also have a problem with plugged jets or stuck float / float needle blocking the gas.

Cell phone batteries can be recharged if you have a 12v outlet on your quad and a 12v to USB adapter and phone charger cord with you. Most cell phones with GPS do rely on a cell signal to work, but still having one with you and a GPS app is a lot better than not having one. for those who have a tablet or even a notebook sized PC that they take on a side by side or other larger ATV there are USB powered GPS receivers that work with several GPS programs available for them. One thing none of us has mentioned that is a good accessory to have with you is an FRS / GMRS transceiver. They're great for a group to keep in contact if they're spread out a bit, and for HAMs there are a lot of very inexpensive hand helds. Either could be handy to have in an emergency where a search is necessary.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone . .Make it a Happy and Safe one. If you imbibe some Christmas cheer make that one for the road a taxi.

I bought myself a Garmin Montana 680 and the Backroad GPS maps for BC for Christmas .. Now all I have to do is learn how to use them The BackRoad Mapbooks program I have has extensive coverage of roads and trails throughout BC.. They have versions on micro SD cards covering nearly all of Canada. They also offer print versions of the map books. I don't know if there are US versions of the program I got, but if there is, I would recommend one because of their detail. There are several cell phone maps apps available and like most , if not all states there are also maps in varying detail that can be downloaded from government sites for free.

Plug kit and compressor here too. Along with a multi-driver screw drive, spark plug wrench, pliers, A home made set of ATV jumper cables, and a small set of common combination wrenches. I also have a tow strap and 12v to 5v USB plug and USB A to mini and micro USB cables to charge cell phones and accessories, and finally, a small LED flashlight. It sounds like a lot when listed but all those fit in the built in storage compartment in the rear. I also have a compact shovel and hatchet strapped to the front rack. I have a cheap saddle bag that fits over the gas tank to carry gloves, clear and sun glasses. I added two accessory sockets to my quad, one front and one rear to power my GPS and any other 12v accessory I might have with me on any outing. That is the basic, always on the quad, set up. Anything else I carry depends on the outing.

Check the downloads section. You'll find one there .

Either rings or valves.. Check the valves to be sure neither of them are being held open by maladjusted valve lash . If they are set correctly then it is most likely a ring problem. There is a way to check to see if blow by is due to a bent or burnt valve or rings. It requires a compressor though .. You bring the piston to exactly top dead center on compression. Connect and air hose to the spark plug hole and apply pressure. If you are at top dead center, the piston will not move down.... any off either side of TDC and you have to try again because the piston will move down and a valve will open. Once you have the piston TDC and pressure in the cylinder you will be able to tell if pressure is getting by the valves and escaping out the carburettor or is coming out of the crankcase breather because of bad rings.

I would suspect the neutral safety switch is faulty. If it fails open it will not allow the starter to run.

Couldn't do anything with the vin .. It wasn't recognized by the c decoders , but I did find the companies address in China .. You could try contacting them directly and see if they can help identify it and any dealers they have in the US or Canada. Their web addy is http://zhouyongjian.company.weiku.com/ I see there are cracks in the frame need welding up before he rides it .

Just use screw drivers that are a proper fit for the slots. When you screw in the jets they only need to be seated snugly. . Do not over tighten them. Turn down until they seat and that's it.

I'm not sure what your smoke is .. It could be from ring blow by if it is smoke from fuel actually igniting even though the motor refuses to start or it could be water vapor if there is a lot of humidity and cold air from the crank case " breathing". There will be movement in and out of the crankcase as the piston moves up and down in the bore. You normally don't see that because the crankcase breather is normally connected to the air box so it is "breathing " clean air and it is the only way the air has access to the crank case. The reason this happens is because as the piston rises to the top of the bore for intake or exhaust it is in effect making the airspace inside the motor greater, so air comes in to fill that space. When the piston moves down in the intake stroke or power stroke , it effectively makes the air space in the crank case smaller, compressing the air in there which then vents out through the breather tube to the air box. There isn't a great deal of air exchanged during each cycle , but if that breather was plugged, any ring blow by would build pressure in the crank case and soon blow the seals in the motor. Under perfect conditions of zero blow by, you would never get crank case pressure build up since the piston moving in the bore would only slightly raise and lower crank case pressure as the volume changed up and down with the stroke. Long story to say that light air flow you find is perfectly normal and expected.

