recently tore the motor down, and the rod is broken, the back part that goes around the crank(as if you were above the motor) chunk busted out and the bearings were in the bottom of the case. Luckily and unbelievably did not damage anything else at all, the piston and cylinder are untouched. Anyway, I need to replace it and who is good to install the rod for me. I have access to a press, but never pressed a crank apart.

 

Falicon does good crankwork. Bob Craycraft at www.14mins.com sells aftermarket rods and can get Falicon to balence your crank, and press on your new rod.

 

Barker - Dont know a thing about it, but its about 180 bucks
Carillo - Used to be the forum favorite, looks like the CCR boys have jumped ship again.
Wiseco - I think this may be a new item for them, not sure.
and Falicon was already mentioned. There are some smaller shops that can do this too I believe.

 

wow sorry to hear that about your motor!!!!! this is no help but ive been wondering for a whille what would make a rod brake on such a new quad ive seen a few post in here on broke rods on pretty new atvs what cause this just running it to hard ???? sorry i was of no help ryenol good luck on getting her fixed

 

He's got an 01, its not exactly new. Its also been doing a little racing so its probably gotten some good use. The raptor rods seem to be weak. Poor fuel, jetting, oil, compontents, and maintenance choices dont help the issue but the raptor rods still appear to give out before those in other bikes.

 

well yea i gues a 01 isnt so new lol AND thanks for the info maddog56 i was just wondering what did that so maybe i could avoid it. but im only a trail beater so i guess i have no worries

 

Since you are a drag racer, you might consider a Titanium rod. They are only a few hundred more than a ChromeMoly but weigh much less. Craycraft Racing sells and installs them or a good CrMo replacement. Carillo is not recommended due to sloppy tolerances. Whatever rod you choose, have it all balanced so your motor will live long at high rpm.

 

whatever rod you decide to use falicon is THE shop to do the crank work.........after they balanced my crank, my 740 vibrated less than my stock bike did.........

 

yeah not sure how long bob has been using barker for his rods but i'm thinking about 2 years now... I do recommend Craycraft racing to install the rod for you...

 

I have 2 Turbo Nitros powered Raptors and when they were built the autorities on power decided on the Carillo Rod. That is the one KMS Performance (turbo builder) prefers. So far it is holding up to 115 hp and 95 ft. lbs of torgue.