Forgotten Polaris ATV Crank Seal Replacement, Kawasaki Bayou Won't Start
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- We get back to work on the barn find Polaris 250 ATV. It gets new crank seals and a few other repairs. Then the Kawasaki Bayou 220 decides it doesn't want to run anymore...
Part 1: • Forgotten Polaris ATV ...
Some people must analyze every frame of you videos like a CSI trying to catch a murderer! Me? I just watch and enjoy!!!
Pedants are everywhere on UA-cam.
Nothing like an armchair mechanic peaking its nose in and telling you what to do like a health and safety muppet sitting behind a desk telling you you must wear a hardhat when never done your work or manual labour in its lifetime. :).
Totally agree! It was a great video! Who sits watching for every mistake.
@@jrp1531 I know. It doesnt matter putting a drive belt on the wrong way for a while. I have done that before and it has never caused an accident or killed me or anyone else. Plus the way people say you should use a torque wrench to tighten something. If you have been a mechanic for years, you get the feel of the tightness of certain bolts / nuts. I only used to use a torque wrench for heads and other things that needed tyo be level and flat when tightened down. You get the feel of the a ngles of the wrenches when tightening stuff. Everyone has their own unique way of doing things. :)
I don't think people are picking fault, they have probably made the same mistake and if so it shouts out at you hence the comments.
Your boy only has a few years until he's ripping that quad around your farm.
Kudos to you bro. Love your videos.
Thanks 👍
Your skills at diagnosing difficult wiring issues make it look easy for us folks that see wiring as intimidating!
that was a fun video, love that scan tool/scope
Thank you sir! That's high praise!
That’s it...I’m moving to corn country
Is it a trail blazer
While Polaris is made in the USA many of the components are manufactured in Japan. What appears to be phillips screws on Japanese bikes are in fact not. They are JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard). I've stripped out many a screw using a phillips driver until someone told me. You can use a JIS driver on a phillips but never a phillips driver on a JIS screw. Wish I had known this long ago. Wes is an awesome mechanic. Never seen someone able to work on anything with wheels. He is my hero.
The belt guard bolts are the reason for the primary rubbing on the plastic. Same thing happened on mine. The longer bolts were in the wrong holes and distorted the plastic cover ever so slightly so that it rubbed. They went through the holes but then bottomed out against the frame or the case, which moved the whole housing just a tiny bit. Play musical chairs which those bolts until you hear the rubbing go away. Just speaking from experience.
OK. I'll try it!
Love the video man! I would look into taking the carb off once more and clearing the jet passages again. It's likely that more trash has found its way into it. On those old Polaris 2 Stroke carbs there is an air bleed jet that runs the idle and slow circuit. It is the brass fitting hole you can see if you're looking into the slide tunnel from the airbox side of the carb. Make sure someone has not drilled that out! If that air screw circuit is clear and the slow jet is clear of debris, turn the mixture screw out half turn out. This will remedy the idle hang and off-idle box that the quad is suffering from.
-A retired Polaris technician.
Don’t pay attention to the haters, you are putting out some of the best repair videos on UA-cam!
Thanks man!
any time my parents sweared they'd say 'Pardon my french' so. when I took french in high school. the teacher asked us if we knew any of the language. Boy was she not impressed
Zing!
This is a true story. One of the Neidermeyer clan was in my French class at Jesuit High School. He had a butane lighter. Unbeknownst to all of us he (very much the class clown) had perfected blowing a flame by inhaling a huge quantity of butane and exhaling it whilst having the lighter (lit) in front of his mouth. Madam Herrick was writing on the chalkboard, and Neidermeyer let 'er rip. A HUGE flame came out (but being butane, no fuel smell or NOTHING!) and as soon as it was there, it was gone. But you heard the WHOOOSH of the flame and then POOF! It was gone. Madame Herrich slowly turned around and asked, "Vut vuz zat?" and a few people said, bemusedly, "Nothing, oh nothing....".
that FEELING OF RELIEF when the fly wheel finally popped !!! only people who have been in that situation really know how good it feels .......
Similar to when a stubborn bolt finally breaks loose especially in a difficult location your whole body contorted in ways you never thought possible, then crack! You cringe for a split second thinking,did it break free or snap off.
The paint on the door and kid picking up the drill was fantastic! Keep up the good work Wes!
WWW: which screw?
