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Sounds great I’ll have to check it out, cause not one store around here sells it. Thanks for the info.

So it’s loctite sealer, I’ve only heard of the bolt loctite,I’ll try and find it. Thanks to both of you.

Thanks GW. Mech loctite?

Thanks Mech, got some ready, just waiting on parts. What’s the best way to get the old gasket off the housing joint?

I got the housing off, I worked it from the wet clutch side and was able to free it up enough to get it off. Everything seemed to look good except the adjusting bolt I’ve ordered it and some other things, so guess I’ll be on hold for now except for cleaning the other parts up. We had snow and ice here over night. People from up north would probably laugh at how this has shut us down. Schools are closed stores closed they said they didn’t want people driving if they didn’t just have to. So I’ll try to get to the parts store tomorrow and get some cleaning solvent. There was a lot of thick oil in the housing and something that was sticky on the inside of it looked like grease. I’ll try to clean it good and clean all the oil ports out. Maybe the parts will be in by then. Thanks again for the help.

Thanks Mech. All my manual said was to remove the bolts and place in a piece of cardboard to keep up with where they go. They all appear the same except for the two long ones on each side of the oil filter. Other than that it was like remove the bolts and slide it off. It did say remove the fan I just removed the lower bolts on the fan and was able to push it back far enough to work. Removing the front drive is a bit harder looks to me. It said remove the clamps from the boots and discard them, can’t reuse them. Hope I can put them back together after I remove the shaft, it looks like the only way to get the clearance to remove the housing.

Well, I got all the bolts out of the housing and separated about 3 inches. I can move it slightly by hand. But it won’t come off. It looks like it is hitting the front drive shaft. Can’t get it to go any further. The manual doesn’t mention anything about that. Should I have to move the front drive shaft to get it off? The manual also doesn’t mention taking the shift motor off, I had to to get the last bolt the ratchet or electric ratchet would fit on it enough to keep from rounding the bolt head off. I’m in a wheelchair so I can’t get in a lot of ways to reach things, I finally got in the floor and slid under it. With my weight that’s hard in its self. A tight squeeze. If I need to remove the front drive please let me know. Thanks for all the help, I really need it.

Yes oem I’ve got it installed now seems to work. I thought the metal 90 had to go in the rubber one but I left it out and got it to work. Hope that was right. Working on removing the clutch housing cover to replace the clutch adjusting bolt. It had the wrong nut on it and threads were stripped. When I finally got it off the adjustment bolt was really hard to turn, I had to use channel locks on the screw driver to get it to turn either way. Got it to turn and now it turns too freely and it gone just about into the housing. Starting to remove the housing cover knowing I have to replace the bolt and possibly the lifting plate, hope everything else looks ok. Was hoping not to have problems with this one but was wrong. My wife found it and wanted to get it so I hate to keep sinking money in it, but it’s the thought that counts. I’ll keep going till it’s fixed or the money runs out. Thanks for the help, I sure need it. One other thing I’m trying to find parts and having a hard time on several sites I can’t find my atv. It’ll have a2007 trx500fm but no trx500fe are they compatible as far as parts? If not don’t know what to do. Found one site that had 2007 trx500fe but everything I look up it says will not fit your ride. A few sites have trx500feA or A2 don’t know if they are the same thing or not?

I checked the cable to the original and they were identical. I finally got the cable and choke installed, hope it is close enough to right to work . It cranked and the choke worked idled up when I pulled the choke knob idled down when pushed in. Got to get started on the clutch housing to replace the clutch adjusting bolt. Seems like one step forward and two steps back. Thanks for the replies.

If it didn’t have the metal inner elbow I could push it far enough on to access the inner cable. Hey I tried it without the metal one and the rubber one twisted up while I tried to tighten the nut. I don’t know I’ll check it against the original cable. Thanks again.

Ok thanks, I may give that a try. This new choke cable is giving me a hard time. With the elbow and nut on it there’s not enough inner cable to connect the plunger to.

My choke cable came in so decided to go ahead and put it on. Got a new plunger and spring. I don’t have enough cable coming out of the elbow and nut to put the new plunger on. Choke knob is pushed in all the way. When I put the elbow and nut on the cable the cable is recessed up into the nut too far to put the spring and plunger on. It’s oem cable.

Thanks Mech I’m going to start on it in a few minutes. Thought it was going to be a simple process. But that’s the way it goes with me. Thanks again.

Well while I was waiting for new parts for the choke, I decided to adjust the clutch. When I removed the lock nut, I found the guy I bought it from or someone else had stripped the threads on the adjustment rod. I couldn’t get the adjustment rod to turn without putting a pair of channel locks on the screw driver, this was telling me something was wrong. So now the rod pushes in and out and spins freely too freely. So guess I’ll have to take the clutch housing off to see what’s going on and replace the adjustment rod, it’s threads are beyond repair, and there is something going on with the adjustment rod. If there’s another way please let me know. The further I go the worse it gets. Thanks for any help.

