I am no mechanic, hate fixing things unless they are made of wood. I am nearly 71 and I like watching 2Vintage repair stuff even more. Though I do fast forward through the bolt un-doing as I've got less life remaining than you. My hobby: driving around a local industrial museum in 100 year old vehicles whose the cogs are each about the size of a Yamaha engine and have to be slipped into each other. Even if they don't I explain to passengers there was a gear there last time I tried to change to it.
I like watching this guy too. He finally got his butt bit by not washing things good enough. What’s your thoughts on that purple crank in the cub motor?
Joe..you have verry luck with the 2 cases..i never see that in my live..i look forward to the next video for the rebult..you make my day..i look all the video..with the happyness of my wife..😊..go joe..you are my inspiration
Hey man I just want to say thank you for putting videos out like this with no profanity or dirty stuff like a lot of other guys do. My 8 year old boy is a big fan..Keep up the good work and Colten says hi !!
I absolutely loved watching this video. As a child in the 70's, I learned how to ride on a 1975 RM80. This video brought back some long forgotten memories. Thanks for all you do, Joe.
The worst piston carnage I've ever seen. Good grief. You are a brave young man for tacking that job. And on a utv no less. You sir deserve all my respect.
I just experienced the same issue with the kickstart mechanism. Previous owners let the kickstart lever slam back thus causing the stopper to slip on the shaft. This causes the return spring to no longer be orientated correctly to the stopper. I pressed the stopper off and relocated it correctly then welded it back on. It was also necessary to remove excess weld so that the unit would sit flush in the case. There is a UA-cam video showing how its done.
2 things here Joe. 1. You need to work on heli-arc welding. 2. Get a flat stone. Use crocus cloth to smooth your head & or cylinder flat on the stone with the crocus cloth. Thus saving all the money for the cylinder. Maybe the bore was messed up so your method would be better. I am just thinking of using your components making them perfect. A pinhole and uneven head surface, or cylinder to head not flat problem could save you money and be as good as any new used components.
I only got a glimpse of the leak but shouldn't fresh O-rings properly torqued not leaked on the outside? Seen a few things in over sixty years but never had that problem even with slight damage on the outside of the O-rings. But I know I'm wrong....
Man you've got to be one of the hardest workers I've ever seen! You deserve all the good things that are headed your way for sure. Thanks for all the hard work you put in your videos for us.
It's unbelievable how the gears, or bearings in that cub cadet engine aren't torn apart or at least scored badly. Never seen such a thing, almost like someone split the case, and threw in a handful of debris, and bolted it back together wow.
Gotta hand it to you, you're balls deep in both of those machines, the Cub is gonna be tough to put back together, ( can you completely reassemble it on the bench ) and still be able to get it in the frame, how that much damage was done and not destroy the case is beyond me, how could someone crank it that long and not know it was broken inside
hey loving the videos one thing I do truly admire about you is that you always see a project through to the end even if you have to take a part something 2-3 times to get it right. as someone who can get easily frustrated and leave stuff half finished lol I need to learn a thing or 2 from you keep up the awesome work and hello from Vancouver Canada
Darn Joe when you're puling the case apart on the Cub Cadet, it reminds me of the olden days when we used to put actual coins into slot machines and if you hit one and it didn't have a lot of quarters in, it would slowly drop out like 3 or 4 or 10 quarters at a time but you'd be waiting for them to drop.. that's the chunks of metal dropping out of that case as you open it.. haha nice work!! Sucks about the power valves being different, but you know that's just how things go a couple years later and there's always some kind of change that matters.
Man I love your content and it's crazy to see how much you have now specially land to ride on. Much love and respect from Kansas City Missouri. My twin bro and dad also are subs. My pops can't believe how good you are for a youngster lol. Keep it up. I look forward to your videos every morning.
Somebody was fibbing a bit as to what really happened to that cub cadet, it didn’t just go from putzing across the yard to……total destruction. I would have loved to see how it all went down. You might have a hard time finding parts for that thing, maybe not though I hope not for your sake! 👍
Will wonders never cease. 😂 Guessing we will look into that oil pump in more detail when our guy starts putting things back in order. He controls his temper better than most of us I’ll give him that. 😊😊😊😊 His wife is lucky enough.
