Thank you guys for 200k subscribers! I could not have done it without you! And Thank you for the continuous support over the years. Every comment, like, subscriber, etc. is noticed and is very appreciated. On to the next milestone! Big things coming in the future!
If you buy carbs for it don’t buy the 50 dollar ones they will never idle right and everything in those 50 dollar carbs are so cheap built and I could never get it running right i bought oem ones ran perfect after I got the tuneing right
yeah Man. I watch all of your projects & enjoy getting discarded/neglected piston-powered machines back in working order as well. it’s satisfying & can be lucrative, but it’s also fun as hell to go out riding on something cool. we’ve also seen Chuck grow up on this channel. keep creating content & we’ll keep pulling for you, Dude. good luck with this 660. they’re a blast to rip.
I've enjoyed every single one of your videos and am very impressed how far you've come in such a short time. I'll be sending more people to your channel as soon as I find more enthusiasts that haven't already subscribed. I wish there was more I could do. Love watching someone take something they love and build up a successful business out of it. Great work Joe :)
Man it still amazes me how much you have done and learned since I first saw your first video keep the 😎 attitude you'll be a master bike mechanic koodose
flipped one a couple months ago, 01 660r, got it for $800 with new front end, installed that and bought a rear carrier for it, was in it for $950 total and made a good profit
@@cass8144 rebuild to flip yes , but to restore the bike isn't worth that much. If it was a 700r it would be. And I love these bikes don't get me wrong
This dude makes tearin bikes apart so damn easy… I wish I could do this I’m new to working on these things and wanting to learn more about them! I got a project going rn kx125!
@@vadimkargin3200 ayee! Man I very much appreciate the support! The biggest thing I’m struggling with is I sorta got the bike with the top end torn apart and the power valve apart and never dealt with a bike before, and also hard to find parts for a damn 01…. But if it was an 03 no problem… any ideas or way ya can help there?
I lov my 660 an do all work needed my self, very easy bike to work on down to spliting the cases, have done if a few times. They are all 5 valve 2001-2005
Most under rated quad, pretty simple to work on i traded a 96 honda xr100 for two complete 660's that " needed work " turned out to just to be a top end and a carb issue on the other
3 bolt puller for that. Round 1/2 steel. Ive got new tining chain and set of valves here and gasket kit. I just dont know how to send you anything, 😮 great 1st vid. Stock timing chains are crap on those. Put caltri. On mine and have anothe new in my stock area.
There's been A LOT of non running quads on the marketplace lately. I think I even saw this one on there. There was even a frame n a pile of parts that a guy said was a 400ex lol
If i still had it id send you my oem top end, had a new piston with rings and extra set of vales with seal. Put that 686 kit on it with hot cam, and never looked back. Fyi check forewarx tensioner guide. Big piston, 88mm, 686 is a 102mm. Pisstin and jug. With the 699 combustion chamber it makes a ton of power.
I see so many 1st gen Raptors for sale ( at bargain prices) that haven’t run in years likely due owners not wanting to deal with them when it’s one of the most simplest fixes… check the stator, the windings go bad prematurely especially in the 01s, 02s.
