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someone, later in the future, will appreciate that i put never seize on every nut, bolt, part and screw i touched on this thing. plus i'm painting the fenders and tank back to hunter green. i might even get new decals for it. the plastic rivets that hold the fender mud flaps...guy on ebay was selling them for over $6 EACH! Bought a 125 on amazon for $11.

ha. my OCD makes me go beyond what i should be doing. Sometimes, i just can't say "that's good enough" and move on. There's an extra "snorkle" tube from the air box that i saw, but, the price of it is outrageous, so, i'll figure something out. I don't plan on driving it in water, so, i can do without it. But that larger hose from the carb...it looks like it needs clean air, so, i'll have to figure out where to run it to. Also, the airbox is missing the lid for it, another item i have to buy. I'll just go to the auto parts store and get a large vacuum hose. it's slowly going back together. the front end is done. I didn't realize the axle nuts have to be at least 150 ft pounds, but, i got it. New springs for the throttle cable..what a pain that was (the spring in the handle bar throttle cable box) and a new "choke cable". The carb is missing that triangle shaape cover. the guy i bought this from was supposed to send it to me...2 weeks ago. i'm going to have to break his balls about it...again. lol or, as someone suggested, i can just make a cover out of plexiglass and call it a day. other that the costs of little parts here and there, this thing is kinda fun to work on. FYI...some guy in kentucky on FB marketplace is parting out a Big Bear. I asked about the air box but haven't heard back from him. Its a 350 big bear

not sure where you live, but someone on FB Marketplace is parting out a Big Bear in Richmond Kentucky

ha. my OCD makes me go beyond what i should be doing. Sometimes, i just can't say "that's good enough" and move on. There's an extra "snorkle" tube from the air box that i saw, but, the price of it is outrageous, so, i'll figure something out. I don't plan on driving it in water, so, i can do without it. But that larger hose from the carb...it looks like it needs clean air, so, i'll have to figure out where to run it to. Also, the airbox is missing the lid for it, another item i have to buy. I'll just go to the auto parts store and get a large vacuum hose. it's slowly going back together. the front end is done. I didn't realize the axle nuts have to be at least 150 ft pounds, but, i got it. New springs for the throttle cable..what a pain that was (the spring in the handle bar throttle cable box) and a new "choke cable". The carb is missing that triangle shaape cover. the guy i bought this from was supposed to send it to me...2 weeks ago. i'm going to have to break his balls about it...again. lol or, as someone suggested, i can just make a cover out of plexiglass and call it a day. other that the costs of little parts here and there, this thing is kinda fun to work on.

not my carb, i just found that picture to see what hoses were on there

so, i looked around and saw this picture of a carb with hoses. I'll just get a single hose that hass a large enough opening to fit over that "port" on the carb

perfect pictures!! thanks! I knew a hose had to fit on that carb. I'll check the manual or parts look-ups to see if i can ID it for a part number.

the ironic part is my son is a welder, and teaches welding...lol..but he's 700 miles from me. He's also going for the coveted CWI certificate. We moved about 3 years ago and he was my go to welder back there. I should buy one and the next time he comes down here he can give me a crash course. lol i guess at 72 years old, i'm still young enough to learn !

ok, thanks.

ok, searching further, the timing cover vent hose....does that attach anywhere or does it just route along the frame and not hooked op to anything? I wrongly thought it might go to that carb opening

it's definately an after market carb. While looking at some, i noticed they have that same "tube" protruding out. the only tube i see on the engine was a cut one. I was guessing it went there. I saw one diagram that showed the engine's PVC tube attached there

Next question....there's an opening on the carb at the top. (I placed a RED cap in it) Is there a hose that connects there? I've searched for hose diagrams , but can't find anything that plugs in there. I thought maybe it's for the crankcase vent?

i doubt if i'll ever be using it. seems like the only ones who would use it would be deer poachers (joke) Almost done with the front suspensions. all new ball joints, bearing, etc. just waiting for the lower A arm to get here. I never realized how hard it was for ball joints to come out or go in. But, i found out if i torched them, they melt like lead and almost drop out. Putting the new ones in was a challenge, When all that is done, i'll be painting the fenders. Someone thought painting them balck was a cool thing to do.

OMG....that makes perfect sense!!! stupid me, the "lock/unlock" threw me off.. thanks for the clarification,

ok, this is what i'm looking at. don't mind the paint, i'm in the process of painting the fenders. Maybe i'm wrong about what it is, but when i turn on the power, the wires are live with 12 volts.

