Honda rancher 350 rollover question
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Honda rancher 350 rollover question
Last weekend i rolled over my 03 rancher 350 for the first time ever. Bent up the handlebars and rack. Got the handlebars bent back and the rack is hardly noticable... but the gas cap and gauge are no longer in the center of the hole in the top plastic. The plastic is on right and i cant see why they are off center now. I took off the little plastic over the gas tank and the holes where it bolts in arent slotted so it couldnt have moved. did i bend the frame or somthing.? any honda techs out there ever run across this.? thanks
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Honda rancher 350 rollover question
Hard to tell without looking at it, but unless you really flipped hard at significant speed, I'd bet the tank or tank cover got tweeked, or the tank is shoved over on it's mounts or maybe dented around the mount...
Look the tank and it's mounts over carefully, and also look the frame over closely and I bet you will spot what the problem is.
Lastly, I'd buy another handlebar. There's no telling how much you weakened it by bending it and bending it back, and they aren't expensive.
Look the tank and it's mounts over carefully, and also look the frame over closely and I bet you will spot what the problem is.
Lastly, I'd buy another handlebar. There's no telling how much you weakened it by bending it and bending it back, and they aren't expensive.
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Honda rancher 350 rollover question
Well, the way I do it is kinda prehistoric... but it works.
I will get to a tree figure out which way I need to pull the rack or bumper, then tie the bike off to the tree... so it wont move... directly opposite if the direction I need to pull, then hook a come-a-long, attached to another tree, to the rack/bumper and pull in the direction I need.
I have straightened many of them that way.
Ita a pain in the *** to reposition the bike several times... but it works.
If you have access to a automotive frame rack... that would be the easiest, but not many people have that kinda of access.
Basically, it doesnt have to be trees... just anything that will hold the weight of the pulls.
I will get to a tree figure out which way I need to pull the rack or bumper, then tie the bike off to the tree... so it wont move... directly opposite if the direction I need to pull, then hook a come-a-long, attached to another tree, to the rack/bumper and pull in the direction I need.
I have straightened many of them that way.
Ita a pain in the *** to reposition the bike several times... but it works.
If you have access to a automotive frame rack... that would be the easiest, but not many people have that kinda of access.
Basically, it doesnt have to be trees... just anything that will hold the weight of the pulls.
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Honda rancher 350 rollover question
well... your certainly on the right track there.
for instance, if the hole over the fuel guage is to the "left"of the guage, then you would need to pull the "right" front bumper away or forward to compensate.
It just takes a lot of thought to go the right direction.
for instance, if the hole over the fuel guage is to the "left"of the guage, then you would need to pull the "right" front bumper away or forward to compensate.
It just takes a lot of thought to go the right direction.