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Thanks to mywifesquad and josephfrank for their advice regarding the problems I have with my quads, it will be the weekend before I will be able to sort them out.

 

My pleasure, let us know how it turns out.

 

Hi All

Here's the news. The info regarding the carb was spot on, the problem seems to have been a sticky float.

The leaking brake fluid, problem has turned out to be quite interesting. After much searching I could not establish quite where the leak was coming from. I did notice however that one of the break pads was very low, almost gone. As a result the thing (don't know the technical term) that pushes the break pad was travelling too far, and the fluid was spilling.

What is far more intersting however, is why the break pad was so low (the quad is only a few weeks old, and has not done many miles). As I was putting the break assembly back I noticed that the break disk itself was loose... The root cause of all the problems is a broken bearing on the right hand side of the rear axel. Does anyone know is the rear wheel assembly one complete unit, with the bearings etc. as I can't see how remove the bearing, or how to get the rear drive shaft from the assembly, any words of wisdom would be apreciated.

Once again any help would be great. To further complicate things, I bought the Quad from the UK, off the internet, I have just mailed the guy who sold it to me, it will be interesting to see what response I get. The next problem I face is that I have no idea where I can get parts...
Oh the joys.

 

Hi DecDug,
I am not sure about the bearings and how they come apart... one problem I had with my quad was that the thing did not come with any spacers for the rear axle, and because of that my bearings appeared to be loose also, but it was because the spacers weren't there and the axle was somewhat free to move, as were the sprocket and brake disc... if the sprocket spindle or brake disc spindle is not in place correctly (pushed all the way in toward the bearing housing), the shaft feels loose. I manufactured some spacers myself from 1" PVC pipe cut to length, and that solved the problem without having to replace bearings. Not sure if that might apply to your situation or not.

As far as parts, I live in the USA (it sounds like you might live in the UK?)... but I had no problems with getting parts from the USA website:

http://www.winspeedmotor.com/

The order I placed took about 6 weeks, unfortunately, but it worked well, and they did not charge high prices for the parts like other companies do. The prices were VERY reasonable!

Good luck,
Joe Franklin

 

One of the things that I have done to my wifes quad is to replace the stock wheel bearings with high quality replacements. I bought them off of e-bay very reasonably, want to say under 35.00 for the 2 in the rear axle and the 4 for the front wheels. Not to tough to get to just remove both rear hubs, the part with the cotter pin, slide off hubs and spacers then off comes the disc and sprocket, a good time to update the bolts in them too. Cant remember which side the axle came out from, but it did pull out easily. I will try to add to this later, possibly monday. My son is getting married today and my time is very limited. Hope this helps a little, the bearing # is 6006-2RS, you will need two. Good luck!! MWQ.

 

Hi mywifesquad and josephfrank

The bearing is actually in pieces but thanks for the spacer advice. mywifesquad you might let me know the website address for the bearing you got. By the way enjoy the wedding.


Once again thanks for the help. I'll keep you all postes on how I get on. Must go visit some friends now. For the record I live in Ireland....

 

Here is the link to his ebay store you will have to look around a bit to find them but he ships worldwide. Front wheel bearing # 6003 2RS you will need 4. When I took my wifes apart out of courosity I found 1 good bearing out of 6 it was in the front. I will post more on this subject later, have more to tell.

bearings here

And thanks for the good wishes, will be fun.

 

does anyone know when this 200 comes on the market? i read this complete topic and from you replies i geuss the 150 is to small for me (17 yo, 170lbs 6"3)

thx for this awesome topic about the 150 since i wanted to buy one

 

Hi mywifesquad

I hope all went well at the wedding. Can you tell me if the bearings are the same on the front and on the back?

thanks