I see what you're looking at but it looks like oil to me..if you look at the 45:20 mark you can see oil.Then he runs his gloved finger around it looking more like heat rings. IMHO.
I agree 100% on that. Looks like someone put the peddle to the floor and held it there. But still I have never seen a piston blow in that many pieces. Unless the belt braking had something to do with the counter weights chewing the piston up.
I have watched some guys rebuild Rotax engines. When they change the bearings they have to press the shaft out. When they put it back together they have to apply heat around the hole area so the pin can be reinstalled. I don’t think they changed the color though. It’s been a while.
Just still trying to grasp ahold of how that piston wound up in the bottom in the crankcase on the cub cadet. Another awesome video, Joe. The yz is coming along nicely. Cant wait for the first start-up for both of these projects.
Likely overheated causing piston rings to bind in the cylinder. Rod yanking down on the stuck piston can snap it quite easy, especially if it happened at a running RPM
I'm struggling to do a full fluid service on my new to me 2019 650 Outlander with 2800 km's on it, I'm an old school diesel mechanic so most of my knowledge and experience is useless as they are so complex with working acerage to suit the arms and hands of a two year old, then I stumbled on to your segments and this, man if you want a holiday in Aussie, pack your tools and I'll pick you up at the airport 😂😂😂 you can service my outlander, in 50 years of working on everything from 4x4 pick ups to tractors and excavators, I have never seen anything like this Cub Cadet blown piston how it didn't bust up the case is a miracle since I have seen pistons come through the side of cast blocks! Great work mate, got me hooked now and will be binge watching your segments just to catch up👌
The Co. that made/makes Pro X was and still may be the original Manufacture of OEM Yamaha pistons. Ran across them back when I was restoring my RD 400 A lond time ago. lol
Well it's a bummer that we're not hearing the yz running today but thanks anyway for posting this video content. I'm looking forward to seeing more on both of these projects. Enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday.
Wow again on the Cub Cadet.. There is no way a piston can self implode and nothing else get damaged other than the valves and head. crazy.. thanks for letting me hang out in your shop today. great vid.
If you use that crank I hope you tell the person that you used a purple crank in it. The purple usually indicates that the rod bearing has gotten so hot that it turned the metal purple. Am I right?
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊Hi Joe I think the con rod looks twisted or bent plz check it out properly before you put it all back together to find out the rod has a problem Keep up the fantastic videos 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I just realized, i have watched your channel for three years now, and i don't think i have missed an episode. I am from western Canada and we must be in different time zones because your episodes drop pretty early in the morning for me.
I would almost say that piston disintegration was from a cast piston that was not heat treated properly. There is no other way a piston would shatter like that. I don't know who makes the engine but some subcontractor piston supplier cut some corners.
Joe, the Kibbles and Bits in the bottom of that engine case were unreal. That sucker hand-grenaded for sure. love the Videos brother I am working my way through all your videos. Can't stop watching them. Keep up the good work.
I always like to clean equipment down prior to working on it to try and minimise getting the internals contaminated, however in your case it was probably irrelevant. Interesting video all the same, thank you for posting.
43:28 When you took the four-pin cam housing out of the oil pump you put it backwards into the casing cover that came off of it. I don't know if the orientation mattered though.
Shame on the YZ, but should be able to come out at least even on that. Favorite color scheme on those! As for the Cub, that is unacceptable! Unless it was owner not checking fluids and it had no coolant or oil! 200 hours is barely broken in! It almost looks like the wristpin slid out or it was just ran with little oil and/or coolant. The case not being damaged is amazing! I Had a 72 Kawasaki 350 enduro explode the piston like that and it ruined EVERYTHING! It was overheated by a friend and I was told it happened once before. Even a used engine would still put you ahead as nice as what that machine is, good luck!
