BNielsen
I'm Awesome
I previously mentioned this acquisition in the thread for my 96 K2500; I figured I've made enough progress so far to be able to post and give a little story to it.
I bought this from a good friend of mine for $1000; it ran like a scalded dog although it wasn't without it's quirks or malfunctions...he received it in a trade deal from his uncle; and my friend's plan was to fix it enough to run it and then this was going to be the redheaded step child of his ATV collection. But since it's now in my possession, it will live out it's days with light to moderate trail riding and the occasional muddy field. I was planning on buying a new ATV at the time, but with almost every dealer looking at a 4 to 5 month back order, and the used ATV market was (and still is) fairly ridiculous, I think I'll be willing to put a little money and effort into this.
I've been slam busy with life, work, planning for a wedding, trying to find a house, maintaining my current truck as well as getting everything lined up to tear into my 2000 K3500 my brother and I rescued from a salvage yard.
So as time allows, I'll chip away little by little until it's trail ready; I'm mainly going to focus on keeping the mechanical portion of this thing in tip top shape, while the cosmetics I'm not too worried about.
It had 0 bushings all around, apparently it's a common trend in Polaris ATVs for the bushings to disintegrate, which them being made of plastic is not surprising. I was hoping to get maybe poly or even improved rubber bushings, but no luck. Factory Polaris plastic bushings ordered and waiting to go in now.
Brakes. Front brakes replaced by my friend, he had plans to repair the non-functioning back brakes until he discovered the left rear caliper had been removed; hopefully I can just replace the lines, caliper, pads, give the system a good flush and bleed and it'll be good as new. Hopefully.
Most of the plastics are cracked, faded, and busted up. So far I've just scuffed them up and sprayed them with implement paint so it looks a little better and the paint will hold up to abuse to a certain degree, I'm still trying to figure out what to paint the fenders and such, I can't find a green that matches, so I'm thinking a gray of some sort for ***** and giggles. Anything is going to be better than the scratched up plastics it has now.
I bought this from a good friend of mine for $1000; it ran like a scalded dog although it wasn't without it's quirks or malfunctions...he received it in a trade deal from his uncle; and my friend's plan was to fix it enough to run it and then this was going to be the redheaded step child of his ATV collection. But since it's now in my possession, it will live out it's days with light to moderate trail riding and the occasional muddy field. I was planning on buying a new ATV at the time, but with almost every dealer looking at a 4 to 5 month back order, and the used ATV market was (and still is) fairly ridiculous, I think I'll be willing to put a little money and effort into this.
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I've been slam busy with life, work, planning for a wedding, trying to find a house, maintaining my current truck as well as getting everything lined up to tear into my 2000 K3500 my brother and I rescued from a salvage yard.
So as time allows, I'll chip away little by little until it's trail ready; I'm mainly going to focus on keeping the mechanical portion of this thing in tip top shape, while the cosmetics I'm not too worried about.
It had 0 bushings all around, apparently it's a common trend in Polaris ATVs for the bushings to disintegrate, which them being made of plastic is not surprising. I was hoping to get maybe poly or even improved rubber bushings, but no luck. Factory Polaris plastic bushings ordered and waiting to go in now.
Brakes. Front brakes replaced by my friend, he had plans to repair the non-functioning back brakes until he discovered the left rear caliper had been removed; hopefully I can just replace the lines, caliper, pads, give the system a good flush and bleed and it'll be good as new. Hopefully.
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Most of the plastics are cracked, faded, and busted up. So far I've just scuffed them up and sprayed them with implement paint so it looks a little better and the paint will hold up to abuse to a certain degree, I'm still trying to figure out what to paint the fenders and such, I can't find a green that matches, so I'm thinking a gray of some sort for ***** and giggles. Anything is going to be better than the scratched up plastics it has now.
