jeepnrocks
08-02-2004, 12:25 PM
yesterday after riding my friend had found his chain loosened up on his 400ex. when he went toiadjust it (which should be simple) it appeared that the carrier had locked up on him somehow. we thought that he might have been at the end of his adjustment range so we tried to loosen the chain to see if anything would move and nothing..
i noticed the lpiece on the rear brake side was loose.. the threaded piece with the large nut and lock nut. im not real familiar with the internals of the carrier ect so im not sure how this would affect the chain problem but we are pretty sure your brake rotor isnt supposed to be wobbly and loose ;)
well we figured on tryinh to tighte things up and that may kick the carrier into propper position if it was indeed cocked a little in there well it wouldnt tighten so we tried to loosen the whole thing and were going to take the rear end apart and figure this mess out. well every other quad we have had did NOT have a small lock ring on the outside of the nut.
well as we tried to loosen it we didnt even realize we were loosening right over that ring. not it seems to be really wedged in there.. any ideas of how to get tthis thing apart. he already ordered replacement parts for the whole side and we are thinking we may have to get an angle grinder and very carefully cut teh nuts off. if there is any other suggestions any of you can give me i would greatly appreciate it.
thanks in advance,
mike
i noticed the lpiece on the rear brake side was loose.. the threaded piece with the large nut and lock nut. im not real familiar with the internals of the carrier ect so im not sure how this would affect the chain problem but we are pretty sure your brake rotor isnt supposed to be wobbly and loose ;)
well we figured on tryinh to tighte things up and that may kick the carrier into propper position if it was indeed cocked a little in there well it wouldnt tighten so we tried to loosen the whole thing and were going to take the rear end apart and figure this mess out. well every other quad we have had did NOT have a small lock ring on the outside of the nut.
well as we tried to loosen it we didnt even realize we were loosening right over that ring. not it seems to be really wedged in there.. any ideas of how to get tthis thing apart. he already ordered replacement parts for the whole side and we are thinking we may have to get an angle grinder and very carefully cut teh nuts off. if there is any other suggestions any of you can give me i would greatly appreciate it.
thanks in advance,
mike