If the case halves are not damaged, all the bearings need to be removed (and replaced), and the case halves need to be hot-tanked to ensure the metal bits are not hiding in the oil passages. Will Joe bother to do that? I can already predict it "No", but in good conscious, I have to at least mention it. Otherwise, that rebuilt engine will have a short life before it grenades again. That big end rod bearing should also be replaced, as evidenced by the bluing - it saw some pretty high thermals, so the crank assembly should be checked and rebuilt.
@aeroman5239 Exactly what I was thinking. He is saying those bearings feel good... I'm like please God no don't reuse that bearings. That's just asking for disaster. And all those hours of work just to cheap out. I mean the piston exploded into a million tiny metal pieces and you think the bearings will be alright!?
Do yourself a favour and spend the extra pennies on new circlips for the small end/gudgeon pin, you spent far too much to allow yourself to risk wrecking that top end by cutting corners !! Good luck with the rebuild xx
Im thinking high octane fuel was the start of this failure and then they just kept running it till it blew.Just my 2 cents.Very relaxing watching this young man work
Bud i made a carrer in the Marines for 25 years seen everything from desert Storm, operration restore hope, three times to Iraq then three times to Afghanistan been injured a few times i still to this day carry some metal in my body and have it rejoiced when it starts bothering me. I think the size of that pile of shrapnel is just about the same amount i have collected over the years lol. That's a big project keep it going.
Never seen carnage like that, come work with me sometime, its becoming a normal thing. Most of those I pick up dirt cheap for salvage bikes. Wow, that things a basket case. High speed lock up, massive carnage Good luck. Doing a great job Joe!😮
I did a quick ebay search and there are lots of cylinders for a 2001 yz125. By the time you buy a used 98 cylinder and pipe and power valve you could have just bought a new Athena cylinder
I have a 1998 yz 125 head sitting around with the whole power valve assembly in it if you still need it, the cylinder itself isn’t good the piston scratched it up I went with a Athena top end when I rebuilt the bike a few years ago
The only thing I've heard bad about this Era of bikes is the valves. They were still figuring things out in this time period. Around 07 all the manufacturers solved the valve problem. Just put a set of stainless valves in these bikes and your set. The rest of these are sweet.
Hi I'm new to your channel I have a 13 year old son and he wants a new dirt bike can you tell me if a Honda 125 bigwheele is a good starter bike for him I don't know much about bikes
Hi, there is a guy on UA-cam who fixes hand drills etc & he uses medicale suranges to keep the oil & greese in so that it is easier to apply. You could find that helps insted of that long tube I saw you use.
I wish I could send off my Dirt bike to him its mess up ugh 1200 into all new parts Sand blasted and Powder coated but the main bearings are bad got thoses to all new gaskets and Piston All I have left to find is a set of tires and Handlebars exhaust Got the original stinger kx 125 are hard to find parts i though a engine rebuild cost 700 to 800
If you have the engine this far apart why wouldn’t you have bth ends of the cylinder cut square and the head cut flat so you get good sealing between those surfaces and ensure everything is inline. I worked as a machinist at a two cycle shop for years and we always resurfaced anything we could when that level of rebuild or replacement parts were used. I also never see you measure bores and pistons for proper clearance..
Man power valves are the sneakiest expense with some of these bikes. I’ve had that a couple of times but have been able to get new ones for where they’ve been discontinued on KDXs and KXs
I know we all lime to see him repair everything, I just can't help but wonder if he could find a complete used engine to just swap around and have it be cheaper for him I. The long run? I do love watching the channel I have learned a lot from it
That con rod on that crank shaft you took out of that smashed engine looks twisted,even though the bearing feels fine.. check it's truly inline with the wrist pin in before assembling..Ian..UK..
Can you push or pull start these things? If so, that could cause the carnage. Maybe the damage had started with a cracked piston and then got spun really fast behind Joe Bobs pickup truck.
Joe you got lucky with that engine. A good cleaning and a couple bearings you'll be good to go. To bad out of that you don't know what brand of piston that was in there so you can find something bulletproof. That lowers definitely bulletproof. To bad they didn't design that upper with better parts...
To bad you werent closer. I could repair the cylinder weld and resurface it for $75.00 at most. I have a small fab, machining and repair shop in Wisconsin
I am no expert but why would Yamaha make a125 cc twostroke and make it water cooled ? I would say this was over engineered under powerd and generally a complete waste of time and money , fortunatly it seems you have endless supplies of both ?
