Playing in the creek yesterday my buddy sunk the ruby,we drug it out ,pulled the plug,tipped it on end,pull started it.
Is there anything he should be doing today(besides stay out of the creek)?oil is fine,runs good.
Do you guy have to pull your skid plate to get to the oil filter,or am I missing another way,and i dident see any zerks,are there any??
He dosent know much about his bike,Hell he dident no where the plug was?!

 

My friend sunk his rancher, and stalled in a deep mud hole. Muddy water filled the exhaust, and when we pulled it out, we tipped it on it's end. A lot of water came out. He tipped it back down and started it up. He has put on about 1500 more km since that has happened and no problems.

 

I sank mine 2-3 weeks ago.

Things to do on the spot before you move it:
1. Drain the airbox.
2. Drain the oil.
3. Pull the plug (key in off position) and use the pull rope to force water off of the piston.
4. Drain the carb.
5. Stand it up on end to drain the muffler.



Things to do (BEFORE FIRING IT UP):
1. Check the rear diff oil and make sure there is no water in it.
2. Check the front diff oil and make sure there is no water in it.
3. Check the radiator overflow bottle and make sure the fluid is not dirty.
4. Check the radiator fluid level.
5. Drain the oil. Change it until it comes out clean. (Mine took 2 changes to come out clean but I did 5 for good measure)
6. Take off the carb and clean it out.
7. Clean out all the drum brakes.
8. Clean off the air filter.

In your note you said he sunk it. Define sunk it. If he truely went under with it and filled the airbox then there IS water in the oil. With each stroke of the motor the crankcase breather takes a gulp of air like it is truely "breathing". This can be seen if you disconnect it and hold it while the engine is on. So on that last stroke when he was under it would of sucked in some water. Since the Rubicon uses oil for its transmission you want to be 100% sure that there is no water in the tranny.

There are no zerks on a Honda.

 

Why does it breathe through the crankcase???? Fuel is supposed to get in through the valves...and doesn't go under the piston like a 2 stroke does.
What am I missing?

Thanks

 

The piston traveling upwards increases the volume in the crankcase, and so to keep from building a vacuum, a crankcase breather is needed. The breather connects to the intake boot (at least it does on my EX), so that any expelled oil/gas fumes will be burned by the motor (instead of expelled into the atmosphere) to help with emissions.

 

Motorhead is correct. The the piston moving up and down the air/fluid volume under the piston is changing.

Zorro, Nothing is supposed to travel through this breather except air.

 

Thank's people,we just got done going over the ruby,Top to Bottem and everything is good,as good as you can expect from a HONDA(HAHA) ONLY KIDDING!
THANKS AGAIN