While i'm waiting for all my parts to show up, i have another question...lol....on the front fender, there;s a "LOCK/UNLOCK" hole with no switch. I saw only two disconnected wires under the fender so i'm assuming they would have connected to the terminals on this missing switch. I figured out it's for the differential to lock or unlock it. I've looked on line but every switch i saw was mounted on the handle bars. I haven't found anything that looked like it would fit. Being that there's only two wires to this, why can't i just wire a simple "push on/pull off" switch?

Good advice. i did look up the OEM number and searched with that. The one i found was the exact part i need. The same part number does fit certain years but i made sure this was the part to be used. Some ATV place in ohio was selling it on ebay...a little expensive for a used part, but, that part is hard to find because it's no longer in production. i'm not doing any hard core riding with it. I just wanted to use it around the yard. New ones are like buying a car or truck now and i just bought a new truck. lol

ha...price out a quart of oil...i used to buy a 5 quart jug for the price of one quart today. i was going to try to bang it out, but like i said before, there;s a crack in the weld of the cross member and i don't have a welder and it's hard to find a good one around here. everyone like to use those damn sticks. i spent a couple of hours looking for one. "no longer available from the manufaacture", so the only used one was on ebay. he wanted 145, but i got it for 125. free ship. that's going to be my last big investment in this thing. if there's aany thing else that's big bucks i'll sell it and get my money back (hopefully) with all the extra parts i'm buying i'm up to almost 1200 in it.

it's bad, cross member has a slight crack in it. I bought the one from ebay so i won't have to mess around. I'm waaiting for new ball joints to arrive, so i'll do everything at once when i get that arm. wife is getting ready to kill me....lol see picture.....

When it rains, it pours....i just noticed today that my lower A arm is BENT!! ARGH! i was trying to figure ouit why one wheel didn't look like the other when sitting there and i saw why. Apparently someone drove into a rock or tree and bent the thing. Unfortunately for me, they no longer make this part, (5FU-F357A-00-00) so i looked around ebay and found one for $145 used. I'll check out the pictures and maybe i'll buy it. This thing is nickle and diming me.......

the reason the cover was missing is because the return spring on the throttle lever box(?) on the handle bar was broke. So, someone rigged up a spring into the carb and wire tied the end to the frame to make it act as a return spring. i emailed the guy and he's supposed to send me the cover via mail. I ordered a new return spring to replace the broken one that's in the throttle box on the handle bar (if that's what it's called) just a lot of neglect and laziness on this atv. next will be all new oils. again, i really appreciate everyone's help here. i downloaded some service manuals i found on line, and they kinda help.

ok...back in business! I replaced the left front wheel bearings. What a pain that was. The drive shaft was rusted to them and i had to use a torch and plenty of penetraating oil to get it out. I ordered new ball joints too. I ordered that choke/starter cable from amazon (after market) and it was the wrong size. Sent it back and just ordered the OEM part from Yamaha. Plus that throttle spring. I guess someone was too lazy to remove the broken one and just put that mickey mouse set up i posted above. makes you wonder about people's mechanical abilities. So, that will be here in a day or two. Hopefully with the new "choke" cable it'll start better. And i removed all the old gas. The carburetor look to be brand new, but i'm not sure if it's an after market or an OEM. in my spare time i'm checking wiring thru out to make sure every this is OK. The cooling fan works but it's noisy...a lot. But, to get it off looks like a big project, so that'll be for another time. When i get the new ball joints, i'll do the right side bearings as well. If i change the oil filter, will all the oil drain out from there, or should i just open the drain plug? And the hardwood floors are done and i also laid hardwood on the staair cases as well. She's happy...happy wife, happy life....or, so they say.

unfortunately, my wife wants me to finish putting down the hardwood flooring before i play around with this. i appreciate the feedback and when i get into it, i'll let you guys know what i find. thanks again!!

yep, i drove it, shifted the gears, etc and i ran nice. However, i never lifted the seat until today and noticed there was no air filter. so, i did order one. I'm not going to try messing with the carb until i put the air filter on. Someone micky moused a throttle spring (You can see it in the picture) and i'm not sure why unless there's an original return spring missing someplace. I'm going to get a service manual and go thru this. As for the cover, i'll see is some one has one. thanks.

ha...never thought of that. thanks here i was ready to buy a new carb!