I suspect I'm about to conclude a scrambler I'm warming up a bit for my son is geared to high. Anybody know how, where, or what to change to lower final gearing? As the front wheel drive is a shaftie it doesn't seem as easy as changing a few sprockets...

 

Install a proper clutch kit and you will have the bottom end you think you dont have now. If noise is not a concern add a pipe. A clutch kit and pipe really wake up the 2 strokes and you wont feel the need to gear down.

 

Those things are done, save for the clutch, and I'm into it now. I wanted to know gearing as I suspected I wasn't going to see it fully shifted out. After some study I see that its shifting out more then a I want at this point. In my clutch work I need to reduce a bit of weight in the primary's.

Anyway, I still want to know if anything can be done to alter final drive. Any ideas guys?

 

I have long suspected that you could play with your gear ratios on the rear by simply changing sprockets, and then compensate on the front drive by playing with your front and rear tire sizes. You'll notice now that the stock rears are 1" smaller in diameter than the fronts to make the 4x4 engagement right. But you'll need a mathematician to figure out what sizes would compensate, and with any kind of significant size difference front and rear, it may end up looking like something created on Junkyard Wars.

 

I have a 95 which is all chain drive, I went to a 40t vs 38t sprocket on the rear and it hasn't affected the 4wd operation. I don't know for sure if it would be different on yours or not but I can definitely feel the difference with that change. If you don't use 4wd very much try it......