coyote56

ok update... I wasn't able to get as much done on the bike as I was hoping during my Christmas break. I got all of the back plastics off, I got the recoil starter off and got the engine lined up top dead center.... I was prepared to dig into it but then I had some issues happening on the other side of my farm I had to handle. I am hoping that next weekend I can get the head taken off and torn down for repairs. I am not a big fan of how the set the ending in time on this thing. It's enough to make me a little nervous about doing it myself. I guess we will find out next weekend.

I will continue to update the thread here as I go along. Right now I have been waiting for about 2 weeks for some parts to arrive. They were on back order from partzilla. I ordered new gaskets and new piston rings. The bike only has about 900 miles on it but if I am going to go ahead and work on the valves, I may as well just rebuild the entire top end while I am at it. They should be in before Christmas break and I am hoping that I can get it all taken apart and put back together with about a days work and have her fired up and running by the end of my time off.... then I will move on to the original bike and see if she is worth trying to repair. Either way that one will most likely end up being sold.

yes it should as long as it is a class C just don't throw water on it......

do you know the exact year? If you can grab the serial number (should be on the frame (back left upright) you can type it into the decoder and find out the year. Then you can go look it up on Suzuki Parts House and see some diagrams. I am not familiar with that bike but I don't think it is 4x4. If it is the front pumpkin would have its own drain plug and a different type of fluid needed. The crank case oil should be working as your gear oil as well on the rear end. That is the way all of my old (90 models) Suzuki Quad Runners and my new King Quad (2020) are set up. Just make sure that you use a proper ATV oil. Don't use regular automotive oil, the ATV oil as additives in it to help with extra job functions.

what I normally do is go to Suzukiparts house, check out the diagrams for my bike and then find the part and the part numbers I need. Copy the number and type it into google, ebay or amazon and see what they produce. Then I will go by who has it in stock + price and shipping. I will always be willing to pay a little more it the part is in stock. Right now I am waiting on 3 pieces of a 4 piece order from Partzilla.... drives me nuts. However given the current supply chain issues, it is to be expected. Especially when looking for parts for an older bike.

there are actually a quite a few good videos available on youtube on these bikes. Also the older King Quad videos are helpful, these are the same bikes with a smaller engine. I think Mid Nebraska Motorsports and Schneids15 are great channels to check out for help.

I would be a little more than upset if I had spent that kind of money on a new Can Am and found out the thing was melting its own plastic off... that being said I have never set a quad on fire (knock on wood) however I did set an old Honda Trail 70 on fire. I had the rear end slip out from under me in a mud hole and laid her on the side. A little fuel came out and hit the engine and she went up while I was still on my side under the bike. Luckily I was still in the mud pit and just started tossing mud on it to put it out.

I am just always skeptical of maintenance done by previous owners. That being said, you can usually get a good idea if you talk to the previous owner for a while. I could tell by the way this guy talked all he ever did was add fuel and oil if it needed it. A lot of times on these older bikes, people just added oil when they needed it and never bothered changing the oil filter.... I can't trust a 24 year old oil filter in the case of this bike. I like to put new filters and new spark plugs on them just for the piece of mind and to know the job has been done properly. I have seen some guys use socks to replace the air filter.... the air filter is $5. I am also very detailed person by nature. I was in law enforcement for a while and in military intelligence. I keep records of everything, my boats, pick up trucks, atvs, farm tractors and equipment each have a notebook in the glovebox or in my desk with a detailed record of maintenance preformed. Everything from your standard regular maintenance, minor repairs and major repairs. I give them to the next owner when I sell or whatever.... to be fair this may also be because of my German heritage and our notorious attention to details. 😂 However in the long run it has proven time and time again to be worth the time.

along with some other issues... I am hoping you did an oil change. I have bought another identical bike to this, it is in a lot better shape but it has a stuck valve. I figure if I am going to go ahead and repair that, I may as well put new rings in it while I am at it. Then again it only has 928 miles on it... so I kind of hate to tear into it that much but well.. its not that much of a bigger step.

I cant tell you what the needle clip setting us but the air mixture screw should be 2 full rotations out.

good news... I managed to get most of the afternoon off so I went and picked up the other bike. It is in far better condition than the one I currently have... other than the seat being completely destroyed. I didn't have much time to work on it tonight but I did get the seat off to do some poking around. The previous owner was not kidding about the thieves. They must have only stolen the bike for the carb, they cut every line going to it off except for the choke cable. I guess they took the time to unscrew it. However the broke the plastic fitting to the vacuum pump off in the line, so it was nice of them to mark it for me. The throttle cable they just cut, so I am ordering one now. They also stole two of the shifter knobs and the shifter panel on top of the gas tank. Looking like this one may be good to drive after just swapping over the carb from the old bike, flushing out the gas lines, new spark plug, oil change and hook up the battery. That would be a much needed break. It has about 900 miles on the odometer. I plan on getting her going and then starting to break into the old bike, should be a little easier now that I have another reference behind me other than the online parts schematic. The back plastic does have a big crack in it, I can patch that with a piece of aluminum and some rivets.

I may have gotten lucky... there is another guy here in my area selling an identical four wheeler for a few hundred bucks. The one he has was stolen but recovered and the thief took carb and battery off of it. If it is still there next weekend when I get home, I will be picking it up. He says it was running next year.. if so I may just slap my good parts on it and then decide rather to just slowly rebuild the current bike or just keep it around for a parts bike. Figuring out what is going on in the transmission is more than a little worrisome to me.

😆 I was hoping I wouldn't have to. I'm not a mechanic but... the four wheeler was free so... it's a good learning experience. If I screw up to bad, I will just load it up on the trailer and drag it down to Suzuki. I am concerned about the back end, I got the wheels off and it's not the brakes locked up. Something is going on inside the transmission so I am going to have to take that cover off and see what is going on inside. I am gonna soak her down good with WD-40 this afternoon before I leave for work for the week. Hopefully next weekend I can get a lot more accomplished on it.

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update, I have gotten the carb reinstalled and she starts up but... well... apparently I am going to need a top end rebuild... video-1636298653.mp4