Mech, I took the float off the new carb and took the jet out cleaned it and blew air through the valve opening. Put it back together and tried it again like you said this time it worked. Must have been something in there like you said. So I’m going to reinstall it tomorrow sometime and will post how it did. Hopefully that got it. Thanks again for all your help back on the 350 and now. You’ve been a great help. Thanks until next time if this works. Will let you know. Jeff

I did like you said blowing in the intake it leaks by. I may just clean the old one and put it back on. Unless you know of something else I can do. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Mech I actually went ahead and removed it before I saw your reply. The float valve seemed to be moving freely. I wasn’t sure if I needed to do anything to it now that it off. Everything was already off so I just pulled the carb and took the float bowl off move the float and turned it so the float move the valve itself. It appeared to move freely. I guess I can just install it again and try what you said. I wish I had seen your post sooner. But it wasn’t that hard to remove at this point.

I put a new carb on my trx500fe which I have done before on other models, but this foreman was a real pain, takes forever to get to the carb. Anyway I got the new one installed . I also changed the choke cable while I had it this far. When I turned the gas back gas started running into the air filter box. I did have trouble with the choke cable, it didn’t seem long enough to run where the old one did and the elbow that came with the new carb had more of a 90 on the angle. It didn’t feel like it was binding but I don’t know if the valve was seated on the valve seat. The choke pushed in smooth but who knows what happened in side the valve body. I don’t know if this could be the problem or not I hadn’t run the it just turned the gas back on. Appreciate any help, hint, hint Mech and GW or anybody else. Deer season is over in a little over a week. My power chair won’t make it down those muddy roads. Thanks again.

In Georgia you you don’t need a title for an atv.

There was no one answer. Two people mech and gw were both guiding me along. They are two great people that helped me on a very long journey. Finally go it going and the motor locked up on me. At that time I had enough didn’t want to put anymore money or time in it. So I called it quits. Something I don’t like to do. But it was time to let it go. Mech and gw can fix anything they are both very knowledgeable and great teachers I thank Quad crazy for giving me the opportunity to learn a lot and meet two friends. Thanks Wuad Crazy for a great forum.

Thanks a lot I really appreciate it.Hope things turn out better, never know. Would have like to have finished the job, hate to let anything beat me. Y’all have been great. I’ve learned a lot and it was a great experience because of y’all. Wish we were all closer would have liked to have met you. Take care and be safe and healthy have fun riding and mechanizing. Jeff.

Well, got the solenoid and starter motor installed new battery that was fully charged. It was in neutral so I just had to turn the key on and press the start button. I did and nothing. I’m not going to keep putting money in this thing, just not worth it if it’s a good possibility it won’t run. When back to hospital today and had injections under x-ray with contrast. Injections helped some for about one hour. Had to spend a couple of days in bed due to pain before injections. I hate to disappoint y’all but with cost and my health right now I’m going to have to hang it up for now. One question my son is talking about fixing his trx250 rubicon would any of the parts off my trx350te fit his,I thought if they would I’d give them to him and let him give it a try, I was really wondering about the carb, battery, possibly the switch. His won’t crank I’ll be there with him to try to give him a little bit of what I know which isn’t much. He has a Polaris side by side, but can get into tighter places with his small quad. Thanks for everything, sorry I can’t keep going I don’t like quoting anything but for now I’ll have to. I’ve learned a lot from y’all and will miss communicating with y’all, so , so long for now if things work out with my neck I my be able to come up with the money to start over. Thanks so much. Jeff

Haven’t got it done yet been working on a utility trailer getting the lights wired. My highlander I drive didn’t have a factory tow package so I had to install a special harness to wire it. Then I had no idea how to set up both lights for running lights. Both had brown wires so I tied the two together and luckily it worked. It hadn’t had a tag since 2017 so I had to pay some back taxes which wasn’t very much, so that wasn’t bad. Just glad I got through with it. I still have to weld safety chains on it. My welder is at my sons house he had it wired up out there, so I guess it’s his now. I’m going out to try putting the starter and solenoid on now hope it cranks after that got a new battery too. Will let you know what happens.

I took the starter off and apart it was in really bad shape. It had gouges in it, dirt and grime. The gouges were pretty deep so I ordered a new one along with a solenoid. When I would try to crank it, it would make a clicking noise behind the battery. So I thought I should replace the solenoid at the same time as the starter. Just haven’t had time to put them on. My grandson plays baseball on a travel team. They played down near Miami, in Orlando near Charlotte N.C. Then Myrtle Beach. I’ve been trying to wire a trailer and wait on him, but I’ve finished the trailer so I’m going to go ahead and put the starter and solenoid on. He plays football too and was out til 2:00am tracking someone’s deer they had shot. I just can’t wait on him forever. At least he is staying busy with sports, he could be doing a lot worse.

I’ll try to get him to help, it would make it seem more like it’s his. I’ll go ahead and remove it being as old as it is I’m sure it at least needs cleaning or maybe replacing the brushes. It would be nice to have the extra hands. He helped me replace an outlet and told everyone that he fixed it. Thanks again.