I have a new 2020 Honda Rubicon 520 Deluxe Auto Shift. I bought a few months ago ( Thankgoodness Just Before Covid ) and I wanted a pull start. The Dealer tried to look up a part number for the Recoil Starter and said none exists yet. I confirmed that by doing a lot of digging around. Bummer..
I have a winch installed and intend to get a snowplow. As you all know that combination is really tough on the battery. So one weekend I took the quad 2 hours from home to ride ( Legally ) in a particular State Park that I like. I get there and go to unload and the battery is weak. Not enough to start the machine. Then, I wore it down even more trying to start it. So, I had jumper cables, pushed it off the trailer, swung the truck around and jump started it. So now I'm wondering, should I ride out into the wilderness or not ? So, long story short... I went out and the battery survived as I didn't turn it off all day. I had it loaded up to go home and then I shut it off and It did restart .......
I replaced the battery with a Gel Type. But, now I know I need to investigate this Recoil Starter further.
I have been renting a machine when ever my wife or grand daughter wants to join me on a ride. That was getting old ( and expensive ) so a month ago I stumbled on a Cherry 2017 Honda Rancher locally with only 58 miles on it. I then found a Pull Start kit for the 420 no problem. Hmmmm. Bought it and started looking it over. Put the two machines side by side and realized they are the same engine. The 520 just has a larger top end...
So, today I took that kit and put it on the 520. It fit and works just fine.
Here is the Honda part number for the kit.
08U70-HR3-A40 Recoil Starter
I bought mine on E-bay for just under $100.
No Instructions come with the kit. So, here is a link
Here is a Very Nice video on U-tube on the install. Thank You JDS Outdoors
Pretty easy, took me 3 hours on the 520. It isn't difficult but its in a very tight area to work in. Take off the LR Tire and lower plastic on the right side.
Here are two things not mentioned in the instructions that I found.
1) The 17 mm bolt that goes to the Crankshaft is very tight. I had to open the inspection port used to set the timing with an 8 mm allen wrench open the port. Turn the engine over with the 17mm bolt and stop when you see a notch in the flywheel. Then use a small prybar ( dont use a screwdriver because you could break off the tip and lose it inside the engine) to hold the engine from turning while removing and installing the bolt.
2) The plug for the condenser ( condenser is supplied in the kit ) is located next to the fusebox. It has a black dummy plug in it. There is a molded spot in the plastics under the fusebox towards the rear of the machine that is designed for this part to fit perfectly.
Hope this info helps you guys. Let me know how it goes.
Cheers and Happy New Years Badzook
I have a winch installed and intend to get a snowplow. As you all know that combination is really tough on the battery. So one weekend I took the quad 2 hours from home to ride ( Legally ) in a particular State Park that I like. I get there and go to unload and the battery is weak. Not enough to start the machine. Then, I wore it down even more trying to start it. So, I had jumper cables, pushed it off the trailer, swung the truck around and jump started it. So now I'm wondering, should I ride out into the wilderness or not ? So, long story short... I went out and the battery survived as I didn't turn it off all day. I had it loaded up to go home and then I shut it off and It did restart .......
I replaced the battery with a Gel Type. But, now I know I need to investigate this Recoil Starter further.
I have been renting a machine when ever my wife or grand daughter wants to join me on a ride. That was getting old ( and expensive ) so a month ago I stumbled on a Cherry 2017 Honda Rancher locally with only 58 miles on it. I then found a Pull Start kit for the 420 no problem. Hmmmm. Bought it and started looking it over. Put the two machines side by side and realized they are the same engine. The 520 just has a larger top end...
So, today I took that kit and put it on the 520. It fit and works just fine.
Here is the Honda part number for the kit.
08U70-HR3-A40 Recoil Starter
I bought mine on E-bay for just under $100.
No Instructions come with the kit. So, here is a link
Here is a Very Nice video on U-tube on the install. Thank You JDS Outdoors
Pretty easy, took me 3 hours on the 520. It isn't difficult but its in a very tight area to work in. Take off the LR Tire and lower plastic on the right side.
Here are two things not mentioned in the instructions that I found.
1) The 17 mm bolt that goes to the Crankshaft is very tight. I had to open the inspection port used to set the timing with an 8 mm allen wrench open the port. Turn the engine over with the 17mm bolt and stop when you see a notch in the flywheel. Then use a small prybar ( dont use a screwdriver because you could break off the tip and lose it inside the engine) to hold the engine from turning while removing and installing the bolt.
2) The plug for the condenser ( condenser is supplied in the kit ) is located next to the fusebox. It has a black dummy plug in it. There is a molded spot in the plastics under the fusebox towards the rear of the machine that is designed for this part to fit perfectly.
Hope this info helps you guys. Let me know how it goes.
Cheers and Happy New Years Badzook