buy american next time

 

Just something for my fellow US riders

Did any of you notice some of the differences between these atvs and the ones sold here?

Seems even though they can mess up pretty badly and be a real pain in the you know what the Consumer Safety group does cause the mfg's to invest a little more into their products etc.

 

These little mini quads are everyware, and they are fast when they get going, they are like pocket bikes that can get going for the big kids.

 

Sorry forgot to put my 2 cents in. I talked to a seller of this type of mini quad and all I got was to check the governer. This may mean the screw on the throttle or some other that the manual may refer to. the clutches are cetrifical thow out types so the reves have to be high. I noticed that the chain can be ajusted by loosening the bolts by the brake and chain sprocket, then turn the axel so the eccentric guides turn. This will lossen the chain.

 

Hi I checked this out and that area of it is all good. The smaller green bike is worse than the red bike. When I push the red bike the back wheels actually turn and the bike moves when I apply the throttle, it's just really slow too.

Yesterday after work I started up the green bike and run it around the garden at walking pace (not sitting on it, just walking next to it) and there was a small amount of smoke coming from the bit near the engine that turns the chain (I don't know what it's called).

 

I think that this is your clutch heating up being over worked. sounds like you narrowed the problem to the axil bearings or shaft. follow 440EX advice further and you will work it out with some allen wrenches I think.

 

could be you got some bearings with no grease on them.

 

makes you think it is something that you put together wrong seeing how both bikes have the same problem
Time to start over take everything off you put on and try again

 

after looking at your pictures again, i see how the chain adjusted , the axle uses a cam adjusment. thiers 2 allen bolts next to the disc brakes and 2 next to the rear spocket, loosen those 4, then you see the hole, right now it shows at the bottom of the axle on the disc brake picture, you can use an allen wrench or you should've have gotten a tool to fit in this hole and you turn to whole axle to loosen or tighten the chain.

 

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

I've found the problem with my kids ATV's! After checking out all possibilities that you guys presented I found that it was in fact the chains that were stopping the bikes from moving; they were too tight. I figured out how to adjust the chains and the bikes work fine now.

Thanks again to everyone who left helpful suggestions.