Maybe the piston basically exploded and that locked the engine up straight away so that it hasn't turned over at all since saving the engine from more damage than say just a bit coming off the piston and the engine still running a bit after chewing other things up. Lucky.
Wow that yamaha is gonna be really nice Joe. The graphics kit and the pipe made it. Did it have a proper muffler or was it stock? Id definitely have a muffler to match that sweet pipe man...
then need a complete engine base eurkkkk. in 20 years I saw this 1time it was the timing chain which had broken and destroyed everything internally. it was on a RM 480 84 .you're lucky you have a lot of recoverable parts. good repair :-)
Great talent to have, any kind of a mechanic are getting harder to find, especially a competent and honest one as yourself, have you had any job offers from anyone seeing your videos? I know your probably not interested, but i was jus curious. Im sure your doing fine with what your doing in your own shop
I am not ther best mechanic but I like to repair things.... I have to admit though at 63 years now I like watching 2vintage repair stuff even more.
I am no mechanic, hate fixing things unless they are made of wood. I am nearly 71 and I like watching 2Vintage repair stuff even more. Though I do fast forward through the bolt un-doing as I've got less life remaining than you. My hobby: driving around a local industrial museum in 100 year old vehicles whose the cogs are each about the size of a Yamaha engine and have to be slipped into each other. Even if they don't I explain to passengers there was a gear there last time I tried to change to it.
I’m disabled from cancer was a diesel mechanic I like watching a few of them mustie1 vice grip garage I miss working on stuff
@@shotgunz124 I know how you feel bud.
I feel precisely the same way😊
I like watching this guy too. He finally got his butt bit by not washing things good enough. What’s your thoughts on that purple crank in the cub motor?
The highlight of my morning. Watching a 2vintage repair video with my coffee.
The best combo. Having a cup of joe, watching joe
Hi lite of my day was case A Ok like Joe said how did it survive? 😮😊
Heard that
😂😂ate breakfast and rebuilt a dirt bike engine. Besides some crumbs on my shirt my hands are not dirty
Joe..you have verry luck with the 2 cases..i never see that in my live..i look forward to the next video for the rebult..you make my day..i look all the video..with the happyness of my wife..😊..go joe..you are my inspiration
Hey man I just want to say thank you for putting videos out like this with no profanity or dirty stuff like a lot of other guys do. My 8 year old boy is a big fan..Keep up the good work and Colten says hi !!
I absolutely loved watching this video. As a child in the 70's, I learned how to ride on a 1975 RM80. This video brought back some long forgotten memories. Thanks for all you do, Joe.
The worst piston carnage I've ever seen. Good grief. You are a brave young man for tacking that job. And on a utv no less. You sir deserve all my respect.
I just experienced the same issue with the kickstart mechanism. Previous owners let the kickstart lever slam back thus causing the stopper to slip on the shaft. This causes the return spring to no longer be orientated correctly to the stopper. I pressed the stopper off and relocated it correctly then welded it back on. It was also necessary to remove excess weld so that the unit would sit flush in the case. There is a UA-cam video showing how its done.
I admire your ability to keep everything straight. All the new parts & what build they need to go on.
2 things here Joe. 1. You need to work on heli-arc welding. 2. Get a flat stone. Use crocus cloth to smooth your head & or cylinder flat on the stone with the crocus cloth. Thus saving all the money for the cylinder. Maybe the bore was messed up so your method would be better. I am just thinking of using your components making them perfect. A pinhole and uneven head surface, or cylinder to head not flat problem could save you money and be as good as any new used components.
Suggestions for flat stone?
@@renewed_stitchNorton makes a variety of stones.
I also use a surface place with a piece of sandpaper taped to it.
I only got a glimpse of the leak but shouldn't fresh O-rings properly torqued not leaked on the outside? Seen a few things in over sixty years but never had that problem even with slight damage on the outside of the O-rings. But I know I'm wrong....
