View Full Version : Can I cry on someones shoulder??
RUNMYTA
11-18-2002, 07:34 PM
I just would like to share my heart-ache with some fellow quad lovers. I know some of you have had a week like mine.
2 weekends ago I was riding my recently purchased 89 250R when the chain came off and jammed up against the case. So after I removed the swingarm bolt to get it un-jammed I noticed that the axle carrier was lose. Futher inspection showed a busted bearing, trashed lonestar carrier, ruined sprocket and brake hub!! Holy*****. So I 2nd day everything to make sure I can have my R ready for this weekend. Get it all back together and took it to DeriSi racing and had Santo install my Custom Axis shocks and dial them in!! Then I noticed my carb boot had ripped, so I ordered a CR 250 reed cage, but ordered one for 2000 model and it would not fit!!! Dam it! Luckily a buddy loned me his rad valve. So Saturday night before I raced on Sunday I got it jetted and running nicely (I thought). So Sunday I unloaded the R lined up on the line and my quad wouldn't start until the 3rd kick. *****! So I was last into the woods, but my Axis suspension helped me work my way up 4 places in a few minutes. Then it started missing and popping, so I limped it back to the truck and brought her home.
Here is the funny part!! I go to my local Honda shop and they loan me a coil wire to change out to see if that is the problem. So I start idling through my yard warming her up when all of a sudden a pin in the chain breaks sending the chain flying around the drive sprocket smashing the last few links against the shifter shaft busting the bottom out of the case! :( I know I should have just ran the Banshee!
Thanks for listening to me cry! I feel better now. MIKE
optikid123
11-18-2002, 07:36 PM
:huh :eek: :eek: sounds like a bad time
Atreyu
11-18-2002, 07:42 PM
wow that really sucks man
beerock
11-18-2002, 07:55 PM
heh, I been there too bro...
Call up honda of troy, i have bought cases for less then $240 with bearings and seals....
that sucks man, you ran that yamaha :p
AtvMxRider
11-18-2002, 07:59 PM
Dang man that sucks!
TheX1992
11-18-2002, 08:08 PM
never boring :rolleyes:
2K1 300EX
11-18-2002, 10:05 PM
Sounds like you possibly purchased a lemon
RideRed04
11-18-2002, 10:10 PM
hey, its only a lemon until you replace every part with good new parts!
i've heard that 250Rs are old and break down but i've never heard it that bad! man that must really suck. i never broke a thing on a quad before except the battery case. lol. i have caught it on fire 2 twice before. i bet you were getting out your pretty pennies.:blah
hahahahaha you caught your battery case on fire? lol
sounds like my first day, first it wouldnt start, then it wouldnt idle, thought that was an easy fix (wrong), i was riding around, about a mile away from camp, the rod/crank bearing decided it had enough of this riding thing, it let loose, crank fell apart, shot the rod and piston into the sparkplug, put a hole in the piston, ruined the head, had ring crushed into the crown of the piston, and ruined the entire bottom end - overall, expensive but worth it, i got a ton of mods after that!
2K1 300EX
11-18-2002, 11:23 PM
Did you know the guy that you bought it from?
QuadJunkies
11-19-2002, 08:22 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by RUNMYTA
I just would like to share my heart-ache with some fellow quad lovers. I know some of you have had a week like mine.
2 weekends ago I was riding my recently purchased 89 250R when the chain came off and jammed up against the case. So after I removed the swingarm bolt to get it un-jammed I noticed that the axle carrier was lose. Futher inspection showed a busted bearing, trashed lonestar carrier, ruined sprocket and brake hub!! Holy*****. So I 2nd day everything to make sure I can have my R ready for this weekend. Get it all back together and took it to DeriSi racing and had Santo install my Custom Axis shocks and dial them in!! Then I noticed my carb boot had ripped, so I ordered a CR 250 reed cage, but ordered one for 2000 model and it would not fit!!! Dam it! Luckily a buddy loned me his rad valve. So Saturday night before I raced on Sunday I got it jetted and running nicely (I thought). So Sunday I unloaded the R lined up on the line and my quad wouldn't start until the 3rd kick. *****! So I was last into the woods, but my Axis suspension helped me work my way up 4 places in a few minutes. Then it started missing and popping, so I limped it back to the truck and brought her home.
Here is the funny part!! I go to my local Honda shop and they loan me a coil wire to change out to see if that is the problem. So I start idling through my yard warming her up when all of a sudden a pin in the chain breaks sending the chain flying around the drive sprocket smashing the last few links against the shifter shaft busting the bottom out of the case! :( I know I should have just ran the Banshee!
Thanks for listening to me cry! I feel better now. MIKE oh, man... Bad times,:( Somedays ,you wonder why you even got out of bed....:grr
tants
11-19-2002, 09:47 AM
gooood ol 250r for ya :o
lil400exman
11-19-2002, 10:38 AM
i need a goood fast quad man no more 400exslug..banshee fast is what i need..........
RUNMYTA
11-19-2002, 12:56 PM
What is sad that it gets better!! Later that evening I load up my banshee to take it to spray it off and lay my company cell phone on the bumper of my truck while I load up the Shee. Then i precede to get in and drive off!! Couple hours later I realize that I had left it on the bumper!! Dam, now my boss say that it is $130 to replace it!! DOOOH! Anybody wanna buy a spare kidney?:D
No, I didn't know the guy I bought it from. MIKE
Castor-426ex
11-19-2002, 01:28 PM
eh what the the heck....here is my universal sign for cryin...lol
WyoDuner
11-19-2002, 01:55 PM
So, the lesson learned is..... "Always thoroughly check out the quad before you buy it and before you ride it".
motochris
11-19-2002, 03:15 PM
WoW that really sucks.... Well just try to smile dude and just fix it a little at a time... I think we have all been there, just sucks of all the money spent tho...............:)
Hey Wyoduner check your PM dude............................:macho
bklyn400ex
11-19-2002, 03:48 PM
ouch man i feel 4 ya, i went riding last weekend, i was changin my front sprocket as soon as i unloaded the bike from the trailer, cracked one bolt in, then i said the **** with it, i'll ride with one bolt, then i was tryin to put my master link back on the chain, and the plate wouldnt go in enough so i couldnt get the clip on, some guy said no problem and gave me a piece of wire, and swore it will hold the link in place,i tried it. So i took off, i hit 3rd gear the chain snapped, and got wedged betweek the case and the sprocket, o did i mention that i drove like 300 miles to ride, and there were no shops open on a sunday, i was miserableeee
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