Originally Posted by
twomanyhobbies
Hi, New (old) guy here.
I picked up a 1978 ATC90 a few months ago. Runs good, but has a few issues. When this machine was built, I worked as a mechanic at a Honda dealership. We saw a lot of these with loose rear axle bearing fits. Back then we had a local machine shop that would repair the axle fits using a spray metal process. Worked great. About half the cost of a new axle back then.
My first question is - what's done for fixing loose bearing fits these days? I haven't had my ATC90 apart. If I'm lucky, maybe it just needs bearings and a little loctite. It doesn't feel too sloppy yet.
Second question - are any tools available for removing axle nuts? When I used to work on these I made a really deep socket (with a piece of water pipe and a cut up impact socket,) and used it with an impact wrench. Worked pretty sweet. I'd settle for a couple of the correct size open end wrenches now.
I'm sure this has all been discussed before - but I couldn't find anything by searching the site.
New bearings should solve your problems. We’ve never had a carrier that was so sloppy that it wouldn’t hold a bearing and we’ve done a lot of these. As far as a axle nut tool yes they make the or at least have made them. It’s more of a open ended wrench style of tool.. we’ve found it just as easy to use channels locks. Can’t remember the size of the nut
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