So, I finally get this quad back together after I have allowed it to sit and heal (wire fell out of the coil, has been corrected now) for about... a year and a half. Nothing much. Took it out for a ride after I do that. Well, after initially beginning the trip with the fuel selector switched to off, 45 minutes of
put-putting around the property had me satisfied that it wasn’t about to go and die, I then started actually getting into the swing of things again and feeling out everything. All was well. Until I threw the drive chain. Right before I was going to make the final turn to put it up. Ouch. Well, okay, just a chain, nothing too bad- aaaaaand it’s leaking transmission oil, okay, its bad. How bad? Well... it did this:
It snapped the drive sprocket in half, bent the welded on skid peice that is on top of the rear swinging section for the suspension, oh, and punched a hole in my transmission. The chain section at the top that looks wet and disappears, is actually slightly inside the transmission. So, yeah. Engine is okay (hope to god), but I need a new chain (this one was worn out anyway, BEFORE it came in two and punched a hole in my transmission case), a new sprocket, and if I am the lucky, only a new transmission case. So, uh... fun! I am going to start on attempting to get this transmission out and get it apart, and see what the state of the internals are. If all is well, I hope to be able to just put all this in a new case and it work. I’m a large amount short on cash currently (about... ehhh... $30 budget right now, but that’s slated to increase as things free up). Considering the amount of use I have put into this thing, even if the internals are unscathed by what happened.. a rebuild will probably be necessary. Any tips and advice for getting this thing out (without any of the special tools, that is. I have popped out the clutch mounted to the engine output before, but I will need a valid method to get the driven clutch out).