Frank Angerano

I would love to but I am having a sh** load of trouble trying to post pics.  I don’t know why I can’t post ?????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

If you can find one of my old posts. I picked up a 400 bayou in PA. Had a knock on the head. The owner turned it off put it away in a shed and never touched it again. The shop told him the cam was blown. Turned out it was where the cam sits in the head. So the cam wobbled and made a knock.  I picked up a very good used head/cam for a few bucks and really went to town on the bike. New valve seals etc. I painted it and did the seat cover and a few goodies. The bike is a beast! 4x4 it’s a good looking bike.   Runs like new. My oldest rides it.  

That’s sweet.  I love finding deals. I pull bikes out of barns, sheds, weeds you name it. 

You haven’t seen anything yet! 

But thanks. 

They wanted $300 plus for that stupid light 

This will this will clear up any questions you have.   

I’ve used a tin can  before believer it or not 

I’ve used a tin can  as a feeler gauge. 

So that should really clarify how it’s done rather then me explaining. Let me know what you think.  

Check this out. 

No that’s normal. One will go up and one will go down. 

I can explain it to you but you are better off reading the manual to understand it 

Wow 😮 ok great. 

Rotate the engine worth the covers off and see how they move up and down. Without firing it up obviously. 

Before you close it up double check the cam location in the manual. I can’t remeber exactly 

Yes you can do that. You can make tiny adjustments as long as the rocker is not over tightened.  Bring the love to the flattest spot on the cam and see what play yiu have and make a super small adjustment. If you have any doubts then wait for the feeler gauges.  But small increments work hurt.   

Yes you should be able to find one at an auto parts store.  It should be very obvious also if you take the caps off and bring it to top dead center yiu will be able to rock each one with your hand. The one with the most play is the culprit. But I would wait until you have the gauge to be correct.  Move them cam and forth as well (side to side) and make sure that’s all good. Making sure you didn’t leave any washers out on the sides of the rockers if there were any. I would have to look at the head assembly to be sure but you would know best. 

No not the regulator for a knocking sound.  One has nothing to do with the other.  Here’s my guess.  

1. Loose valve from the adjuster either improperly set and I would address this sooner rather then later only because you might not have tightened down that 10mm nut on the adjuster and it’s loose 🤔

2. The pictures of the cam sprocket looked a little worn so maybe some slapping of the timing chain.  

As for the timing chain tensioner it needs to be tight.  

So it’s running good over all carburetor good ?

I don’t like that. Is the timing chain tensioner tight and is it possable that you have a valve adjusted to loose ?

Nice upgrades, that’s a great bike. I have the 400 and it runs a great. A few upgrades but nothing major other then appearacne wise. Paint, seacover and some led headlights. 

My last Polaris 200 i picked up for my son had a busted headlight, the replacement was almost $325 bucks so I plated over it and put a custom led light  worked out better and looked great. The bike needed a lot of work anyway so I figured why not make my own light set up.  That’s the best thing about some of the older bikes. Yiu have no regrets trying things! 

Did you do the float adjustment the way it was described? Maybe bend the tab up a little higher? And make sure that the floodiig condition you have is not a loose screw on the bowl of the carb? 

And what setting is the fuel air mixture screw at ? 

Try a few different spots with that screw.  

1-1/2

2 

2-1/2 

Sorry for the spelling.  I was walking and texting at the same time! 

Try a little starting fluid and see if it fires. 

Spark is good correct ? 

I yiu said head is dry but just make sure.  

Its going to be a little finicky at first until yiu hetvygat carb dialed in. Try the fuel/air screw out a little more. 

Awesome.  Nice work.  Let’s get that carb taken care of 

Dam! That’s a lot of snow! 

Nope that’s about it. Just double check the timing as per the bike manual to be sure. 

Carb: I would proceed as I mentioned with the testing of the float shut off.  

Put the air fuel screw at 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 out from a snug position to get it running  and final adjustment after the air box is on the bike.  

Hopefully you will have it running to enjoy the snow.   

11 years @Ajmboy !!!!! Quadcrazy OG! 

Thats great.  I feel like I missed out on a lot not knowing that all this stuff still existed Into my older years. Then marriage, kids etc. But having said that if it weren’t for my oldest boy saying hey can we get a used bike and fix it up I don’t think I would have gotten back into it! Let alone enjoy it so much and have the bikes we have. But the funny thing here is your right! 

At a certain age the latest and greatest doesn’t do it for me. Doing for the kids and family does ! Watching the kids enjoy riding and building bikes with my oldest and seeing him do his thing it’s all worth it. The games, sports, gadgets etc!   So from a Christmas list stand point the list I love the most are the Christmas 🎄 lists that I get from my kids all 3 🥴!   Giving them the latest and greatest makes me happy. For me I am  happy with what i have built around me more then anything I could want. 

Great post! 

11 years????? Dam ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

You don’t  need to change the rims.   There are a lot of people currenty doing this.  The tires are available  on a few sites including amazon. 

I would take it off the bike and open the bowl up to expose the float.  Hook up a clean hose to the gas line on the carb and blow into it and manually raise the float up until the air flow stops.  If it travels to far up before the air stops then adjust the tab on the float up a bit.   If it does not close off at all  then that’s a float needle and seat issue that may be no longer good as there is a small rubber tip on the float needle or may have been caused by using the other jet kit from the Chinese carb.  Try and put the old one back or order an oem jet and seal kit from amazon for $20 bucks. 

 Vin# is located on the left side frame rail. Find the frame rail below the shift lever, follow that rail forward to where it goes up the wheel well. Get down low and look up behind the wheel well at the frame rail.