It always amazes me at how many people don’t take care of their stuff and when they try to fix things they bandaid it back together because they have no idea what they are doing and just making it worse. 🤦🏼♂️🥴
I totally agree with you. I am not very good with mechanic work but I like watching his channel to learn about it. I am in IT and recently had an old lady bring me her old laptop to look at. She told me that someone that used to live with her tried working on it but could not fix it and left a note saying "needs hard drive wire soldered and probably needs hard drive." So when I looked at it, oh boy did I see some crazy hillbilly shit. So first thing I saw was that the person tried fixing the charge plug by wrapping the wires and then hot glueing it to make it not conduct electricity. Well that's a fire hazard I thought. I tested the charger and it was 12v as specific on the charger. However, that was odd since most laptop chargers are between 18-19.5v. I looked up the stock charger for her laptop and sure enough I was right, its 18.5v, so not only did the guy do a wack job of trying to fix a charger, but its the wrong charger, so the laptop will not turn on with a dead battery and that charger even if that was the only thing wrong with it. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. Next I opened up the laptop to see what the person was talking about with the hard drive wire going from the hard drive to the motherboard. Well, I found the connector that plugs into the motherboard was completely cut, all of those wires and thus he thinks someone should just solder the wires to the port. Sigh, dumb as it should just get a new hard drive wire. I have no idea why someone even cut that connector off. Then I looked at the hard drive and it had many corrupted files for the operating system but no bad sectors. The hard drive also failed to let me see some portions of the drive. So the hard drive is iffy and probably needs to be replaced along with the operating system as I could not access the registry to maybe get the activation key off of it for win 10. I would have needed more investigation for a definitive answer but I just decided to move on and look at other stuff. So the next thing I spotted was when I tried using the universal laptop charger, the port was damaged from the guy trying to jam the wrong charger into the charge port and it was giving me a flashing white light. The next thing I saw was the plastic piece that is held on with a screw was broken off, not a big deal as there is other clips on the piece to hold it in but still annoying. The last thing I saw that he did wrong was he bent the keyboard cable going to the motherboard. These cables are very fragile, so it needed a new keyboard as well most likely. I had no way of testing the battery since the laptop does not turn on because of all the other problems. So needless to say, she just decided to get a different one as I told her everything that was wrong with it and what the other guy did. She then told me she figured that as the guy was eventually arrested for drugs and the laptop been sitting collecting dust ever since then for 6 months. So I know what its like to see someone try to "bandaid" shit together.
Got a 2000 warrior in a week ago no oiler rings on piston. Started but slapped like hell. Got it handled and asked wtf, guy said he put all rings in box on from the kit, the oil rings were in bottom of box.
Local parts store and buy a old school harmonic balancer puller for the flywheel those flywheels come off really hard sometimes the cheap Ebay ones will strip themselves out
If you link the new timing chain with the old one you can run the new one through and disconnect the old one without taking any of the engine off except the cam/timing sprocket cover Also why does it have twin carbs on a single cyl? Why not one larger carb? 🤯
Reliability is terrible on raptor 660 I remember when they first came out when I worked at a dealership they would come back all the time with the carbs blown out of the boots from backfiring
The thing that would have concerned me when buying would be the goop at the base of the cylinder liner - a new crankcase would be pricey. Don't recall you saying what that was all about ?
I had a raptor tht I have working on got it completely tore down fixing it up and completely cleaning it.👌🏽 I was going to make a UA-cam video I might just post a pics of it on here but idk
@@2vintage nice! Weird how the covers were so messed up on it. Beyond me how someone cracks that side cover. Maybe too happy with the hammer. Also the JB weld looking stuff by the cylinder, I assume no cracks under it?
In the next video or so you think you can emphasize how to pour in the coolant into the quad? I know it may sound like a dumb question but I’d just like to reassure haha
Thank you guys for 200k subscribers! I could not have done it without you! And Thank you for the continuous support over the years. Every comment, like, subscriber, etc. is noticed and is very appreciated. On to the next milestone! Big things coming in the future!
Congrats! You deserve it!!!
If you buy carbs for it don’t buy the 50 dollar ones they will never idle right and everything in those 50 dollar carbs are so cheap built and I could never get it running right i bought oem ones ran perfect after I got the tuneing right
Shes very, very rough an had a hard life but like you said it was 1300 buckaroos so.....
yeah Man. I watch all of your projects & enjoy getting discarded/neglected piston-powered machines back in working order as well. it’s satisfying & can be lucrative, but it’s also fun as hell to go out riding on something cool. we’ve also seen Chuck grow up on this channel. keep creating content & we’ll keep pulling for you, Dude. good luck with this 660. they’re a blast to rip.
I've enjoyed every single one of your videos and am very impressed how far you've come in such a short time. I'll be sending more people to your channel as soon as I find more enthusiasts that haven't already subscribed. I wish there was more I could do. Love watching someone take something they love and build up a successful business out of it. Great work Joe :)
looks like you got yourself a bonafide craigslist special!
"doesnt run, carbs are just dirty"
Once you finish the repair let’s see the yfz 450 and the raptor race!!🏁
Yes flames were a big thing back in early 2000s.