Wife: The only one that’s still in it
Comedy gold right there
Was wondering if anyone would pick up on that lol
Most people would not waste their time On this old Polaris but thank God we have people like you that don’t just keep throwing things away keep your chin up don’t let the people get to you that post negative stuff I love watching your program from here in Australia God bless you and your family
Tell the moaners to go whistle.
Have a good 4th and stay safe.
Hilarious! The pleasures of 4-wheelers has always been lost to me, but watching you--and your 3 crew members-- work and play on these two has been a treat! Keep on keeping on!
Your laugh when you uncovered the variable drive speaks volumes about your view on life - bravo zulu!
What else can you do?
I love it, “It’ll self correct”
Always works
That is pretty funny, the “self correct” will be a hole rubbed in the cover! 🤣
Ya same whit my go kart
I would have called it self clearancing.
As Ike would say on cars and cameras "It'll be fine"
Keep on making fun of the commenters. Love the videos.
Thanks, will do!
Sounded like Mustie1 .. meniacal laugh when the flywheel let go. Just needed to say .... and we're in!
I was thinking the same exact thing
I've had moderately decent luck using a paint can opener and a pry bar to get seals like that out. I kinda like the slide hammer idea too.
The slide hammer usually works. Sometimes there is no room for it and you have to use various prybars.
@@WatchWesWork I haven't actually seen the slide hammer trick before, but most of the shaft seals I've done have been transverse mount engines, so there wouldn't be room for one anyway. It looks like a pretty slick trick though.
@@87FordMudder A screw and a claw hammer usually works well!
I had to replay your maniacal laugh when you saw the mouse hive behind the belt cover. You and Mustie1 could be twins with the amused outbursts when things are uncovered.
It’s that or cry.
I have such a great time watching your videos, Wes. Thank you for making them.
Glad you like them!
I had a 1993 Polaris 2x4 I bought used in 1995 and had it for 15 years before it finally broke. Sold it to a relative. He fixed it and my daughter bought it back. It is still going. When I had it I worked at a local dirt race track and pushed everything from 4 cyl mini stocks to late models. And a few front end loader tires we had in the corners. Believe it or not it is a work horse. I would keep the Polaris and get rid of the Kawasaki. My dad had a 300 Bayou that burned up. Some electrical part under the seat shorted out and caught on fire. They put it out before the whole thing burned but it was no good after that. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
My cousin's 4 wheeler just burned to the ground. Total loss. I don't remember what brand it was.
Enjoy your kid while he’s young. He’ll be entering college day after tomorrow.
exactly right.
I suspect you edited a couple of swearing moments out of this video ..😉.. and again it was a joy to watch you work Wes🛠, comeback soon man.👌
Just one or two...
"she has all her safety gear on, I'm sure we won't get any comments about" "Nope not at all" 😂😂 That's hilarious Wes. Happy 4th of July to you and your wife and family. God bless 🙏
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Annoying the Safety Sams of the world is my life's goal. I only wear safety glasses when I'm under a vehicle or using a bench-grinder. I don't have any leathers for welding or gloves, but I get things done correctly!
She really is nice arm candy.
Safety third!
Hey you arm chair mechanic's, if you really want to see some sketchy stuff go watch Andrew Camarata! he is funny as hell to watch, but like Wes here he gets stuff done and it works for him. Keep on keeping on Wes. This is what you get when non essential people sit home with their masks on! Keep your powder dry!
Andrew Camarata🤣 yes hes what we british call rough and ready👍 but like you say he gets the job done, cant beat a bit of comedy.
THIS. One of the biggest hacks out there. Wes is the shit. Dude is cool as ever.
It always cracks me up when he rattle can paints primer and color over a quarter-inch of rust. And tires to weld leaky cast iron pumps with mild steel wire.
I like watching Andrew, but Wes is a tech. Andrew is entertainment when repairing stuff.
@@WeTrudgeOn yeah I can watch AC but I wouldn't put Wes and AC in the same hemisphere when it comes to working on stuff. While he usually gets it done, the method leaves me shaking my head. Still enjoy watching em Both, but would only take stuff to Wes for repairs ...
I grew up riding old Hondas. That cam-operated impact driver was always the first tool out of the box when working on it.
That "I'ma gonna be patient with my husband look" right after he tells her how not to grind the gears. Yeah... I've seen that a few times in my life. LOL!!
