What's your biggest "jerry rig"

[mike1979]

So what have you done and lets see some pics. This came up again this weekend, MonroeMike likes to keep reminding me of it... so Mike here is that pic again.:lol:
So what have you done and lets see some pics.
The "Gatorade" Gas Tank and "Snap On" Pull start:naughty::lol:

I have since fixed the gas tank and she starts on the first pull so I dont need the extension on the handle LMAO

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/mike1979AR/IMG_3846.jpg

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/mike1979AR/IMG_3848.jpg

[84atc200]

Does it have to be on a trike? Sorry i wasn't paying attention to the fact that this is posted in trikesylvania.

[blue27]

Does it have to be on a trike? yea this is a trike forum,lol

i have done that but with an NOS Tecumseh lawnmower tank (well its not NOS anymore) that I bought at a yard sale for .50 cents

[Vealmonkey]

Bruce, when I saw that you posted here, I was almost sure there was going to be a Tiger picture or the POS60! LOL I don't know if the magic file would be considered a jerry rig, but you should start another thread on wonder tools.

[blue27]

Bruce, when I saw that you posted here, I was almost sure there was going to be a Tiger picture or the POS60! LOL I don't know if the magic file would be considered a jerry rig, but you should start another thread on wonder tools.


I love the magic file!!!!!

[mike1979]

Magic File?? What is a magic file?

[ailll1]

Here's an other idea for a pull starter handle... a snowmobile handle!
Has way more grip and it's pretty cheap.

http://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx183/ailll1/My%20trikes/Photo015.jpg

[factoryX]

LOL, didn't goat use a gatorade bottle for his 200x? My best jerry rig so far is 2 sealed bmx bearings for front axle spacers..

[Texas 200x]

This thread may get out of control.........

[MonroeMike]

I used mending plates as a "temporary" fix, to hook my rear brake spring up.

They have been on for two years now.

[Rainer]

My cousin snapped off one side of the hangers underneath the seat of his '86 200x that keep the fenders up and off the pipe and we didn't notice till the rear fenders started melting on the pipe so we wrapped the outside of his cobra exhaust in house insulation and it worked perfect!

[Billy Golightly]

I have gotten away with at times some pretty crazy stuff...mostly engine wise.

I've held a rear brake caliper mounting plate on with a piece of electrical wire wrapped around the carrier because I was missing the snap ring.

I've put 250R(350X, maybe? can't remember) hubs on a Tri-Z axle with 3/32 tig welding rod shims on the splines.

And I didn't do this one, but a long time ago when I was really young and still riding my dads Big Red 200E a lot, some how, the camshaft in it broke in half. My dad being the genius he is, actually took the cam in the lathe, drills a hole in the center of each piece, presses in a pin, and presses the end that broke off back onto the pin. Joining the 2 pieces of camshaft back together. Put it back in and it ran, relatively well. I think that cam is still in that thing. Its not a ultra high RPM longevity fix, but it worked for me to plug around on as a 11-12 year old. I know that sounds like a total load of horse trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro, but I promise it happened.

I've taken a seized piston and cylinder, sanded the high places off the piston, cleaned/cleared the ring grooves, and used acid to clean the aluminum off of the steel sleeve. Put it back together and ran it.

I've had a piece of a cylinder sleeve break out of an intake bridge on a late model 250R cylinder before. I ground down the sleeve where the piece broke out and smoothed it around where the ring wouldn't catch on it. Ran it. Alot, actually.

I've had a 250R motor with the piston installed backwards, which of course allowed the top ring to pop out of the groove into the exhaust port and get mangled, along with messing up the top ring groove. I threw the top ring away, put the piston back in the right direction with just the bottom ring, that motor is still running in my Laeger TRX quad. Runs good too.



This is all jerry rigging to a certain extent, but Its more of a functional thought process type. Any goober head can take a piece of a beer can and some jb weld and fix a hole in a side case.

[Mosh]

We were riding at Wellsville about 5-6 miles from camp and my brother in law (6-11" 320 lbs) was on a 92 lt 250R and we looked down and his oil filler cap popped out and it lost all the trans oil.
Noone could tow him back because of his size and the terrain was long rocky mountains, and we were on Banshee's...not to mention about 11 at nite.
So..... Tammy and I flew back to camp, grabbed a qt of 10w30, and a Tampon from her purse ...Yes the female thing, and we filled that LT250R quad crankcase up with oil, jammed the tampon in the filler cap hole and ran the rest of the nite.
The Tampon thing was actually Tammy's idea...

He said that week at home, he had to yank that thing out with channel locks it was in so tight..Prolly could have ran it till the next oil change..:lol:

I actually have a polaroid of it still, on my toolbox..

I wouldnt call it a jerry rig...But necessity is the mother of all invention..:D

Cant honestly say I have jerry rigged anything..I never get away with it..:lol:

[blue27]

Great idea Tammy!

[beets442]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/beets442/magainxepics0208mwjn6.jpg

[3Wheel_Gunner]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/beets442/magainxepics0208mwjn6.jpg

WOW, I have seen some crazy s*** in my years, but this one is at the top.

[3wheelmecca]

I used a moving pad as a seat on my 200 Custom, setting it on fire. I also use rugs(rags as air cleaners on just about anything and use RTV as bolts to hold them in holes that are way too big, newrider knows lol. That piston tops it though.

