davefrombc

My condolences; and no, I will not be watching his inauguration.

We'll see who is looking through foggy glasses beginning tomorrow. As far as Clinton being involved in suspicious deaths , all the accusations against her are coming from the ERW; even family members of the victims discount any involvement by the Clintons. Clinton may be, and most likely is guilty of a quick temper.. I know a lot of people who are, but that does not make her guilty of murder or any other illegal activity. She has not been tried, let alone convicted of anything .. Trump, on the other hand has been tried and convicted of bad business practices, and faces more accusations in court than any other President in history. You have a very one sided and not very accurate view of what the two political parties have done for the common guy over their administrations. There have been good and bad on both sides, and the leanings of the Dems and GOP have made a nearly 180 degree swap since the '60's.. The GOP was the party of the people, and the Dems , especially the Good ole boy Southern Dems were the segregationists and party of the elite.. Now the roles have been reversed, and that reversal started in the 60's. Try doing some reading and news watching in the main stream and stay away from the extremists. . That advice is for those on both sides of the political fence. The truth is out there , but you won't get it from the likes of Breitbart or any of the others who wrap themselves in the flag and spout conspiracy theories and outright lies for sensationalism. Of the popular news services , Fox is the least likely to stick to facts, although the others tend to favor one view or the other to some degree. The same can be said of those on the far left. There are the far left nut case publications both in print and online that are no better with fact and truth then those on the far right.

Randy , to see the difference between seeing Putin as a hunting / fishing friend or one you can trust at all just search on " Putin polonium " if you don't recall events in the UK in 2006 that Putin was accused of ordering. What I have against Putin is that those that don't agree with him or actively oppose him have a strange habit of turning up dead. Putin is ruthless in his control of Russia, and in his desire to hold sway over other nations. If you didn't bother to search on Putin and polonium, I'll make it simple for you and give you a link to click. Litvinenko isn't the only one to die or end up in a Russian prison because he opposed Putin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko

Randy , to see the difference between seeing Putin as a hunting / fishing friend or one you can trust at all just search on " Putin polonium " if you don't recall events in the UK in 2006 that Putin was accused of ordering.

Randy , I too see far more out there from "conservatives" than from "liberals", in fact the conservatives I see the most from are the ERW.. They are the ones trying everything they can to stop anything they equate with "socialism" whether it is in the interest of the country or not .. They cannot take themselves out of the old cold war and the rhetoric of those days. Moderate conservatives seem to be afraid to speak up against the radicals, maybe for fear of being branded with that terrible "liberal or socialist / progressive" name they demonize the Dems with. When you talk to people in China, Malaysia and Europe, you tend to get a different perspective on how they live and view their governments than what you get from the ERW's ravings.

There is a tremendous difference between friends going fishing,hunting or participating any other sport or activity, and politicians dealing in international affairs. Those politicians decide what direction the country is going in with respect to business and influence . Friends out fishing or hunting don't have the potential to throw the world into a war or disastrous trade laws. I have friends who differ greatly with me in views on racism, immigrants and "liberal / conservative" views .. We remain friends and agree to differ in our views.. just as I offer to help others in forums where I can without any regard to their social views. What bothers me most with so many on both extremes especially , and far too many that are more moderate , is that the extremes refuse to consider anything that doesn't some from their sites that support their views , and so many in the middle don't take the time to sort out the truth from all the propaganda half truths and outright lies put out by those on the far sides. The years of Clinton bashing and the 8 years of Obama's administration are prime examples of far too much propaganda and far too little looking for the truth. That barrage from the far right and the Extreme Right Wing is what has led to the situation today where people are so badly divided; and somebody who never should even have gotten out of the bottom of the primary is going to become your President .

Most likely. Far too many believe all the allegations the ERW of the GOP have made against her over the years; even though there has never been an indictment , let alone a conviction, for any wrongdoing by her. She has been and is still very unpopular because of the constant barrage of unfounded allegations against her. Ramifications of the Russia thing? If it is true that Putin has tapes proving the allegations against him, and possibly a lot more in shady business dealings, it could give them a great deal of leverage on him. Trump is a narcissist by all accounts . . He doesn't like to look bad. In my opinion he doesn't know how to tell the truth .. Everything he says is embellished. He constantly flip flops in his stance on nearly every subject , depending on his audience of the moment. If anyone cares to search on Trump's business dealings and the number of lawsuits against him alleging wrongdoing in his business practices, they should be able to get some idea how he will handle his Presidency....I really don't like to see someone I think acts too much like a petulant 4 year old holding the nuclear codes. On anotheer subject .. As far as voter fraud and manipulating goes .. There has never been any proof of widespread voter fraud, or voter fraud actually swaying an election .. I've seen more GOP supporters convicted of attempted fraud than I've seen of Dems doing it .. I'm sure there is some attempted by supporters of both parties; but none successful in swaying an election ; with the exception of gerrymandering and voter suppression.

