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So I did a oil change on my 04 Lakota today I usually use Kawasaki 10w40 synthetic but I used the last of it on my KLX230 So I had about 6 quarts of Amsoil 0W40 4 stroke power sport synthetic oil in my basement and figured ill use this .Well all I can say is this oil is excellent its good for all weather extremes cold and hot I always thought 0 was only good for extreme cold but from Ansoil it says both cold and hot extreme climate and replaces 10-W40 ,So anywY quad is running smoother cooler engine to the touch shifts so much better Can this be just from oil and when I say that I know how important oil is to our machines but wow what a difference in the way this quad moves now Well I guess this is my new go to oil I always heard Amsoil was good but never used it I can deff say its good oil for my machine wY bettr then Kawasaki synthetic 10w-40 that I was using

actually did a gravity bleed when i filled it and then took my reverse bleeder and pushed all air out through resavour and worked great I picked up a small reverse bleeder on ebay i used it 2-3 times and works real well only down side i dont like to pour the fluid thats left over in reverse bleed bottle back in the container the fluid comes in , but as long as bottom of stem is coverd in bleeder u dont waste much Thanks for relpy

yea i was thinking does it need to be bench bled regular bleed i can do Seat comes off pretty easy thanks ill try reg bleed like you say

I have a 2004 Kawasaki Lakota 300 and have to replace rear master cylinder and rear caliper. Does a new rear master cylinder need to be bench bled or bled separately or can I just bleed whole system like a regular brake-bleed? If it does need to be done separately or on bench how would I do this Thanks in advance

yes I found some new caliper inserts and duat covers from a 85 and 87 lt 230 but now i have to rebuild my master cylinder i just been so busy this summer but was planning on getting on it this week now that summers over u can find a MC replacement for 20$ on ebay

Yes I will deffintly keep you posted and put up my results 100% thanks again

thank you so much as ur experience is pretty close to my own ever since the Shindy kit nothing at all but problems I actually just ordered all OEM carb parts from Partzilla and am going to rebuild the OEM with these parts . My only other experience with Shindy I rebuilt my Kawasaki Lakotta Kehiem CVK carb 3 years ago and its been running perfectly but since I tried to rebuild the Mikunni carb VM 23 its been nothing but a headache I actually had to put a Chinese carb on to sort things out bike is running but I want to go back with OEM as I dont trust or like the way machine runs on China carb I actually have 3 Miikunni carbs sitting in my basement that i have to rebuild But again thanks so much for the reply it deff helps my opinion of Shindy kits not being correct sizes and poor quality I should have just took all jets out cleaned them and put them all back from day one

gottca I have the OEM carb that came with quad im going to change all the jets and use all ORm jets as replacements the exact ones from Mikuni so hopefully that heps I learned the hard way what ur talking about with the ebay rebuild kits im going to get on it this week ill post results

I have a 1986 LT230 GE i bought a hard copy manual on ebay last year You may find it on here for free there r plenty of manuals

i have a manual I was just replacing old jets with newer ones but I feel the china rebuild kits many of the jets are wrong I got OEM jets from patrzilla just have not used them yet I have the quad running pretty good I think u helped me in the beginning of this post I basically replaced whole air and fuel system I just want to put the OEM jets back in and see if i can get to the point where im totally satisfied but its not bogging any more just feel it could have more power

thanks I kind of fixed it honestly it runs alot better had to change flange on engine side of carb and then changed all the air ducts from the air box out changed all fuel lines I want to say its fixed but it still does not run the way id like I have to change all the jets because Im really convinced that the jets i got on ebay from china are not the correct sizes even if they are marked as the correct size I have all new OEM jets just have not had time to swap them out prob will do it this week. Witch jet is the choke jet? I have it running pretty decent I clocked it about a week ago it did get up to 49 mph but it just does not feel right my problem is I have 2 4 wheelers and a dirt bike so its hard to remember how each one ran or runs especially when i haven't been riding the Suzuki much Thanks for input im going to chk i just not sure witch is choke jet

The adjusters should be ok the wheel is spinning freely but good point ill look into that its difficult to find any parts at all for these brakes I did manage to find some new springs these were rusty and very tight i dont know if thats a problem

this was before cleaning cylinders and changing dust covers i have cleaned them replaced dust covers and have them looking pretty nice and sealed now Witch is what i thought would fix the problem im going to do a reverse bleed and see what i can get .I know the cylinders are moving good also I used some fine emory cloth and cleaned them up soaked them in brake fluid and they seemed to be good i do have new springs coming also im going to do what u mentioned to chk hose for leaks but im almost positive there is no leak Maybe the drum was not seated against the wheel back plate as good as it should be ill chk on this as wheels are still off thanks will post results

I have a 1986 quadrunner 230 GE so the problem is I can not get any pressure in front brake lever I know this means a leak possibly or air but i opened all wheel cylinders and found one with a torn dust cover i had a spare cover and then pulled calipers soaked in brake fluid reinstalled amd still no pressure I can get fluid to come out of bleeders at wheels but cant build pressure Should and what if anything should i chk at master cylinder ? thanks guys

i have. manual for a 2003 kllf just to be sure its a Lakotta ? Im almost plsitve the years are interchangeable when i get home ill post info i willl try to see if I have it on my phone actually I think ur talking about a Bayou i have a Lakota its a KEF