Man you've got to be one of the hardest workers I've ever seen! You deserve all the good things that are headed your way for sure. Thanks for all the hard work you put in your videos for us.
Hahahaha😢
@@benny8300 so true!!just another d bag on you tube!!!
As long as you learn from your mistakes, learn to say no! You cannot work for nothing, Good luck on your next adventure!
Really enjoy your Videos!
It's unbelievable how the gears, or bearings in that cub cadet engine aren't torn apart or at least scored badly. Never seen such a thing, almost like someone split the case, and threw in a handful of debris, and bolted it back together wow.
What a difference new graphics and a front plate make. Bike looks soooo much better. Can’t wait to see it running bro. 💯🤙🏻
Gotta hand it to you, you're balls deep in both of those machines, the Cub is gonna be tough to put back together, ( can you completely reassemble it on the bench ) and still be able to get it in the frame, how that much damage was done and not destroy the case is beyond me, how could someone crank it that long and not know it was broken inside
With that amount of damage, you know it made one hell of a noise when it stopped running.
hey loving the videos one thing I do truly admire about you is that you always see a project through to the end even if you have to take a part something 2-3 times to get it right. as someone who can get easily frustrated and leave stuff half finished lol I need to learn a thing or 2 from you
keep up the awesome work and hello from Vancouver Canada
The fearless mechanic who jumps in with both feet , love these videos , great job as usual 👍
Darn Joe when you're puling the case apart on the Cub Cadet, it reminds me of the olden days when we used to put actual coins into slot machines and if you hit one and it didn't have a lot of quarters in, it would slowly drop out like 3 or 4 or 10 quarters at a time but you'd be waiting for them to drop.. that's the chunks of metal dropping out of that case as you open it.. haha nice work!! Sucks about the power valves being different, but you know that's just how things go a couple years later and there's always some kind of change that matters.
Iv'e shattered many lawn mower engines at some high rpm and never seen so much laying in the case that's crazy!
That's the absolute worst piston disintegration I've ever seen. LOL Quite impressive that it didn't take the case with it. Like, how? HAHAHA
Man I love your content and it's crazy to see how much you have now specially land to ride on. Much love and respect from Kansas City Missouri. My twin bro and dad also are subs. My pops can't believe how good you are for a youngster lol. Keep it up. I look forward to your videos every morning.
Somebody was fibbing a bit as to what really happened to that cub cadet, it didn’t just go from putzing across the yard to……total destruction. I would have loved to see how it all went down. You might have a hard time finding parts for that thing, maybe not though I hope not for your sake! 👍
Will wonders never cease. 😂 Guessing we will look into that oil pump in more detail when our guy starts putting things back in order.
He controls his temper better than most of us I’ll give him that. 😊😊😊😊
His wife is lucky enough.
that cub cadet rod bearing is toast, look at the heat markings on the crank. 46:03 pause
It’s perfect
I questioned the same thing when I saw it but I'm no mechanic.
I see what you're looking at but it looks like oil to me..if you look at the 45:20 mark you can see oil.Then he runs his gloved finger around it looking more like heat rings. IMHO.
I agree 100% on that. Looks like someone put the peddle to the floor and held it there. But still I have never seen a piston blow in that many pieces. Unless the belt braking had something to do with the counter weights chewing the piston up.
I have watched some guys rebuild Rotax engines. When they change the bearings they have to press the shaft out. When they put it back together they have to apply heat around the hole area so the pin can be reinstalled. I don’t think they changed the color though. It’s been a while.
Nice job. I would install the wrist pin on the Cadet and eyeball the rod closely to make sure the rod is not bent.
Just still trying to grasp ahold of how that piston wound up in the bottom in the crankcase on the cub cadet. Another awesome video, Joe. The yz is coming along nicely. Cant wait for the first start-up for both of these projects.
