Linda's New Quad

[SpudRider]

Thanks for posting the update with your usual, excellent photographs. Needless to say, you did a superb job.

[Weldangrind]

Thank you.

I ordered a new fuel valve and a pack of filters this morning; they'll be about two weeks from China.

[ripcuda]

Nice pics and good progress. I love pictures of the underpinnings! (there's a joke there somewhere). Almost as good as wrenching on it myself.

Cheers!

[Weldangrind]

Thanks!

I'll be sure to update as parts some in.

[Weldangrind]

The petcock took forever to arrive! I started a claim on eBay, but the seller assured me that the valve was en route and would arrive in a few days. It did. I put it in my van, so I remember to grab some new fuel line for it tomorrow. The inlet side is a whopping 3/8".

I also decided to tackle the sloppy bushings on the rear shock. They're the typical inner and outer steel sleeve with a really poor elastomeric material in between. I measured the OD and ID, and determined that the metric measurements happen to be very close to 3/8" ID and 3/4" OD. I bought two sizes of bronze oilite bushings; one was 3/8" ID and 1/2"OD, the other was 1/2" ID and 3/4" OD. I pressed 'em together to make one, then drilled the ID with a letter W drill bit (0.386"), and the 10mm bolt slipped right through. I then cut 'em to length.

I pressed out the old bushings like so:



I then wrapped a little bit of Gorilla tape onto the OD of the bushing, and slid it into the shock body, like so:



When I have more time, I'll bolt the shock back in, install the new petcock and hose and then adjust the valves. Getting close!

[SpudRider]

The bronze bushings look good.

[Weldangrind]

Thanks. We'll see how they hold up.

On my old Honda XL250S project, the shock bushings were also wasted, but they were simply an elastomeric rubber over a metal sleeve. All that was left was the sleeve. I discovered that some 1/2" heater hose was a perfect fit for the sleeve and the shock body, so a little grease and a lot of hydraulic pressure conspired to create a fresh bushing. Works for me.

[Louis Angel]

Cool write up on this Weld. First time I have seen it. Great pics too!

[Weldangrind]

Thanks. I hope to post a vid of Linda riding it soon. She has been very patient with me.

[dmeredith0015]

Good stuff weld!!!! Great pictures Im sure all the work will be worth the many smiles on her face!!!

[Weldangrind]

Thanks! I hope so, too. Linda is a dear friend of ours, and her happiness is important to me.

[midlifekrisiz]

so when are we all going for a rip bud?
our machines are up and going .......

[Weldangrind]

Some day. I haven't ridden yet this year, and I'm getting very antsy.

[Weldangrind]

I got some more work done on the weekend. It was around 95F all weekend, so I didn't do much.

Thanks to Dave for showing us the PW80 petcock, I was able to use that type on Linda's quad. There is a bracket just below the tank that worked out nicely; all I had to do was drill an index hole for the stud that is on the mounting surface of the petcock. That keeps it located with only one screw.

This shot shows the index hole I drilled.



This is the mock-up of the valve, and then the final installation.





The next time I buy filters, I'll choose a 90 degree version for this machine, so the hose doesn't need a radius to connect.

[Weldangrind]

I also finished the other shock bushing installation. The shock is now installed, and the slop in it is gone. Much better. I hope the bronze bushings hold up. If they don't, I'll fabricate something out of rubber and steel.