Rancher Teardown & Rebuild thread

[OneBaddAssZ71]

lol. i really dont think i got much spunk ive had the quad since the 5th and havent gotten no futher on it then what i have. sometimes im as lazy as ****, but i really want to get this thing up and running before good weather hits. if i have to stare at it broke down in my shop all summer long i will part it out as much as i dont want 2. i really didnt put 2 much elbow grease into the dash, the drill done most of the work lol

[mavmike72]

Did you get the bolt out?

[OneBaddAssZ71]

not yet. im going to take it to my buddy and get him to take it out with his impact. my dad has an impact but it didnt have enough a$s to break the bolt loose.

on a better note i did manage to download the repair manual for this thing so im no longer flying blind on it.

[350rancherboy]

Whered you get the manual, do they have em for the Recon?

[OneBaddAssZ71]

tradebit.com. i paid 5 dollars and downloaded it.

[OneBaddAssZ71]

here ya go. already done the leg work for ya. here is the link to it

Honda Recon 250 service manual repair 1997-2004 TRX250 - Download Technical

[350rancherboy]

is it good quality? is it a HONDA manual or what? sorry i may do that too for the price, but just wanna know what im getting

[OneBaddAssZ71]

mine was an oem honda service manual. the quality for mine was real good. words and everything was clear. it was 5 bucks well spent imo cuz a service manual from honda for my rancher is 90 bucks

[OneBaddAssZ71]

well today i ran the motor by the local honda dealer and they zinged the bolt off with an impact. so i got cracking and pulled the cover. and got to inspecting arround and immediately noticed the cam chain was mighty loose. i got to looking arround some more and noticed the cam chain tensioner is actually broke which should be an easy fix. now all i need to do is get the fly wheel off to get to the tensioner so i can take it off and replace it. no big deal.

you can see how loose the cam chain is


here is the little piece of tensioner that broke off





now for the bad news of the day:

i know if i done this or what happened to it. maybe moving it arround so much it broke it or what but maybe somebody can tell me how much of a pita it is to replace this. i think the parts website called it an angle sensor



also bein in a good mood today i decided to do some cleaning on the quad to get some of the crud and stuff off of it.

purple power works wonders




i cleaned the trunk out today as well too. i found like 3 hands full of .22 bullets. they were funky and corroded so i threw them away. i wont too happy foolin with them things cuz from my experience it dont take much to make a .22 bullet go off


after i got done spraying it off and gettin most of the dirt and crap off of it i took and blew it off with some compressed air. i took brakeleen and sprayed in the oil cooler and blew it out with compressed air too. it shouldnt take me much more or longer to get this thing back up and running

total investment so far:
quad= 500.00$
gas to go get it= 40.00$
sand paper to fix dash= 1.46$
dealer bolt removale= 8.00

[350rancherboy]

awesome awesome! I love these projects!!!! how many miles does it have?

ive HEARD you can take a heat gun to the plastics to get some color back?

when ya get it running go to the store and buy some armor all and some eagle 1 etching mag cleaner and spray it on the diffs motor anything aluminum, let it sit for 30 seconds and hose off, repeat until satisfied!

Looks great dude! Im jealous!