Rohr397
12-16-2011, 01:23 AM
Okay guys so as recommended by the one and only 01boneless
I am going to replace my piston rings and valve seats, I don't know what condition they're in but they've been in there for quite awhile and I do notice a little blue smoke. Luckily my oil level wasn't dropping at all, so I doubt I was burning through crazy amounts of oil.
For the piston rings, I am thinking about going with OEM. I want to go low budget on this without doing something cheap, and obviously OEM is pretty good quality.
As far as valve seats go I am thinking about doing something along the same lines, affordable but good quality. However, I have heard that there are high quality aftermarket seats for cheap as well.
Now for the biggest problem of all. I really trust my dealership and they're very friendly. On the brightside the parts counter people practically give me parts since I am in there so much. The downside is the mechanic there charges an arm and a leg. In order to have the work professionally done I have to spend an entire paycheck (about $300, not bad for a first job though). So I want to do this myself instead since that money needs to go towards my gas hogging truck. I've never done much with top ends and I don't have a clue what I am doing. All I've got is the basic owners manual that actually came from my mom's 03 Ex and after trying to follow the manual for my 04 450r I have the feeling it won't be too helpful. How hard would this be for a beginner to do with no outside help? What does it take to do this?
Sorry for the long thread. I know most of the mechanics of quads and all but I have never owned a quad long enough to need to do a whole lot of top end work, as I am sure boneless could tell you after being subscribed to me on YouTube for awhile :rolleyes: . Just the basics and all the chassis setup.
I am going to replace my piston rings and valve seats, I don't know what condition they're in but they've been in there for quite awhile and I do notice a little blue smoke. Luckily my oil level wasn't dropping at all, so I doubt I was burning through crazy amounts of oil.
For the piston rings, I am thinking about going with OEM. I want to go low budget on this without doing something cheap, and obviously OEM is pretty good quality.
As far as valve seats go I am thinking about doing something along the same lines, affordable but good quality. However, I have heard that there are high quality aftermarket seats for cheap as well.
Now for the biggest problem of all. I really trust my dealership and they're very friendly. On the brightside the parts counter people practically give me parts since I am in there so much. The downside is the mechanic there charges an arm and a leg. In order to have the work professionally done I have to spend an entire paycheck (about $300, not bad for a first job though). So I want to do this myself instead since that money needs to go towards my gas hogging truck. I've never done much with top ends and I don't have a clue what I am doing. All I've got is the basic owners manual that actually came from my mom's 03 Ex and after trying to follow the manual for my 04 450r I have the feeling it won't be too helpful. How hard would this be for a beginner to do with no outside help? What does it take to do this?
Sorry for the long thread. I know most of the mechanics of quads and all but I have never owned a quad long enough to need to do a whole lot of top end work, as I am sure boneless could tell you after being subscribed to me on YouTube for awhile :rolleyes: . Just the basics and all the chassis setup.