85 to 88 Suzuki LT230S Quadsport help.
I'm too picky to paint the plastics. I'd be angry as soon as they started chipping. Although, it would make more sense since I'll be more or less beating the crap out of $400 plastics on a 27 year old bike
It chips, but its no big deal. Just spray some more on after you wash the mud off. A little brake cleaner on a paper towel takes the overspray off the headlight n stuff. It really is simple and easy.
This one is cobalt blue with metal flake. Its yellow plastic. Was painted 6 yrs ago, but you'd never know by looking today. I just touch up the flake-offs.
This one is cobalt blue with metal flake. Its yellow plastic. Was painted 6 yrs ago, but you'd never know by looking today. I just touch up the flake-offs.
I got my 250s engine in the mail today. Looks a lot worse in person then it did in the pictures. I'm going to at least try to clean it up a little before installing. Hopefully, I'll get it in and tested this week.
The stud for the upper mount is broken off in the valve cover. Can I just swap the valve cover from my 230s engine over?
The stud for the upper mount is broken off in the valve cover. Can I just swap the valve cover from my 230s engine over?
Idk if you need the top mount or not because the 4x4 quads don't have it, but I've said over n over that you can't mix n match valve covers with heads. The heads n covers are a set n the cam bearing is machined into them as a set. I would only mix them as a last resort.
Surely you can get a broken stud out of a hole that never had threads and is much bigger than the stud.
Another thing you'll notice is the 230 top mount will be slightly off with the 250 engine... since its taller. I think I used a rat-tail file once to oval the holes so it would fit, but then ended up with a 250 mount later on. I don't think it matters either way.
Keep us posted!
Surely you can get a broken stud out of a hole that never had threads and is much bigger than the stud.
Another thing you'll notice is the 230 top mount will be slightly off with the 250 engine... since its taller. I think I used a rat-tail file once to oval the holes so it would fit, but then ended up with a 250 mount later on. I don't think it matters either way.
Keep us posted!
I haven't tried to get it out yet. I just can't imagine how it got stuck in there in the first place, since it's supposed to just slide through. It's in there tight enough that the bolt head is broken off. I'll try to get it out tomorrow night, and if not, I'll just grind the ends off of it, and don't use that mount.
And thanks for the reminder about the bearing races being built into the valve cover. I had forgotten about that.
I have a set of 250s mounts, that I purchased before I realized that I could just slot the hole in the 230s mounts to make them work. Oh well.
And thanks for the reminder about the bearing races being built into the valve cover. I had forgotten about that.
I have a set of 250s mounts, that I purchased before I realized that I could just slot the hole in the 230s mounts to make them work. Oh well.