On the other side of the coin..... If you remove the years of fake news and false accusations against Hillary Clinton; remove the innuendo that Comey made by announcing in days before the general election of further investigation of e-mail that proved to contain no damaging evidence of wrongdoing by her, and the interference by the Russians under Putin in the campaigns and release of innuendo and more false claims against Clinton, you'd most likely have seen a very different election result .. We'll see down the road how true the allegations of Trump's misdeeds during a trip T Russia turn out.. Personally, I rather suspect they're true..... The GOP got their majorities in both houses , and will have it on the Surpreme Court after Trump's inauguration.. The country is being handed to the ERW of the Republicans and a man who, by most observers outside of the US and most Americans not buffaloed by his rhetoric, is totally unfit for the job. We'll see whose predictions for the Trump Presidency turn out to be on point. I'll be very surprised if Trump lasts one year, let alone 4, ,and I don't think Pence will be much of an improvement when he takes over to finish the term. I also hope for the good of both our countries that I am proven wrong.

I doubt the nut has a spring pin holding it .. Clean it off and look. If there's a hole drilled through it, it has one , but that nut looks like a regular self locker to me.

That is just a self locking nut. I can't tell whether someone has used a punch on it to lock it tighter or not with the crud in the thread above it, but it should come undone using an impact wrench. Clean the thread above the dent in the nut to as* if the thread of the shaft is damaged.. If it is, you could grind away the damaged spot under the dent, but you likely don't need to grind anything away. also , when you clean the shaft to get a better look, make sure it is regular right hand thread. It appears to be from what little I can see of it , but make sure. Use a big pipe wrench to keep the yoke from turning, and use a good air or electric impact wrench to spin the nut off..

turning out ( counterclockwise ) opens the jet. If there is only one adjustable jet on the carb , it is likely only the idle air mix.

From your description of the problem the only thing I could point to was a clutch problem. I really don't think you'd be able to test the clutches properly without putting them under load .. Just jacking it up and running it unloaded won't show up many problems that only occur when pulling hard. I'm afraid I can't offer any suggestions on fiddling with the fuel / air ratios to get more power. That is something you'd have to work out by trial and error on the settings . a little adjustment up or down at a time, try, readjust, try again until you find the best mix.

The two ranges physically change the final speed of the quad ..the clutches determine how fast it will go in each range .. Tyhe clutches make up a CVT transmission .. Continuously Variable Transmission.. The motor is allowed to run at a constant speed set my the throttle while the clutches move in and out to vary the power delivered to the final drive . You can have high revs at first ( like a standard transmission in first) but slow movement , then as the quad moves the same revs will give you more speed and the clutches change the effective pulley diameters ( like shifting a manual transmission into a higher gear)

You have a dual range (low/ high) in your quad rather than a single range as I had assumed from earlier posts.. The clutches act as a transmission, the range selector is what chooses the speed and power range . In High range , your quad will go its maximum speed , in low range it will move the slowest in really rough going , and give the most pulling power.

With a CVT there is no "low gear" or "high gear" the clutches act as gears by constantly varying the ratio between them depending on rpm and torque load.

