<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: quadsport_230s

hey randy i was checking out the pics and i have to say the drink holder is a nice touch but if you dont mind saying how did you make that</end quote></div>

I've been meaning to put more pics in there.... Anyway, I got the idea from PoolGod last year. Its just a PVC pipe with a piece of a foam mat lining the inside. I think I used a jar lid for the bottom and the cover is another piece of PVC pipe that fits over the other pipe. I cut the pipe and glued in something round that fit. That's pretty much it. I use a piece of coat hanger as a push rod to get the bottom can out. It will take the worst punishment you can dish out and not pop a can. The foam keeps them kinda cool too. 2 cans and a water bottle strapped to the handlebars will get me farther than my muscles can hold out.

I suppose you could use hose clamps to hold the whole thing in place, but I welded homemade brackets to the frame and tapped threads to a rod to secure it.

From behind it looks like dual exhausts. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

I'll get some pics up later.

 

Well, since I put a 250S engine in a 230 frame, I had to find a 250 exhaust. So, I found this Jardine on ebay for $50.



Turns out its a pos! I ran it for a while n thought, "hmmm... seems like this quad used to have more power than this." So, I put the stock exhaust back on that I modified last year and wow! Hello wheelie time! Sounds much better too. A LOT deeper. The Jardine is too small and the metal is too thin. Its a glass pack and the exit hole is too small in my opinion. I might take it apart n see if there's something I can do to make it flow better, but all my stock exhaust is is a big thick metal can with a spark arrestor in it and a bunch of holes in the bottom. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

I still needed the Jardine for the header, but the slipon part of it sucks.

 

A couple pics I took last year.

 

So does anybody know the inside dimensions of the swing arm tubes infront of the shock mount? I am wondering what side square tubing I will need to extend it.

 

I don't know, but I'd say it would be the outside dimensions minus the metal thickness.... which I'm guessing is less than 1/8 inch. There should be holes on the bottom (drains) that thickness could be determined.

 

I did not notice any holes last time I looked at it, but that dowsn't mean they are not there. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I will have to take another look. I just don't want to cut it apart and then try to find the steel I want. I would rather cut and weld right away so that I do not have parts floating around.

 

I just looked, I didn't see any holes. If it wasn't pouring down rain I would drill one in my trailer I made from a 230 swingarm n axle. Other than that, I have no idea how to find out how thick it is. I know almost everything I've welded on the 230 its been pretty easy to burn right thru the metal. When this hurricane goes away, I'll flip the trailer n drill a hole n see.

 

I hear this is the place to get info on the LT230's. I have a problem of the driveshaft oil seal retainer breaking. I have replaced it about 4 times in the last 18 months. Any ideas on why they keep breaking?
Thanks

 

Bent driveshaft??? Just guessing... We specialize in the chain driven 230S.

 

This is a chain driven. It is the retainer just behind the drive sproket.