[Xpress]

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/beets442/magainxepics0208mwjn6.jpg

I think this wins the jerry rigger of the year award :D

[twitch101]

I think this wins the jerry rigger of the year award :D

explain what that is. to me it looks like someone used a bunch of copper and other metals to fill in what was left of a piston

[Xpress]

Looks like a piston blew then someone tried to use copper staples to repair it....

[Sargon2112]

Well the piston tops any riggin' I have ever saw... LMAO!!!

One of my 'worst' rigs was on some rear drum brakes on a trike. The pads separated from the shoes but it was midnight and we were determined to ride that night. I epoxied the pads back to the shoes with some 30min set epoxy. They held for a 15 or 20 mile ride through some pretty rough mountain trails... I bought new ones for the next ride though... Good times.

[greenhuman]

We were riding at Wellsville about 5-6 miles from camp and my brother in law (6-11" 320 lbs) was on a 92 lt 250R and we looked down and his oil filler cap popped out and it lost all the trans oil.
Noone could tow him back because of his size and the terrain was long rocky mountains, and we were on Banshee's...not to mention about 11 at nite.
So..... Tammy and I flew back to camp, grabbed a qt of 10w30, and a Tampon from her purse ...Yes the female thing, and we filled that LT250R quad crankcase up with oil, jammed the tampon in the filler cap hole and ran the rest of the nite.
The Tampon thing was actually Tammy's idea...

He said that week at home, he had to yank that thing out with channel locks it was in so tight..Prolly could have ran it till the next oil change..:lol:

I actually have a polaroid of it still, on my toolbox..

I wouldnt call it a jerry rig...But necessity is the mother of all invention..:D

Cant honestly say I have jerry rigged anything..I never get away with it..:lol:
While he was using the tampon was he able to swim, waterski, dance etc? They do in the commercials.

[cattle-dog]

two weekends ago a friends clutch cable snaped at the handle, so we backed the ajustment all the way off then braided the end together, hooked it over the slot where the cable would normally be, adjusted it up and he drove it the 10 miles out of the woods and ravines. he finished the day of riding!!!!

[atc350xer]

While he was using the tampon was he able to swim, waterski, dance etc? They do in the commercials.

LMAO... that's funny! Don't forget "ride horses"!

[fabiodriven]

I gotta know the story behind that piston.

[Bryan Raffa]

That Piston is Freakin Amazeing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baahahhahaa! come on ,,, whats the story???

[Dirtcrasher]

We were riding at Wellsville about 5-6 miles from camp and my brother in law (6-11" 320 lbs) was on a 92 lt 250R and we looked down and his oil filler cap popped out and it lost all the trans oil.
No one could tow him back because of his size and the terrain was long rocky mountains, and we were on Banshee's...not to mention about 11 at nite.
So..... Tammy and I flew back to camp, grabbed a qt of 10w30, and a Tampon from her purse ...Yes the female thing, and we filled that LT250R quad crankcase up with oil, jammed the tampon in the filler cap hole and ran the rest of the nite.
The Tampon thing was actually Tammy's idea...

He said that week at home, he had to yank that thing out with channel locks it was in so tight..Prolly could have ran it till the next oil change..:lol:

I actually have a polaroid of it still, on my toolbox..

I wouldnt call it a jerry rig...But necessity is the mother of all invention..:D

Cant honestly say I have jerry rigged anything..I never get away with it..:lol:

Thank GOD that the trike wasn't going through "menopaose.........." :lol: J/K
It certainly did the trick!! Great ingenuity Mosh!! :beer

I wish I had pics from the trucks we kept running with these quick fixes.

Such as that repair or other we patched like a dead EFI fuel pump(In the middle of nowhere); We re-routed it throughout the washer fluid resivour filled with fuel which got us home.......

Sometimes the simplest solutions are best!

[Xpress]

Story on the piston NOW!! :D

[greenhuman]

A few years ago a friend and I went 70 riding on the beach near my place. He broke down a couple of miles from home and we didn't have a tow rope so we used his sweater instead. Ever seen a sweater with 10 foot arms? I suppose you had to be there.

[TrailerRider]

we patched like a dead EFI fuel pump(In the middle of nowhere); We re-routed it throughout the washer fluid resivour filled with fuel which got us home.......

Sometimes the simplest solutions are best!

That is just an awesome road side fix. What was that on?

[Name Brand]

The forward mount for the bracket that holds the lower end of my rear shock broke on my SX. I knocked it back into place with a hefty stick and tied it back together with some bunjee cords and my towrope. We were probably ten miles from the trailhead; had no trouble riding it out.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/100/l_153f9ff7519cd980b16bbfbe975b7dd2.jpg

[MudBug]

Took my rack off to get it painted and doing so, some of the fender tab bolts broke off so its going to be off for a little while. I still wanted fenders, so I done this :

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/brandonploughman/rackless002.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/brandonploughman/rackless001.jpg

just used a piece of strapping to keep them from flapping everywhere. Holding up good so far I must say!

[rwilliams2142]

A 2x4 across rear end to square up droopy fenders!
Got em squared right up and lifted up off rear tires great,
A.d you can't see the 2x4 at all!

[bcredneck]

here are some of the evil things that have happened in my shop
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=114080&d=1295075756
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=113047&d=1294197736
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