Likely overheated causing piston rings to bind in the cylinder. Rod yanking down on the stuck piston can snap it quite easy, especially if it happened at a running RPM
I'm struggling to do a full fluid service on my new to me 2019 650 Outlander with 2800 km's on it, I'm an old school diesel mechanic so most of my knowledge and experience is useless as they are so complex with working acerage to suit the arms and hands of a two year old, then I stumbled on to your segments and this, man if you want a holiday in Aussie, pack your tools and I'll pick you up at the airport 😂😂😂 you can service my outlander, in 50 years of working on everything from 4x4 pick ups to tractors and excavators, I have never seen anything like this Cub Cadet blown piston how it didn't bust up the case is a miracle since I have seen pistons come through the side of cast blocks! Great work mate, got me hooked now and will be binge watching your segments just to catch up👌
The Co. that made/makes Pro X was and still may be the original Manufacture of OEM Yamaha pistons. Ran across them back when I was restoring my RD 400 A lond time ago. lol
Well it's a bummer that we're not hearing the yz running today but thanks anyway for posting this video content. I'm looking forward to seeing more on both of these projects. Enjoy your Super Bowl Sunday.
I wonder if it would be a good idea to clean the engine befoore taking it apart
Why oil the top of the piston? And always measure the rings near the top of the bore.
Wow again on the Cub Cadet.. There is no way a piston can self implode and nothing else get damaged other than the valves and head. crazy.. thanks for letting me hang out in your shop today. great vid.
If you use that crank I hope you tell the person that you used a purple crank in it. The purple usually indicates that the rod bearing has gotten so hot that it turned the metal purple. Am I right?
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊Hi Joe I think the con rod looks twisted or bent plz check it out properly before you put it all back together to find out the rod has a problem
Keep up the fantastic videos 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Should always thread by hand before hitting it with the impact driver
Another video on a Sunday morning! Much better than watching the
Super Bowl today...Joe and Jade instead of Taylor and Kelsey any day!!
😢you forgot 2Vinny 🐕and where was the weeklong hype machine to rebuild the Yamaha
You never buy an after market gasket kit . They are junk . I learned that on my yfz450 . I had to buy the oem gasket to fit correctly. FYI
I just realized, i have watched your channel for three years now, and i don't think i have missed an episode. I am from western Canada and we must be in different time zones because your episodes drop pretty early in the morning for me.
Yeah dude, I live in Manitoba, the video came out around 7 am
@@VincentPagee Montreal here :)
@@MrDob2009 man, bikes are so expensive here, are they fairly priced over there? I flip bikes, so it’s really hard to make a profit on them now😕
@@VincentPagee I think *all* is expensive here too :)
I would almost say that piston disintegration was from a cast piston that was not heat treated properly. There is no other way a piston would shatter like that. I don't know who makes the engine but some subcontractor piston supplier cut some corners.
Joe, the Kibbles and Bits in the bottom of that engine case were unreal. That sucker hand-grenaded for sure. love the Videos brother I am working my way through all your videos. Can't stop watching them. Keep up the good work.
I always like to clean equipment down prior to working on it to try and minimise getting the internals contaminated, however in your case it was probably irrelevant. Interesting video all the same, thank you for posting.
What happened to that kx65 the caught on fire a while back
43:28 When you took the four-pin cam housing out of the oil pump you put it backwards into the casing cover that came off of it. I don't know if the orientation mattered though.
Your skills are truely amazing!! I would attempt that repair in a million years. Kudos to you.
Ditto, his skills and patience, he keeps going after I would have grabbed the sledgehammer of frustration
why are 2stroke exhaust held on with springs and not bolted on?
Shame on the YZ, but should be able to come out at least even on that. Favorite color scheme on those!
As for the Cub, that is unacceptable! Unless it was owner not checking fluids and it had no coolant or oil! 200 hours is barely broken in! It almost looks like the wristpin slid out or it was just ran with little oil and/or coolant. The case not being damaged is amazing! I Had a 72 Kawasaki 350 enduro explode the piston like that and it ruined EVERYTHING! It was overheated by a friend and I was told it happened once before. Even a used engine would still put you ahead as nice as what that machine is, good luck!
If the case halves are not damaged, all the bearings need to be removed (and replaced), and the case halves need to be hot-tanked to ensure the metal bits are not hiding in the oil passages. Will Joe bother to do that? I can already predict it "No", but in good conscious, I have to at least mention it. Otherwise, that rebuilt engine will have a short life before it grenades again.
