Escanabajosh
05-07-2010, 01:48 PM
okay so my girlfriend got a older polaris 4 wheeler, it's a 400 liquid cooled 2 wd. she had little time on it since i've known her 3 1/2 years. we were up at camp riding and all of a sunder a bunch of white smoke came outta the muffler. so we put it on the trailer and brought it back home.
her dad is a "mechanic" (not cert. or schooling just what he's done his whole life) kinda outta his garage i guess, raced cars his whole life, etc.
well any time somthing need's fixing he's the mechanic so he fix's it (i bought her brakes for her car on our first v-day and he would not let us put them on,lol) he can be one of them stuborn thick headed ones,lol
so i tell him i think the head gasket went when we back and unload the machine (she keeps it at his house) a while later he buys a new gasket for it and puts it on, her little bro and sis (the ones doing all the wear and tear on it) rode it a bit in the yard, well this spring he goes to fire it up and it starts with the smoke again.
here's the big question i guess......he said the head was warped so he bought new belts for his belt sander and he got it within .02" he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he had a metal ruler as the flat part with a fealer gauge under it! now i know sanding and machining are NOT the same.
the machine had been bored out the the last bore (i think, they said it's been bored but?) so i dont know if it's common for the walls to get thin and go into the waterjackets?
now i'm no pro mechanic......weekend warrior at best, but what do you think it could be.....with out looking at it? i forgot what he said the head was at before, it was warped though. can it be re-surfaced or should we look on ebay? anyone know what kinda wheeler it is i'm talking about? looks like a 2wd scrambler almost, i think a ugly gray plastic?
he's talking about droppin it off at a atv place in town but if i can get a $30 head of ebay, sorry for it turning into a rambling mini rant of a post and thanks for any replys.
i got the sx runnin good and we went riding all weekend last week and now she wants to go again this weekend :) only thing is she wants her wheeler, she's sick of riding my dads bigbear on the trails.
were workin on trading up the polaris wheeler and her sled for a 400ex, i showed her a pic of a black with pink stars sticker kit and she fell in love,lol.
her dad is a "mechanic" (not cert. or schooling just what he's done his whole life) kinda outta his garage i guess, raced cars his whole life, etc.
well any time somthing need's fixing he's the mechanic so he fix's it (i bought her brakes for her car on our first v-day and he would not let us put them on,lol) he can be one of them stuborn thick headed ones,lol
so i tell him i think the head gasket went when we back and unload the machine (she keeps it at his house) a while later he buys a new gasket for it and puts it on, her little bro and sis (the ones doing all the wear and tear on it) rode it a bit in the yard, well this spring he goes to fire it up and it starts with the smoke again.
here's the big question i guess......he said the head was warped so he bought new belts for his belt sander and he got it within .02" he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he had a metal ruler as the flat part with a fealer gauge under it! now i know sanding and machining are NOT the same.
the machine had been bored out the the last bore (i think, they said it's been bored but?) so i dont know if it's common for the walls to get thin and go into the waterjackets?
now i'm no pro mechanic......weekend warrior at best, but what do you think it could be.....with out looking at it? i forgot what he said the head was at before, it was warped though. can it be re-surfaced or should we look on ebay? anyone know what kinda wheeler it is i'm talking about? looks like a 2wd scrambler almost, i think a ugly gray plastic?
he's talking about droppin it off at a atv place in town but if i can get a $30 head of ebay, sorry for it turning into a rambling mini rant of a post and thanks for any replys.
i got the sx runnin good and we went riding all weekend last week and now she wants to go again this weekend :) only thing is she wants her wheeler, she's sick of riding my dads bigbear on the trails.
were workin on trading up the polaris wheeler and her sled for a 400ex, i showed her a pic of a black with pink stars sticker kit and she fell in love,lol.