I love when Wes puts it in dry.
Cracked up when the wife took off and the camera lingered on the puddle on the floor for a second.
Boy Wes that corn in the back ground sure has came in. That stuff is tall now
This was a few weeks ago. You should see it now!
in the underside of the crank case of this bike is a philips head screw(10mm bolt with a philips head screw) its for draining old gas/oil out of the crank case if it ever gets flooded/carb needle got stuck and filled the crank case, I recommend undoing it, letting it drain overnight and then doing it back up
Good idea to get a snowmobile. When I was teenager back in the "old days" (before the 90's) we sometimes raced snowmobiles across the fjord between two islands to have fun in the summer. Great fun until you got water on the ignition system or ran out of gas in the middle of the fjord.... Anyways, great to see the old machines running again and making people smile while riding them. It's human to make mistakes. It takes a man to admit his mistakes. Long time subscriber and lurker. Greetings from Thor in Norway.
OMG! Wes, "the humanity" of using a 3-jawed slide hammer on that final drive... And if that wasn't enough, given the current climate of our times, you throw out that one about a "an ole Indian trick"... Hahaha...! Loved it.
Happy Fourth to you and yours, keep the great videos coming..
Thank you.
I know. You can't say that anymore.
@@WatchWesWork Polaris owns Indian Motorcycle, so I believe you are grandfathered in.
Watch Wes Work well sir, some say you can't, but that ain't stopping me... I say it, with no intent to disgrace or dishonor or demeaning towards whomever...
I don’t know what you are talking about my buddy Raj from Bangalore taught me the same old Indian trick. :)
Great video!! 👍
When Mrs. Wes asked where to put the Polaris all I could hear was the sorting hat yelling Gryffindor!! 🤣
I was beginning to think the flywheel was threaded onto the crank. Your young son prefers power tools over hand ones- smart young fella!
I’m going to back you up on the whole drive belt thing. What people don’t understand is the arrow is just there to make sure you put it on that way after every time that you take it off. If you put it on backwards it won’t hurt anything, as long as you put the belt back on backwards every time after that. The arrows are there to help with that. Some cvt belts don’t have arrows. Once you break the belt in in one direction, you have to run that belt in that direction for the rest of its life. That’s the rule.. the arrows are to make it dummy proof and efortless
The quad kicks up a lot of dust. I hope the test driver engaged her safety squints.
LOL.
God bless Wes. Keep going brother. In canadastan we pay big money for both machines and labour. Parts ain't cheap and if you can figure shit out like you do you too can enjoy beers with your saved dollars. Thanks for the content ol boy. Great videos, got a true great woman too. That's rare these days. Good job all around.
Had two of those Bayou 220 machines. Both ended up with bad stators that started with intermittent issues like yours . I seem recall that being a somewhat common issue with them. I scoured the earth and couldn't find a replacement. That was about 15 years ago. Now they're readily available.
My company contacted to repair oil field equipment and we had more wiring problems with kawasaki than any other, shrink tubing and solder is your best friend.
That's my five year old boy "why?" Omg such deja Vu. It's great that you are teaching him mechanics young.
You and your wife have a great relationship, I enjoy your interaction.
Wes, Really enjoy your channel and the way you sort thru the various issues mechanics encounter during a repair. Calm, cool and collected and still able to handle the armchair mechanics “helpful” comments and suggestions. Please keep doing what you are doing!
Thanks 👍
Y'all have great chemistry on camera. Thanks for the video fella. Ooh and a free spanner!
It's a spanner shaped fossil at this point!
@@WatchWesWork good candidate for a play with electrolysis? Loved the video as always. Best wishes from Northeast England!
Love the videos wish you could do more videos because I find them interesting and helpful . informative and I like how you explain yourself step by step instructions are very helpful you make me feel confident that I can do my own repairs keep the videos coming
Wes put the bonus rusted tools in White Vinegar for about 1 week.....just like new. Love the front porch/view.....
Another great vid .
Love watching someone who is great at electrical problems.
I'm terrible at at it.
Kiwi supporter from New Zealand 🇳🇿🇳🇿
I had one of these ATVs for about a year before I realized where the starter was located or if it even had one. I’m not sure if you’ve tried yet but the on off switch is where the starter button is you press it up while it’s in the on position to engage the starter good luck
Sweet new shop boots!