America needs to do is go back to the tax regime of the '50's where corporations and the rich needed to reinvest in their companies and charities ( " social programs" were never mentioned as such because of military / industrial propaganda demonizing anything "social" with the dreaded Communism and Socialism of the time) I'm afraid anyone looking for the GOP tax cuts to be good for those in the middle and lower incomes is going to be sadly disappointed. Removing the controls on lenders and cutting taxes on the big business and the 1% is going to lead to the deficits ballooning and another big crash such as was caused by Reagan's "trickle down " voodoo economics . America needs to invest in education, healthcare and infrastructure. It certainly doesn't need another big jump in military spending and tax breaks for the rich; neither of which do a thing for the well being of the population. Without education to develop and use the technology and new products or the infrastructure to carry those goods to market Americans are going to keep falling behind as they see the advances others are making. What good are new stealth military aircraft when bridges are falling down and streets are crumbling?

Good luck if you think the GOP and tRump's " tax cuts" are going to put any more money in your pocket unless you are part of the 1%. I'll take our Canadian single payer healthcare system. Paid for through taxes that cost us far less than any plan in the US. No co-pay, we choose our doctor, no exclusions for pre-existing conditions and no caps. It's not perfect by any means , but everyone is covered and nobody has to go broke because they had the audacity to have a child or get sick or injured.

Bogging under part throttle is almost always due to fuel starvation. Clean the carb again.. Look for tiny jets plugged.. Some orifices are easy to miss. Use "canned air" to blow our passages if you don't have a source of compressed air.. Welders tip cleaner sets have wires that fit nearly every jet and orifice.

You can make your own spacers out of aluminum round stock . Drill and tap the spacers if you're going to weld them on; otherwise through drill them and deepen the holes in the case to re-thread them. . Use sealant on the new bolts if you break into the interior of the case. Make sure new bolts don't interfere with the internal parts. If welding spacers on the case, be very careful not to warp the case or damage the bearing and seal behind the output sprocket.

Is there enough depth left in the bolt holes to deepen the threads enough to hold a new guard on ? You might be able to drill them a little deeper if necessary and if you break into the interior of the case , you could use sealant on the bolts . You'd need to make sure the bolts are long enough to hold without being so long as to not tighten down if the bottom out or interfere with the internals if they holes got right into the interior of the case. I'd smooth out both mounting points and cut spacers to bring them out to original length if you can find a new, old stock or used guard, or if unable to do that fab up a new sprocket guard yourself.

Just how dry is the county considering the history of the area ? Old traditions and thirsts die hard and there's all sorts of us like reviving some old traditions. Somehow I can picture quads replacing the old hot rods albeit on a much smaller scale

I'd weld up the crack and also gusset to both bars

I don't think the idler gear could fall out without the cases being split apart. If you couldn't find anything else loose in there that could have fallen down and interfered with rotor and one way clutch behind it . I don't know where the noise would have been coming from.. As I said, I've never had to tear one apart, so I can only make semi-educated guesses from my automotive experience. Try rotating the gear train that makes the clutch engage to start the engine and see if you notice any noise or roughness there .. I doubt it will engage the motor and lock up to start since the rotation speed would be so slow and I think the one way clutch would need a fairly fast rotation to engage.

Likely something in the gearing for the starter. That would be why it was locking up with the starter in place.

Check the Warrior service manual in the downloads section for a wiring diagram. Possibly the start relay is faulty. Since you have changed all the ignition components , it must be something in the circuit is open.

Did you also change the pick up (trigger) coil and check the spark plug ? Often it is just the pick up that fails.

I haven't had to mess with the ignition and cam timing on a quad motor so I cannot be sure , but I believe the sprockets are keyed to the shafts and are not adjustable. I believe about the only thing that could take them partially off center would be wear on the sprocket teeth and chain stretch.. Neither should have a great effect on the timing and how the engine responds.. If the chain jumped a tooth or more due to wear and a loose slack adjuster, I believe the timing would be much farther out and the motor would be greatly effected at all speeds from idle up. I don't believe that is your problem. The most likely is fuel problems , with a much less likely possibility of weak spark.