1985 250SX Resurrection

[themotoviking]

FlyingW received rebuilt and sent off my diff in under a week!



I finally started assembly on the front end

[themotoviking]

The axle shaft that came out of the trike was in really good shape so I dropped that off for Zinc plating.



I actually found a place that can do gas tank acid baths so I dropped it off to strip it to nothing and remove the bad tank sealant form the inside. I may have to weld up some holes when I get it back but then I can send it off for powdercoating. Tank dip is $80 and the powdercoat will be $30



So I have a New hand picked Clarke tank that needs a home!

[themotoviking]

One of the things I ordered was a PRM-ATV grab bar. I received it from their Ebay store and was in awe of the cool factor. When I finally went to mount it I found out the tail ligh mounts were to close together and the notch for the grommet to go into was at the wrong angle. I sent multiple pics and descriptions and this is what I get back


Dear prmproductsinc,

Attached are 3 pics showing the incorrect mounts. if I even mount one side it pushes the light too far to the other side. I placed the stock OEM grab bar above so you can see the difference in slot angle and spacing between the holes which is about 3/4".

also these pieces appear to be plasma cut. you may want to spend just a bit of time cleaning up the edges so the mount holes do not tear up an already non available rubber mount.

--Rob
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Dear roughneck556, (me)

I have an employee that has one of these ATC 250SX. He is going to get the light mount off it tonight and bring it in so we can check whats going on.
Will get back to you.
Deborah

Have you figured anything out yet?

--Rob
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Dear roughneck556,

I'll send a call tag for it. Please package it up and UPS should pick up soon. The taillight is tight we are aware but it needs to be that way so that it does not fall out. Sorry for the problems but we won't be changing the design. The stock taillight in it is tight like I said but if your not happy we will give you a full refund. I'll send the call tag to your email address. Print it off and UPS will pick it up at the location it was dropped off at in a couple of days.
Deborah

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Can you send me a pic of your employees grab bar with light installed and a tape measure across so I can see whats going on? I understand it has to be "tight" but if it was built to stock dimension as it should have been than it would fit just fine. If it does fit as the mounts are designed would you care to send pics or instructions on how it fits in without tearing the rubber grommets?

How about instead of you spending money on shipping would you be willing to do a partial credit? Then I can just modify it myself so it meets OEM dimensions. this is not right at all BUT no one else makes a grab bar for this bike.

--Rob

And we are waiting to see what they say. Flat out crappy finish on the light mount area. plasms slag still existent and the holes and notches are nowhere where they should be

This is what I sent them.

[UPNATM]

I was able to mount up my light no problem, but If it will help you out at all, I can take a better up close pic of my PRM bar on my SX. Let me know...



Btw, your SX is really taking form, and looking great!

Jim does amazing work, and that diff he supplied you with looks every bit of awesome.

[themotoviking]

They are giving me a partial refund and I will fix it myself. I got the PRM idea from ... you guessed it your build UPNATM! Yes if you could take some pics of yours close up and even give me a measurement center to center of the holes that would be great.

[UPNATM]

They are giving me a partial refund and I will fix it myself. I got the PRM idea from ... you guessed it your build UPNATM! Yes if you could take some pics of yours close up and even give me a measurement center to center of the holes that would be great.

No problem, ill try and snap some pics tonight.

[UPNATM]

So, unfortunately I didn't have a tape measure on me, (I have this SX in storage at the moment) so I couldn't get any measurements, but I was able to snap a couple of pics for you.

[themotoviking]

Yeah when you get a chance if you could let me know on the measurement. That's going to tell me the most info.

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[UPNATM]

Yeah when you get a chance if you could let me know on the measurement. That's going to tell me the most info.

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Center of hole to center of hole, 7 5/8.

[UPNATM]

Been a while, any updates?

[themotoviking]

I'm still here. Just been busy. Wife got laid off so we're just scrambling to get bills paid.

I got the tank back from the cleaner. There are two pin holes I have to weeks up and then get it off to powder coating.

I just got the rest axle back last week from cleaning and plating. It's a nice gold color not.

I just need to get around to putting it all back together.

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[themotoviking]

Sorry for the long gap in the rebuild. Not sure if I mentioned it before but the wife got laid off work in early September and she was the bread bringer in the family. Things were a bit tight but its finally starting to level off as I am bringing in more work myself

Anyways, this meant I finally had enough time and finances to finish the rear end rebuild. A big thanks goes to FlyingW for the diff rebuild. Next up is assembling the new rear plastics and upholstering the new seat foam from CEET Racing. I still have tot take the carb out and do a full rebuild on it. Lube the severely dried throttle cable and start wiring the headlight area back up. I still have not taken the gas tank to powdercoating yet, maybe next week.

Due to Honda's awesome machining and tight tolerances the nice plating I had done on the axle shaft had to be stripped back off due to the hubs not being able to slip onto the splines at all! Took that over tot he same place that stripped my tank. $20 and a day later and its nice clean non plated metal.

Here it is sitting on it is finally sitting on its own three paws!

[UPNATM]

Looks good. Did you ever figure out what the story was with the rear light, and the prm grab bar?

[themotoviking]

Looks good. Did you ever figure out what the story was with the rear light, and the prm grab bar?

I have not got that far yet.

[Keepah Rolln]

Nice build. Got to love the sx's. I have a couple stock ones and am thinking about grabbing a couple more this winter cheap and making them totally unstock...