Have a great weekend and Independence Day!
Hi Wes! Great videos. 🤘 Don’t ask me why but I can’t stop watching, considering I’m a full time aviation engineer and spend my life fixing things.... you would think I’d have a enough of it! 😉 keep it up
Multiple hardware store trips per project seems to be about my average. No matter how much I plan and try to expect curveballs, something comes up. Great video, thank you.
Me too man!
Love the "go fast, slam on the brakes, little squeal and nearly end up in the beans' montage
I can’t wait to watch while doing the dishes. Thanks for the video
Hope you enjoy!
Looking for tips on getting that stuff stuck on the saucepans? 😃
chief cook and bottle washer paint scraper door painter test pilot wearing the nicest safety gear i ever seen life is good.
I love the banter you have with your wife...Awesome!
No chaos on this channel, it's totally safe! Two strokes are way safer than four strokes until you open the throttle.
I could just picture your wive running though the corn field. That was funny. Thanks for sharing.
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At about 11:35, you pulled out the impact driver. That is such a nice tool. Used one on a 30 yo project, worked great.
It's a must for small engines.
I'm jealous of the wide open field and your nice big shop. I have two of those Kawasaki Bayou 300's. One of them were running perfect and now same thing. Fails to start after a cold front hits. I also have a TGB and a Kymco, which are both bikes from Taiwan. Just came into a 2003 Yamaha 660 grizzly...fun video...thanks for sharing.
2-stroke ... always and forever ... my true love! If I could just find a Trabant or Saab, my life would be whole and complete. Another great video. Thanks for sharing.
Do you ever watch Aging Wheels? He has a Trabant and I think he used to have a Saab 2 stroke.
jwoodyr1 I know a guy with a land speed record on a 2 stroke motorcycle.
@@WatchWesWork Thanks!
Wes, you and your wife are a hoot! Never lose the ability to “cipher” things out. Oh, and remind her lots of SNOW is needed for proper use of a snowmobile AND the need to be outside to use it. Fortunately, we have very little or no use for snowmobiles here in North Georgia. Love your videos, keep them coming, wear your mask and stay safe!😊
I really enjoy watching you analyze and work on equipment Wes. Your little boy is a big help and a great part of your videos. Happy 4th of July to you and. your wonderful family.
Thanks 👍
I’ve got an old bayou that does the exact same thing! Runs great, then shut it off and magically no spark. Change the spark plug, and it’s fine for a while. I’ve been through every wire and connector on it!
These things are a wiring nightmare. And that's coming from the guy who deals with wiring nightmares every day!
Loved your subtle work with the hammer. All the best to you and the family. Have a good one. 😁👍
Thanks, you too!
Another good one Wes - that flywheel was like a good suspense movie. I’ve heard ‘the noises’ you are talking about - generally just before something hard top replace breaks in a bad way. As usual, keep up the good work.
Your wife is great, I like her, you are a blessed man. I'm fond of nature, but I'm not the outdoors type either.Your boy is full of it, I'm sure that you thank God for your family every day, peace be with you!
I do.
Wow, I love seeing your model riding instead of you Wes. LOL! I enjoy watching you work though! Great video!
"a little smokey" 🤣 great video Wes.
Remember the scene in Field of Dreams where the players disappear into the corn field? I thought we were going to get the ATV version! Thanks for the video!
It’s nice you have the patience to figure out what the problem is on all this stuff I don’t mind wrenching but loose interest and patience quickly
You have to grow into that. When I was young I'd try a few simple things and then push it into the weeds and forget it.
Knew there would be a video up today when I woke up! Getting home from a 10 hour shift and watching this to decompress 😊
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@WatchWesWorkOh yeah it was awesome! Great video as always!!
for some one u says he don't know what he's doing on the ATV, u seam to know how to get them too hum. awesome video keep them coming
I'm overhauling an IO-360-A1D Lycoming aircraft engine for a Mooney M20F and the engine case is 2 halves. Between the halves is silk thread and I used Loctite 515 and that's it. 515 is awesome stuff!!
The Florida pool pump motor repair guy 32750 approved ! that was good info
nice to see the reality of been on the spanners. Expect every hurdle which is usually the bolt you can't get to or the 10 minute seal that takes 2 hours and half a bottle of gas.
I didn't expect the flywheel to take that long. It actually took around 20 minutes to get it off.
