i emailed him and he said hes basically only doing crank work now :/

but thats ok, thats why i have JB weld lol!!!!

 

im not so sure that a $160 crank job warrants parting the bike out, but yes your small end is done and you NEED a new rod.

 

Have you replaced a conrod before? I haven't, but have a (rather nicely) blown 230S motor in the basement that I started disassembling ages ago and got stuck trying to get the flywheel off. I never got a puller for it so there its sat. (there are pics of the conrod and piston on my photobucket page that the other pics are on if you'd like to see how f'd it got) To me, it looked like quite a PiTA to do that procedure - am I just intimidating myself? Is it relatively easy?

Doing some sloppy math:
- Rod = $160
- Cylinder bore = $70 (including approx. 2 way shipping)
- Piston kit = $120
- Gasket set = $40 (w/shipping)
- Carb rebuild = $35 (w/shipping)

Total = $425

I'll have less than $900 into the whole project at that point. I need to figure out if that's worth it or not...

 

Randy had given me a link to the flywheel puller he bought. You can find the link on the specs page in the vault. Its on the bottom left column.

 

the pulling of the flywheel should be a piece of cake, but let me ask you, do you already have the nut off? if not, i remember that one side of the crank (very possibly the flywheel side) is REVERSE THREAD and i almost killed my crank during my last rebuild due to my ignorance with that matter...

the trick to pulling flywheels is to find a HARDENED steel piece that resembles an acorn nut but without any threads in it. and it needs to fit the pilot (unthreaded portion of the crank before the threads start) snugly, but not go on far enough to touch the threads. then you can pull out the crank's endplay towards you with something that is sturdy but will give (wood wedges work good) behind the flywheel. then whack on the end of the crank WITH THE "ACORN NUT TYPE THING" OVER IT and it should come off in a snap.

good luck!

 

hey guys i know its not 230 related, but those of you who stick around here might appreciate this:























the 250r ate it big time yesterday. the upper shock mount gave way landing a jump, the shock shaft snapped, the front dug in to the ground, and my friend landed so hard on the bars it broke my steering stem and broke his wrist in two places. then the bike rolled 3 or 4 times down a big hill and broke some more stuff. my friend doesnt remember any of this.

i say, ITS LTR450 TIME SON!!!

 

Anyone else hate oil changes? What a pain! Even more so now on the DVX! With the skid plate on there, the oil spills all over on top of the skid plate, and now I have to drain the oil tank as well as the motor! The oil tank was strangely misaligned with the hole so I had to push it to the side to get the socket on there right, seemed kind of weird.

Maybe after a few more I'll be able to do it without using half a roll of paper towels. lol

 

WOW! Yikes! Hope he recovers quickly!

I guess the good news is that friend gets to make the down payment on your ltr now!

You going to fix it, part it out, or sell it as is? Maybe they'll take it on trade in! Take it here:

Boomerang Sports Melrose, MN (320) 256-4642

They gave me $1100 for my 230, so that thing should be good for about 5 hundos still to them! They can re-sell it for $3500 or something....

 

hey thanks man.

im not really sure what im gonna do just yet. ive been tossing the ltr idea around for a long time and i think this just about finalizes it...

i will probably end up fixing it (with some SERIOUS frame gusseting) since i have a spare shock and all i really need to replace is the steering stem (ebay!). and then ill sell it for an ltr after the winter.

 

Sounds like a good plan. Maybe by next summer, Suzuki will have released their 2010 ATVs so you can see if the 2010 LTR is worth dropping the extra cash on.

What are the NOS LTRs going for now that we're closing in on winter?