Raptor Question

[Jblazin98]

Im thinking about gettting a Raptor that someone has for sale in my area...It is a 2001 with an exhaust. The only problem is i have heard the 01's have had tranny issues..I asked him about that and he stated that he has never had a problem and didnt get it upgraded or fix when he had the quad..Is this a problem you think, what was wrong with the tranny's that year and do you think i should buy it and risk it and if it messes up just fix it..

[MadDog56]

It all depends on price. If you can get for such a good deal that even if you end up replacing the trans (600-800 for parts only) you still come out cheaper than buying an 02-05 then I'd seriously consider it. But if you can get a newer bike for a few hundred more it's certainly not worth the risk IMO.

[bigdogg221]

check the ser # i think the first 5,000 models had the tranny problem because i was one of them i had model 680 but the place that i bought it off of fixed it and then yamaha seen there was a problem and thats when they did the upgrade but i think 5000 and over are ok i know 5000 and below had problems im pretty sure, hope this helps you out

[redrocker]

All 01's have the 3 dog gear that breaks
the 02/05 they put 4 dogs on the weak
gear by doing this they changed the
gear ratio

[mikeypaines89]

01's also have faulty carbs

[yAmAhA-rIdEr155]

u should keep lookin for another one around ure area, im picky bout used four wheelers. u should take another look at tht one and make a deal

[cjkranz]

Originally posted by yAmAhA-rIdEr155
u should keep lookin for another one around ure area, im picky bout used four wheelers. u should take another look at tht one and make a deal

too bad your not more picky about your spelling;)

[xxnightraven73x]

i have a 2001 with exhaust intake geared and an 11:1 piston and im still going strong on the stock trans. and they didnt have faulty carbs the carb boots that are on the engine have a tandancy off loosening on the carbs i wish people would know what they are talking about before tring to help someone

[bigdogg221]

hey nightraven whats your model number you might have a later model

[xxnightraven73x]

yeah mines over the 5000 mark its 5332 i think but all of the 2001's had problems with the carb boots and on raptorforum i was told the trans problem runs into the 20,000 mark so maybe im just lucky i dunno but i beat the weeeeee out of it and no shifting problems and as soon as my pool table sells its getting a stroker 720 and ill see how it holds up

[xxnightraven73x]

btw my comment wasnt directed tward you bigdog it was directed at mikeypaines89 for stating they have faulty carbs which is untrue the carb boots are crap not the carbs although the cv carbs are junk they are still better than the single edelbrock when building a big power engine but fcr's is always the way to go when doing that

[bigdogg221]

no problem man

[yAmAhA-rIdEr155]

too bad your not more picky about your spelling

i jus summarize it wher i dont hav to type it all out