Timing chains etc on those, typical. Been through a few and had bolt on cam sprocket break head off. Not easy fix but not exceptionally hard. 😮
Hell yeah! Just picked up my raptor 350 and it rips! I can’t imagine the 700😱
I have a raptor 250 and it has a bunch of power. A few weeks ago, I broke the handlebars going off a ramp, though. Parts will be here soon.
😂🤣😂🤣
@@MajorMacaroni mans is ramping the raptor. U should just give it to me instead so I can take care of it :(
I’m almost finished w my 04 Raptor 660r rebuild/restore, big bore 686 w stage 2 hot cam and it is a powerhouse! Keep that thing and restore it 🤙🏻
I bet that thig flies!
Man it still amazes me how much you have done and learned since I first saw your first video keep the 😎 attitude you'll be a master bike mechanic koodose
Just picked up a 2005 Yamaha Raptor 660R today. Great video to watch
the raptors have a compression release on the end of the camshaft, it won't have much until it starts and throws the weights
Front bumper is Moose Racing, hopefully this is a ripper and cleans up nicely!
Thank you!
flipped one a couple months ago, 01 660r, got it for $800 with new front end, installed that and bought a rear carrier for it, was in it for $950 total and made a good profit
Always doing some good work man. Great diagnostics as well. Keep up the good work
Great video! I have a 660 apart at the moment, & looking forward to part 2! Thanks for taking us along-
Good video! The more I watch the more I learn. Thanks again for your time and videos.
It's a nice 660 can't wait to see how it does when you rip it, the blue one did pretty good, awesome video man
You should consider keeping this one and do a "restoration". Tires, nerf bars, etc
Yeah we will see how it runs first! haha wouldn't be a bad one to do that too.
@@2vintage yep
I disagree but to each there own.
@@Coach4.5.0 I agree we all have are own opinion. But just out of curiosity, why would you not want him to do a rebuild on this
@@cass8144 rebuild to flip yes , but to restore the bike isn't worth that much. If it was a 700r it would be. And I love these bikes don't get me wrong
Great videos definitively one of my top favorites channel keep up the great videos
Thank you!
Keep up the good work man I always learn something every vid
I would put a set of rings and hone the cylinder since you have it apart. Thanks for the videos.
This dude makes tearin bikes apart so damn easy… I wish I could do this I’m new to working on these things and wanting to learn more about them! I got a project going rn kx125!
U got this bro, I did a 89 kx125 last year. She a rippa now. Take lots of pictures, helped me out in the long run.
@@vadimkargin3200 ayee! Man I very much appreciate the support! The biggest thing I’m struggling with is I sorta got the bike with the top end torn apart and the power valve apart and never dealt with a bike before, and also hard to find parts for a damn 01…. But if it was an 03 no problem… any ideas or way ya can help there?
I believe this is a 660 raptor 5 valve special!!! These machines are freaking nuts!! Hard machines to find
I lov my 660 an do all work needed my self, very easy bike to work on down to spliting the cases, have done if a few times. They are all 5 valve 2001-2005
Most under rated quad, pretty simple to work on i traded a 96 honda xr100 for two complete 660's that " needed work " turned out to just to be a top end and a carb issue on the other
Nice trucks in driveway there! Maybe from Raptor owners driveway? Get that Raptor Joe!
great video its always good for people to learn n save money working n fixing there own bikes n atvs
Carbs can be tough to dial in as the air fuel mix is under carb.special tool to adjust, and lots of patience.
Another nice quad pick up joe hope it's not to bad let it rip again🤟🤟🤟
can’t wait for the 350x video lol
Nice pick up hope you get it running soon!
Bro this is my kinda quad bro love the content brother!!!!!
I'm learning more from you than my work thanks for that xd
Forum says when checking oil, start warm up then shut off let set for a few then check. It is a dry sump system and oil drains back into engine.
Just sold the stock oem jug, piston an rings off it. Had bent vales on mine twice, check center intake. Pretty easy to time up.
🔥🔥🔥 video keep up the good work
Thank you!
Compression release as why you got no compression I'm sure you figured that out by now good video
3 bolt puller for that. Round 1/2 steel. Ive got new tining chain and set of valves here and gasket kit. I just dont know how to send you anything, 😮 great 1st vid. Stock timing chains are crap on those. Put caltri. On mine and have anothe new in my stock area.