That big end rod bearing should also be replaced, as evidenced by the bluing - it saw some pretty high thermals, so the crank assembly should be checked and rebuilt.
@aeroman5239 Exactly what I was thinking. He is saying those bearings feel good... I'm like please God no don't reuse that bearings. That's just asking for disaster. And all those hours of work just to cheap out.
I mean the piston exploded into a million tiny metal pieces and you think the bearings will be alright!?
Do yourself a favour and spend the extra pennies on new circlips for the small end/gudgeon pin, you spent far too much to allow yourself to risk wrecking that top end by cutting corners !!
Good luck with the rebuild xx
When taken the power valveactuator nut off. You should put a screwdriver underneath it. A lot of people break or bend this actuator arm.
Im thinking high octane fuel was the start of this failure and then they just kept running it till it blew.Just my 2 cents.Very relaxing watching this young man work
Do you mean low octane? Pump gas burns hotter and detonates more than race gas.
Brilliant video Joe watching from Edinburgh Scotland UK 🇬🇧 👏
Really enjoy the rebuilds you do , I could have used your knowledge years ago .
Keep up the great job
Look forward to the next video.
Bud i made a carrer in the Marines for 25 years seen everything from desert Storm, operration restore hope, three times to Iraq then three times to Afghanistan been injured a few times i still to this day carry some metal in my body and have it rejoiced when it starts bothering me. I think the size of that pile of shrapnel is just about the same amount i have collected over the years lol. That's a big project keep it going.
Thank you, another great video, full of learning moments. Congrats on 401k subs, now onto 500k
It would a cool feature to show your parts costs for all these wonderful repairs you make added to the videos.
Great video it was really entertaining and i always learn a lot for you rebuilding atvs an dirt bikes keep up the good work love the videos
The new graphics dramatically change the look of the bike. Looks great! Your skills and knowledge are impressive.
Wow lol. I know you just build the dang house, but looks like you are ready for a pole barn. Great video as always
Never seen carnage like that, come work with me sometime, its becoming a normal thing. Most of those I pick up dirt cheap for salvage bikes. Wow, that things a basket case. High speed lock up, massive carnage
Good luck. Doing a great job Joe!😮
I did a quick ebay search and there are lots of cylinders for a 2001 yz125. By the time you buy a used 98 cylinder and pipe and power valve you could have just bought a new Athena cylinder
I have a 1998 yz 125 head sitting around with the whole power valve assembly in it if you still need it, the cylinder itself isn’t good the piston scratched it up I went with a Athena top end when I rebuilt the bike a few years ago
I had the same exact problem with my kick start shaft on my 2001 yz125.
Thanks for the videos! Gives me the drive to get my 77 xl350 running. Well it runs but rough.
The only thing I've heard bad about this Era of bikes is the valves. They were still figuring things out in this time period. Around 07 all the manufacturers solved the valve problem. Just put a set of stainless valves in these bikes and your set. The rest of these are sweet.
Hi I'm new to your channel I have a 13 year old son and he wants a new dirt bike can you tell me if a Honda 125 bigwheele is a good starter bike for him I don't know much about bikes
Hi, there is a guy on UA-cam who fixes hand drills etc & he uses medicale suranges to keep the oil & greese in so that it is easier to apply. You could find that helps insted of that long tube I saw you use.
I wish I could send off my Dirt bike to him its mess up ugh 1200 into all new parts Sand blasted and Powder coated but the main bearings are bad got thoses to all new gaskets and Piston All I have left to find is a set of tires and Handlebars exhaust Got the original stinger kx 125 are hard to find parts i though a engine rebuild cost 700 to 800
Good video😊 But I wouldn't have wanted to miss the engine teardown. Only "Dirt bike" in the description.
