TheFamer
04-17-2016, 05:39 AM
Hey Everyone!
Been awhile since me "The Farmer" has posted anything on here. Been dealing with life and all the joys it has to offer...so let me catch ya all up on what I've been toying around with lately
First me and a buddy have been on a hard 3 wheeler crave, started out with just my 85 250es and his 83 200s. And we have hunted to get this collection, so now I personally have a 85 atc70, 85 atc110, 83 atc185, 85 200s 85 250es and a 85 350x. All pretty much runners some of them need little things here and there. But I got the biggest and smallest ones honda made for 1985. So I'm happy. I also got a honda odyssey 250. No motor was In it, but everything else is there. Pretty much stock all original. So hoping to put this polaris snow mobile motor In it. But having issues like I found my 350x in the middle of working on the odyssey.
So found the 350x (so friend told me about it once he saw the other atcs) it was under a car port cover, next to a little boat, my friend said when he moved onto that street about 8 years ago it was sitting in the same spot. So I had him Introduce me to his neighbor. He was starting to have all grey hair but he was pretty chill guy, said he bought it from the dealership in 86. Used to ride it around the property and occasionally went riding In the snow with his buddy's on snow mobiles, also he said he normally would start it up if we had a decent winter here on the island.. and pull his kids around the fields and what have you. Until 3 years ago it wouldn't startup when he tried..
So he said 500 bucks I have the title In hand it's yours.. I Checked it over quickly, brake calipers were seized same with clutch h cable, gas tank was dented, repainted and kinda rusty, seat had a tear In it. Foot pegs bent, he said his neighbor crashed it once and that's why it is missing the front fender, he had the headlights and some misc parts in a box in the garage for it too.
So I bought it, got it home, Cleaned the tank out and petcock, cleaned the carb out, wasn't plugged up but had some deposits in the bottom. I checked the oil, it was black and 1/4 the way up into the safe zone, so I added some new motorcycle oil till it was full.
So here is the start of my concerns. It was pretty freaking easy to kick over, it does have the decompression cable hooked up and working. But still after 4-7 kicks after remembering to feel for TDC it started up, a little rough but not bad. I ran it for 5 mins and turned it off, couldn't ride it because clutch cable was seized so I taped a funnel with some hose on it to one end of the cable, and sprayed PB Blaster into the funnel until it backed up the hose. Let it sit over night. Worked on the read brake caliper, need to rebuild the master cylinder *any tips on that? Came back the next morning and got the clutch cable moving a little bit, put it back on the 350x and got it working, all lubed up. Got the chain cleaned up and back on it.. started it up, pulled the clutch in, clicked it into first.. let the clutch out and nothing!!!!! Nothing at all, no noise and movement, double checked I was in first, still nothing, tried 2nd, 3rd nothing nothing!!
So I was pretty heated and sad I could go ride it.. so what could that be? Clutch completely gone? Something else? More major? Hope not. also the exhaust studs are, well one on each side is there, than there's a broken stud still exposed on one side and than the others broken off down in the threads.. so any tips? Ideas?
Also I was going to replace the rear carrier bearings and swing arm bearings, what's the trick to getting the lock nuts loose so u can get it all apart? I know they are reversed threaded.
Sorry for the novel, I feel it's best to tell the story as best I could to get the best answer back. So rear master cylinder rebuild, clutch not working? Rear carrier bearings are my main concerns. Thanks everyone!:TrikesOwn
Been awhile since me "The Farmer" has posted anything on here. Been dealing with life and all the joys it has to offer...so let me catch ya all up on what I've been toying around with lately
First me and a buddy have been on a hard 3 wheeler crave, started out with just my 85 250es and his 83 200s. And we have hunted to get this collection, so now I personally have a 85 atc70, 85 atc110, 83 atc185, 85 200s 85 250es and a 85 350x. All pretty much runners some of them need little things here and there. But I got the biggest and smallest ones honda made for 1985. So I'm happy. I also got a honda odyssey 250. No motor was In it, but everything else is there. Pretty much stock all original. So hoping to put this polaris snow mobile motor In it. But having issues like I found my 350x in the middle of working on the odyssey.
So found the 350x (so friend told me about it once he saw the other atcs) it was under a car port cover, next to a little boat, my friend said when he moved onto that street about 8 years ago it was sitting in the same spot. So I had him Introduce me to his neighbor. He was starting to have all grey hair but he was pretty chill guy, said he bought it from the dealership in 86. Used to ride it around the property and occasionally went riding In the snow with his buddy's on snow mobiles, also he said he normally would start it up if we had a decent winter here on the island.. and pull his kids around the fields and what have you. Until 3 years ago it wouldn't startup when he tried..
So he said 500 bucks I have the title In hand it's yours.. I Checked it over quickly, brake calipers were seized same with clutch h cable, gas tank was dented, repainted and kinda rusty, seat had a tear In it. Foot pegs bent, he said his neighbor crashed it once and that's why it is missing the front fender, he had the headlights and some misc parts in a box in the garage for it too.
So I bought it, got it home, Cleaned the tank out and petcock, cleaned the carb out, wasn't plugged up but had some deposits in the bottom. I checked the oil, it was black and 1/4 the way up into the safe zone, so I added some new motorcycle oil till it was full.
So here is the start of my concerns. It was pretty freaking easy to kick over, it does have the decompression cable hooked up and working. But still after 4-7 kicks after remembering to feel for TDC it started up, a little rough but not bad. I ran it for 5 mins and turned it off, couldn't ride it because clutch cable was seized so I taped a funnel with some hose on it to one end of the cable, and sprayed PB Blaster into the funnel until it backed up the hose. Let it sit over night. Worked on the read brake caliper, need to rebuild the master cylinder *any tips on that? Came back the next morning and got the clutch cable moving a little bit, put it back on the 350x and got it working, all lubed up. Got the chain cleaned up and back on it.. started it up, pulled the clutch in, clicked it into first.. let the clutch out and nothing!!!!! Nothing at all, no noise and movement, double checked I was in first, still nothing, tried 2nd, 3rd nothing nothing!!
So I was pretty heated and sad I could go ride it.. so what could that be? Clutch completely gone? Something else? More major? Hope not. also the exhaust studs are, well one on each side is there, than there's a broken stud still exposed on one side and than the others broken off down in the threads.. so any tips? Ideas?
Also I was going to replace the rear carrier bearings and swing arm bearings, what's the trick to getting the lock nuts loose so u can get it all apart? I know they are reversed threaded.
Sorry for the novel, I feel it's best to tell the story as best I could to get the best answer back. So rear master cylinder rebuild, clutch not working? Rear carrier bearings are my main concerns. Thanks everyone!:TrikesOwn