The belt driven CVT transmissions on some quads is the same as the ones used on snowmobiles. A friend had a similar problem on his machine years ago.. I don't know if you've had a look at how those CVT transmissions work, but basically they work by varying the effective sizes of pulleys .. At idle and low rpm the motor clutch opens to left the belt drop into the pulley creating a small diameter for it to drive on. At the same time the driven pulley closes up to create an effectively large pulley. The difference in pulley diameters small driver on the motor to large driven gives you "low" gear .. as the motor revs up , the motor pulley closes, making the belt ride up to a larger diameter , at the same time the driven pulley opens up to create a smaller pulley diameter, in effect giving a second or higher gear .. At full motor speed , the motor pulley closes to the largest effective diameter for the motor and driven opens to its smallest effective diameter , so that becomes your high gear .. If the load pulls the motor down , the dropping rpm opens the clutch on the motor while the other clutch opens, effectively lowering the gear so the motor can rev up to produce its full power again. Not, if the motor pulley is sticky so it can't open properly to allow the motor to rev up , it will lug on you as though it was a vehicle tying to pull in too high a gear. You wouldn't notice the clutches not opening and closing properly as much on level ground or going downhill because in those cases the motor isn't loaded as heavy to move the quad so the clutches would be staying in higher effective gears. Its like a manual transmission car. You can start out fairly easily on the flat or downhill ind second or high gear, but would have to rev the motor and slip the clutch much more to staret out in the same gear heading uphill. Since the clutches are spring loaded and work on a centrifugal system to open and close against those loading springs, you need to be cautious when you go to disassemble them. Those springs could be under a lot of tension. You'd need the manual to see just how to service those clutches . . I can't help you on that since although the CVT clutches all work on the same principle , there are differences in how the various manufacturers and models are all disassembled and assembled.

Just searched on your Cat... In see it is a CVT transmission; and that may be your problem . If it runs fine everywhere except on the steeper uphill runs , it may be the clutches are not shifting down properly . If the motor clutch doesn't open and the driven one close to effectively give you a shift down, the motor cannot rev up to develop its full power .. Check to make sure both clutches open and close properly without binding or sticking.

If there is no air in the system and no fluid leaks, then if you cannot build pressure in the system there is a problem with the master cylinder bypassing and it needs to be rebuilt.

All I can suggest is to trace the ground wire back, as well as the positive wire between the fuse and alternator (stator) the short could be on either side of the circuit, but most likely on the positive side. If a fuse is blowing power is flowing from battery on positive side.. Negative side is normally connected directly to ground

It would be nice to have GPS and communication ability built into a machine; but that all can be accomplished at far less cost to those of us not exactly bucks up enough to buy a high end machine like that .. There's lots of reasonably priced GPS units out there, as well as good FRS, CB and Ham radios for communication. FRS and CB radio have far more range than bluetooth, and Hams can literally talk around the world on low power when the bands are open. There are action cams available very inexpensively that will also link to phones through blue tooth.

Bluetooth or any other connectivity wouldn't do much good most places I ride. Kinda useless when there is no cell service available .

Yup . Full time 4x4. When I lived in the north , I had a snowmobile that was a blast to ride; but down here we just don't normally get enough snow for a sled; so the quad gets used year round. I've got "Bear Claw" tires front and rear so it gets a pretty fair grip on all terrain.. Have gotten stopped a couple of times high centering it , but getting off and lifting front or rear and it'll pull itself off the high center ok. I generally run second in line or tail end when out with the buds.. I let them break the trail and if they get bogged down , out come the winch cable to pull them back. I use my 4x4 truck the same way .. LOL.. go in with it in 2wd and when it gets sticky then into 4x4 to turn around and try a different route.. A lot easier on the machines and my pocket book that way. The winch is to pull the other guys out of the muck.. LOL... I learned not to be one of those that says "Wow, had fun on the ride .... only cost a couple of grand to fix the rig".. I prefer to spend what cash I have on toys, not repairs.

Happy New Year.. If you have "one for the road" tonight , make it a taxi. Keep those ATVs tuned up . I think this year's going to be quite the ride.

One neighbour had a trike ( Honda 200cc) and another had an older Honda quad.. I saw a 1991 Honda Fourtrax TRX 300FW with a winch come up for sale at a decent price and in very good condition for the age, so I bought it. I've ridden it 4 years now , and the only work it needs now is the rear axle and hubs replaced because the splines are worn out allowing the wheels to wobble some on the shaft. Got a new axle and hubs for it , but need to install them. Newer models would come with more bells and whistles but so far this one has done everything I want it to and the winch has pulled my neighbours 2 wheel drive quads out of sticky situations several times. I added 2 accessory sockets so I can power 12 volt accessories on either the front or rear racks (or both) . I don't see myself replacing it anytime soon. It goes as fast as I want it to on the trails here, and I've never had any problem pulling anything with it. As long as it has traction, it'll pull so I'm not needing any bigger power ...so far; and at 73 I'm not really into racing machines myself . The old Honda goes fast enough to get into trouble as it is.

If you survived with all your limbs intact after much riding of trikes, you'll have no problem handling an 800 quad.