my RZR1 build

[megadesertdiesel]

well my motor is locked up and heading to Weller this afternoon to tear it down and see wtf.

i removed the motor from the car yesterday and pulled of all of the covers to see inside then flipped it on it back and removed the oil pan. i found some metal shavings in the bottom of the pan and the crank will not move.

so its off to the professionals today. who knows what it is but i will keep working on the interior panels and rear bumper just in case its something stupid and it gets done next week.

so as it sits i will not make it to another big holiday weekend in Glamis.:rm_thumbdown:

 

[LSRGreg]

DAMN Mikey!! that sux! Sorry to hear that. That is the scary part about buying a used motor.. ya never know what your actually getting. Sux man.

G-

 

[450grl]

Ohhhh...no way!!! That totally sucks!!! We have bought 3 used motors and have never had an issue with any of them (knock on wood).....sometimes I forget it can be a risky endeavor!!

Mike, hopefully it's something easy.....you need something to go easy with this build!!

 

[LORENZ]

You never turned that thing over did you? Sounds like the seller needs to cough up some dough?

 

[megadesertdiesel]

You never turned that thing over did you? Sounds like the seller needs to cough up some dough?

no the weird thing is i fired it up quite a few times and let it idle. and i drove it around the neighbor hood 1 week ago. parked it and then went to fire it up again and she was locked up. i dunno what happened.

this will be the first turkey day in Glamis i will miss since i started going to G 10 years ago. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and NO i dont want to go and putt around in the Rhino. it just would not be fun without my 100cc motor.

 

[Wild Earp]

That really sucks. If it were me, I would quick find another long block to buy and swap in. If its really totally seized, it will probably be cheaper to buy another used motor, then to try and rebuild that one!

 

[450grl]

Yeah, if you can find one from the same year, it'll drop right in!! Then you can get this one fixed and sell it, recoup your losses. Or keep it for a spare!!

 

[warlock]

Yeah, if you can find one from the same year, it'll drop right in!! Then you can get this one fixed and sell it, recoup your losses. Or keep it for a spare!!

The spare motor idea used to work with me but I got tired of swapping them when the fast one was fixed. I would have the Wellers check it out see whats damaged and rebuild with all of the bad boy parts you can buy and make the bottom end bullet proof and go from there. Im sure you can also buy some bad ass pistons to while your at it. Just spend the money on a bullet proof motor and be done with it.

 

[megadesertdiesel]

here are a few picture updates from the last couple of weeks. i set the rear fenders and old hood on to get an idea how i want to mount them. the rear fenders are going to be wider than the dirt tires due to my 12" wide rear paddle tires for the sand.

 

[STETLER]

I see no pics

 

[JoeyD23]

no pics?

 

[megadesertdiesel]

when i open it they are there. i have them in my picture album on another forum like i have been doing the whole thread. hmmmmm

 

[megadesertdiesel]

uploaded them here.

 

[megadesertdiesel]

i made my own custom wheel this weekend. had some extra billet centers from my OMF race wheels so i decided to cut my sand wheels and get a little more back spacing while i was at it. total of 5/8" more back spaced than what i had at each wheel.

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[megadesertdiesel]

i mounted the rear fenders today. then i started cutting up the new red hood.

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[sk8rnate]

wheels look cool the build is coming along .

 

[Quad Cartel]

The billet centers are a great idea. I just broke my wheels this weekend out at Glamis. They are breaking around the lug nuts.

 

[megadesertdiesel]

The billet centers are a great idea. I just broke my wheels this weekend out at Glamis. They are breaking around the lug nuts.

you can buy the centers from OMF then all you would need is the 1/4" hardware. thats if you have a spun aluminum wheel.

 

[Quad Cartel]

I have the same wheels and tires you do but the lug circle is too small on the rhino.

 

[JoeyD23]

Damn Mikey!!!! Gettign down! Looks real good