You may want to get marine Tex and keep it on hand you can fix damage like this it is good for high tempitures and you can even drill and tap it
Yikes, you go further than many of us would dare. Bravo to you for putting Humpty Dumpty together again. Congrats on 401k, now onto 500k
Hi discolouring on the main bearing on the conrod on the club cadet crank looks like its been getting hot 🥵 on screen
Good vid 😊
If you have the engine this far apart why wouldn’t you have bth ends of the cylinder cut square and the head cut flat so you get good sealing between those surfaces and ensure everything is inline. I worked as a machinist at a two cycle shop for years and we always resurfaced anything we could when that level of rebuild or replacement parts were used. I also never see you measure bores and pistons for proper clearance..
Man power valves are the sneakiest expense with some of these bikes. I’ve had that a couple of times but have been able to get new ones for where they’ve been discontinued on KDXs and KXs
Could you explain how decompression mechanisms and power valves work please? Great videos.
Google it Dude
I love tge pro x pistons for sure. Hopefully that's what you'll be using
I know we all lime to see him repair everything, I just can't help but wonder if he could find a complete used engine to just swap around and have it be cheaper for him I. The long run? I do love watching the channel I have learned a lot from it
I don't see how that base gasket will seal. It looks like the base gasket was removed with a wood chisel.
Stupid question but what are the power valves and what do they do?
That con rod on that crank shaft you took out of that smashed engine looks twisted,even though the bearing feels fine.. check it's truly inline with the wrist pin in before assembling..Ian..UK..
Can you push or pull start these things? If so, that could cause the carnage. Maybe the damage had started with a cracked piston and then got spun really fast behind Joe Bobs pickup truck.
Joe you got lucky with that engine. A good cleaning and a couple bearings you'll be good to go. To bad out of that you don't know what brand of piston that was in there so you can find something bulletproof. That lowers definitely bulletproof. To bad they didn't design that upper with better parts...
That's a nice looking YZ. Good choice with the graphics.
To bad you werent closer.
I could repair the cylinder weld and resurface it for $75.00 at most.
I have a small fab, machining and repair shop in Wisconsin
Because I had a problem with my 1991 yz250 power valve they wanted $500 for one and I got a different year and machined it down and it works great
I am no expert but why would Yamaha make a125 cc twostroke and make it water cooled ? I would say this was over engineered under powerd and generally a complete waste of time and money , fortunatly it seems you have endless supplies of both ?
The cub engine looks like a hisun engine which is a yamaha rhino 660 knock off not sure but I would check and see if yamaha parts will interchange
From the last picture of the cadet the crank counterbalance weights look splayed. ?
Maybe the piston basically exploded and that locked the engine up straight away so that it hasn't turned over at all since saving the engine from more damage than say just a bit coming off the piston and the engine still running a bit after chewing other things up. Lucky.
Is that rod bent on the cub cadet engine? I don’t see how it couldn’t be.
You could have sent the cylinder off to Millennium Enterprises. They would have repaired it good as new and no need for 98 pipe or 98 power valves.
Wow that yamaha is gonna be really nice Joe. The graphics kit and the pipe made it. Did it have a proper muffler or was it stock? Id definitely have a muffler to match that sweet pipe man...
WOOOOOW when u split the case and all those chunks are in there that's insane lol I hope u can find parts
then need a complete engine base eurkkkk. in 20 years I saw this 1time it was the timing chain which had broken and destroyed everything internally. it was on a RM 480 84 .you're lucky you have a lot of recoverable parts. good repair :-)
I get you have to play the algorithm but it would be cool if you had the bike details in the title so I could search for specific bikes
A twofer. I can't believe the case did not get crunched in the piston explosion. Just wow ..
Best to be sure the connecting rod is not bent . Took a serious explosion to bust up the piston .
Club car engine looks a lots like a Grizzly 700 design around the wet clutch and clutches
wow i never seen a piston to that -- great video like always
Good deal on the case! I thought for sure it was wasted. Nice work!
Somewhere between a 125cc and 250..? Thanks
I just went through this with a 2003 rm125, 01 and 02 are the same 03 is it’s own year and changed again in 04, it was a nightmare. 🤦♂️
Great talent to have, any kind of a mechanic are getting harder to find, especially a competent and honest one as yourself, have you had any job offers from anyone seeing your videos? I know your probably not interested, but i was jus curious. Im sure your doing fine with what your doing in your own shop