On the right side of the engine under the oil add cap and right beside the oil filter cover is a cover that has a screw and a nut over it. Well i got stupid never changed the oil in a ATV or worked on one...my fault.
I started to unscrew it and decided to use channel locks. well after i figured out that was not the oil plug i screwed it in far as she wold go due to messing up the threads and the nut would not go back on. now the ATV goes freaking slow at all gears. it has something to do with the gear shifting and speed thing. did i mess it up to the point where it can not be fixed?

what is that screw called and what do i have to do to fix it so i can buy a new screw.

also i have a new battery on her but i have no lights or power at all but i ca pull start her all day and ride it. is there a bad wire or something. The head lights will noteven come on when i am riding it.

 

ok i found out that it is a clutch screw now how do i replace it? Just unscrew it and screw the new one in or do the whole side of the engine need to come off?

 

Check the fuse under the seat.

That clutch screw is actually the clutch adjuster. Its a bit of a pain in the rear to get working right again. I think its something like, "screw it out until you feel resistence, then in until you feel resistence, then back a 1/4 turn and lock the nut". I can't remember exactly, but it works something like that. You have to just play around with it until it works right.

 

all te fuses have been checked but...it has been raining alot and i cannot get time to take the ATV cover off to check all the wires to see if i am getting a proper ground.

 

Sure your battery isnt dead? Do you have any way to check it? Or replace it with a car battery n see if everything works? Sounds like a dead battery to me.. If the fuse is good, then why would the starter AND the lights not work?

 

I had the same problem with my 220 with the battery as far as no starter or any lights. Found the two electrical pins for the fuse on top of the starter relay to be spread and causing a poor contact. I took the terminals out and corrected the gap for the fuse to fit tight. The starter relay went bad a week later ( corrosion inside the relay ). The dealer wanted $80 for the relay and I was not foing to pay that much for it. I got a starter relay for a lawn mower and rewired everything off the battery. I have not a a bit of trouble since.

 

Did you take the relay out so you can start in gear?

 

ok i went out and bought a srvice manual for this ATV it covers Bayou KLF220 and KLF 250 for 1988-2003.

I can not find the section on how to replace or remove the clutch adjust screw.

Can someone help me.
I have alot of new parts coming in on NOV the 1ST and the clutch adjust screw is with that order.

 

Its in there coz I just rebuilt mine a few months ago and I remember having to look in the book to put it together right. When I go back out to the garage I'll see what page its on.

 

kool that will be very heplful!