If you have a endoscope I'd see if those valves are bent
You've come a long way
And so it begins joe lol you've been here before nothing you can't put right mate nice quad once repaired 👍👌🔧🔧🔧
Good stuff man!
Keep it simple
Keep it vintage
There's been A LOT of non running quads on the marketplace lately. I think I even saw this one on there. There was even a frame n a pile of parts that a guy said was a 400ex lol
good video! keep on brother!!
Nice ride it sure has a big pistion in it,you'll have it running in no time
That's what she said lmao sorry couldn't resist lol
Waiting for the next part brother …. Make it fast 😁😁😁😁
If i still had it id send you my oem top end, had a new piston with rings and extra set of vales with seal. Put that 686 kit on it with hot cam, and never looked back. Fyi check forewarx tensioner guide. Big piston, 88mm, 686 is a 102mm. Pisstin and jug. With the 699 combustion chamber it makes a ton of power.
Perfect timing, just bought a 2002 raptor that just needed a "carb cleaning" lol
That brand you were wondering about on that front bumper is moose racing
Thank you!
I see so many 1st gen Raptors for sale ( at bargain prices) that haven’t run in years likely due owners not wanting to deal with them when it’s one of the most simplest fixes… check the stator, the windings go bad prematurely especially in the 01s, 02s.
Yeah a lot of times it is just simple fixes that people don't want to deal with.
01 is the worst year to get the motors would grenade all the the others where good i have had 5 raptors!
Now that's a good deal! Leave some for the rest of us lol!
Awesome job man 👍
Awesome vid and edits and filming and bikes
You can get a universal gear puller from autozone pretty cheap. It has 3 bolt pattern.
I believe that’s a moose front “bumper”.
FYI cant check for good compression if the carbs are not hooked up correctly and full throttle
so we all just gonna ignore the free ballin stick figure on the radiator lol
Since 120k subs I’ve been asking for u to do a garage tour
Haha I promise it will be soon! Maybe next video
@@2vintage ok thank u so much
@@itsnotnewo5254 yeah no worries!
That's moose brand grab bar on the backs bent along with the nerf bars
It always amazes me at how many people don’t take care of their stuff and when they try to fix things they bandaid it back together because they have no idea what they are doing and just making it worse. 🤦🏼♂️🥴
I totally agree with you. I am not very good with mechanic work but I like watching his channel to learn about it. I am in IT and recently had an old lady bring me her old laptop to look at. She told me that someone that used to live with her tried working on it but could not fix it and left a note saying "needs hard drive wire soldered and probably needs hard drive." So when I looked at it, oh boy did I see some crazy hillbilly shit. So first thing I saw was that the person tried fixing the charge plug by wrapping the wires and then hot glueing it to make it not conduct electricity. Well that's a fire hazard I thought. I tested the charger and it was 12v as specific on the charger. However, that was odd since most laptop chargers are between 18-19.5v. I looked up the stock charger for her laptop and sure enough I was right, its 18.5v, so not only did the guy do a wack job of trying to fix a charger, but its the wrong charger, so the laptop will not turn on with a dead battery and that charger even if that was the only thing wrong with it. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. Next I opened up the laptop to see what the person was talking about with the hard drive wire going from the hard drive to the motherboard. Well, I found the connector that plugs into the motherboard was completely cut, all of those wires and thus he thinks someone should just solder the wires to the port. Sigh, dumb as it should just get a new hard drive wire. I have no idea why someone even cut that connector off. Then I looked at the hard drive and it had many corrupted files for the operating system but no bad sectors. The hard drive also failed to let me see some portions of the drive. So the hard drive is iffy and probably needs to be replaced along with the operating system as I could not access the registry to maybe get the activation key off of it for win 10. I would have needed more investigation for a definitive answer but I just decided to move on and look at other stuff. So the next thing I spotted was when I tried using the universal laptop charger, the port was damaged from the guy trying to jam the wrong charger into the charge port and it was giving me a flashing white light. The next thing I saw was the plastic piece that is held on with a screw was broken off, not a big deal as there is other clips on the piece to hold it in but still annoying. The last thing I saw that he did wrong was he bent the keyboard cable going to the motherboard. These cables are very fragile, so it needed a new keyboard as well most likely. I had no way of testing the battery since the laptop does not turn on because of all the other problems. So needless to say, she just decided to get a different one as I told her everything that was wrong with it and what the other guy did. She then told me she figured that as the guy was eventually arrested for drugs and the laptop been sitting collecting dust ever since then for 6 months. So I know what its like to see someone try to "bandaid" shit together.
