I am looking at a 1996 Warrior 350. The current owner says he replaced:

New Hot Rods Crankshaft and Rod Assembly

Complete Gasket Set

Used Flywheel and One-Way Starter Bearing Assembly

And other non-engine parts. He said it ran great for 2 weeks and then the timing chain broke. He took it apart and noticed that the camshaft was also broken. He thinks it just needs a new camshaft.

Asking $650. Everything else looks good, and it has a lot of new parts. My question is if there could be more serious damage than just replacing the cam? When the cam goes, does it usually cause anything else to go? Could a valve have dropped and smacked the piston or anything like that?

Thanks.

Here is a photo of the quad. Let me know if I should bother with this thing.

http://classifieds.pennswoods.....cgi?image=/236582.jpg

 

No! The Warrior is really a very poor design. It handles clunkey, and the engine is ancient technology. I know all this because I rode a Warrior for many years!

Look for a 400EX instead.....

 

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ALL TRUE!! However, it has always got me home, and is a fun quad to ride on the trails. Although you won't win any drag races with it, the Worrier has enough power to entertain a novice rider. I would compare the $650+the cost of the repair vs. what the bike is worth in good condition.

 

Thanks for the replies, but my question is whether it is worth the cost of repairs, and how much those repairs might be. I was hoping someone on here might have an idea how much it could cost to repair it, or if I could do the repairs in my own garage.

Thanks

 

Sounds like you might buy somebody else's headache. One would have to wonder what happened, camshafts don't just break on there own. personally, I would add 650+ full rebuild and then see if it is worth it.

 

My Yamaha dealer wants $500 to replace everything above the piston. New cam, valves, springs, clips, you name it. Now...is a 1996 Warrior worth $1200?

 

no

 

definatly not

i mean love my warrior but for a 1996 that might not even run after your done for 1200 no way i got mine an 01 for 1000 and it works absolutly fime just has one crack in the rear fender

 

If it broke a cam and timing chain there are some other issues, and who knows what all got screwed up by breaking the cam and chain.

 

no its not worth it in my opinion the electronics is very expensive the cdi is over 500 bucks if that goes the 96 is the bastard of the all the years of the warrior i bought one used and it ran for about 3 months i replaced the pick up coil the primary coil the high tension coil the stator and i bought a ricks cdi and it still dosent fire right im forced to half buy the oem on a ride that cost me 800 bucks and my lt250r puts it to shame every one is right about it being a novice machine or beginer i let my 10 and 15 year old ride it there is just better more dependable 4 wheelers out there for the money especialy in our current economic times these days

ride fast ride safe.,.,.,.,..,. later