Loved the laugh when you opened up the cover....mouse house.....made my day!Thanks Wes!
Good old impact driver! Used to be a necessity for working on the old Honda motorcycles (side cases, etc.)
Don't worry, the slop in the key compensated for any deviation of the stator position.
Great family vlog, the Wes family, and ATV family 😀.
With regard to the stubborn flywheel, maybe having shorter bolts in tension would effect more shock?, Just a thought.
Kawasaki is part of Kawasaki HI, they make a wide range of equipment, they started making ships, locomotives.
Thanks for sharing. Regards John.
I know they made fighter planes during WWII.
I had 25 tons of fill delivered and my son ran outside and grabbed his little shovel to help me spread it. He’s always wanting to help. I let him play on the pile for the week before I spread it. He kept coming in covered in sand though.
I have a pile of river rock behind my shop. My son loves climbing it and digging in the rocks.
You can use the drywall screws that are meant to sink into wood. They look the same just have bigger turns, which gives more meat between the peaks, so in theory, it should hold stuff like that better.
I saw some guys use that rubber U shaped seal that you usually put on sharp corners for the belt guards on their Polaris ATVs. Not the one with a metal core, but the rubber one that usually splits over a small lip in the metal.
Hahahaha people were actually mad at the way you were pulling off a SCRAP primary!!!! thats too funny!
Now if only you had put the whisper valve with the arrows pointing down towards the sky hooks and attatched it with the self lubricating glue :) . Regarding the rubbing on the case, an old fitter I worked with used to say," let it develop, if it's a problem we'll be fixing it anyway". Keep up the excellent Videos and you and your family stay safe.
That's pretty good!
Did not know you needed safety gear to ride one of those, we owned a Kawasaki 4 wheeler many years ago and I only ever had shorts on while driving along the beach or on land. Anyway great video bro. Stay safe up your way
Keep going, Wes....always look forward to your videos with the added humor.
Thanks, will do!
Glad you covered the crank seal replacement mentioned in the previous video :-)
Great Job Simple is the best!!! All the Best from Canada
Thank you very much!
As a Louisiana boy I'm telling you, you have to remember that anytime you work on anything with Bayou in the name you have to call out to the Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeau and say these words " Laissez le Bon Ton Roulette"! (let the Good times roll"! Drinking a Dixie beer at the same time helps.
I hate those annoying Issues, It'll leave you sitting out FAR from the shop, then you get it into the shop, runs fine. Love the content, and the poking fun of the safety police ... ignorant commentors ... armchair mechanics ... for sure makes it that much more enjoyable!!! Happy 4th to you and your family!
You should have shown more of the stunt driving the Missus was performing, it would have been way better than watching you fix it. LOL I love it when people say, It’s too fast! Or I had to sell it because I kept getting tickets! The throttle is progressive, variable, doesn’t have to be wide open or completely shut. It isn’t digital. It is analog. LOL Growing up I remember seeing my mom bury the speedometer needle many times. She was the kind of person that when confronted with a component that has travel she had to see what happened when the limit of the travel was reached. Funny, when I got old enough to drive they were always after me to keep my speed down… The foot platforms vs. The pegs. I have size 13 feet and the first time I rode one of those my foot got caught on a bush I ran over and pulled my foot down and twisted my ankle as it pulled me off of the machine. God was kind to me and it didn’t break my ankle. As handy as you are, and you have a welder, I am surprised you haven’t fixed that little problem already. Great channel.
I thought that flywheel was going go with a helluva bang, most disappointed lol.
We got several polaris 250. Hard starting then when started it idles weird. Im very knowledgeable on 4 strokes. These 2 strokes got me whipped
Not sure. Usually something in the low speed circuit in the carb.
That Kawi must have needed some Metallica: Give me Fuel, Give me Fire, Give me that which I desire...
"It will self correct" I love it, almost spit my Coke all over the monitor.
I worked for an ATV rental place in 1991 that rented Kawasaki Bayuo atvs and they got thrashed relentlessly and still kept going .
I agree with your wife, get a sled! You’ll never be short of content with how often they break lol
We had a few when I was a kid. I remember...
"Oh I forgot to put that thing on...". I was wondering if you'd catch it soon enough...
Don't bother with the detectives wes it's your 4 wheeler also I like your approach treat it like you stole it kind of idea 😉👍