Got a 2000 warrior in a week ago no oiler rings on piston. Started but slapped like hell. Got it handled and asked wtf, guy said he put all rings in box on from the kit, the oil rings were in bottom of box.
Center one on mine acts silly now and then. Reset them bout every 10 hours.
Local parts store and buy a old school harmonic balancer puller for the flywheel those flywheels come off really hard sometimes the cheap Ebay ones will strip themselves out
Thanks for uploading today great video sadly I have to get rid of all my quads due to moving but going to be looking forward to all your future videos
Hopefully valves work fine. Kind of a pain to set.
That seen its days.
Love your vids
Coolant bottle under rear fender, check that. That's your fill
Sux the cap snapped but at least it came out. Be safe Brother )
I have a perfectly good starter gear cover with bearing if you want it.
ah darn I just bought one! But Thanks!
You also need a new cover for the one that's cracked, right?
Great video keep it up👍
moose handlebars and bumper unless the pad is just moose. good brand for parts and cheap race stuff
I’m stunned at the price you paid for these quads today I can’t find anything for less than 4k
The yoop is calling you! Got a ds650 and raptor 660 that are right up ur ally!
I'm in the mitten n I must say I've noticed alot of broken quads going up for sale down this way too
Nothing more common then a raptor 660 with problems
Yeah it seems like they are always having issues
Yooo 2 vintage what’s uppppp
When you uploading video of that RM you got ? Love see that bike back up and running 💯💯
Getting the crank rebuilt and once I have it back I'm rebuilding it!
I think the people before you put it on the bar a couple times
A few times haha
That is a Moose Racing bumper
Moose bumper throttle cap mod quad
If you link the new timing chain with the old one you can run the new one through and disconnect the old one without taking any of the engine off except the cam/timing sprocket cover
Also why does it have twin carbs on a single cyl? Why not one larger carb? 🤯
You got a valve issue, the intakes get tight on em.
Hope to see you break into a Kawasaki KFX 700!
Would that dent on top of the piston from the valve hitting not cause issues?
Reliability is terrible on raptor 660 I remember when they first came out when I worked at a dealership they would come back all the time with the carbs blown out of the boots from backfiring
Yup raptors are equivalent to a boat in the ATV world!
I think mine has low oil sensor on it. Never been low.
The thing that would have concerned me when buying would be the goop at the base of the cylinder liner - a new crankcase would be pricey. Don't recall you saying what that was all about ?
I had a raptor tht I have working on got it completely tore down fixing it up and completely cleaning it.👌🏽 I was going to make a UA-cam video I might just post a pics of it on here but idk
Was the starter gear cover cracked or was that just some gasket maker on it?
It was cracked. I already ordered up a new one for it.
@@2vintage nice! Weird how the covers were so messed up on it. Beyond me how someone cracks that side cover. Maybe too happy with the hammer.
Also the JB weld looking stuff by the cylinder, I assume no cracks under it?
Hey vintage, do you think you could do a restore video on a Kawasaki lacoda 300 *quad*
Shoot yea joe joe jus built a 600 grizz motor gonna build a 4x4 mower
The keepers on the one valve looked like they were going to pop out
You should go to harbor freight or even go on Amazon and order some LED bars for your shop so you don’t have to take everything outside.
Same grab bar as mine.
Bent valves I'm thinking bud .
awesome video
Thank you!
Infamous for stretching timing chains. Good luck, start with valves.
You should get lug crimpers. Those terminations were questionable. Might come loose after time.
What’s a better quad 03 raptor 660 or 01 Honda 400EX? They both run but rear end is messed up on raptor and 400EX needs work too
I'd go buy or rent one from a auto parts store a harmonic balancer puller should work
Brake don't matter on those, solenoids go bad on those.
What do you do with all the bikes you fix
In the next video or so you think you can emphasize how to pour in the coolant into the quad? I know it may sound like a dumb question but I’d just like to reassure haha