Kyrstin's 110

[BIGGKIDD]

Kyrstin got the first Chinese quad in the family. It is a REDCAT 110 pink in color. It was a impulse buy for last Christmas. Well it has been real good to us.

Other than the carb getting some trash in it once. Today I found the first problem with it. One of the motor mount bolts broke off. It was the top rear mount bolt that broke. Its hidden behind the chain guard so it took me a while to find after I started hearing it. But there it was a 8mm bolt broken off where it passed through the frame. No biggie got a new bolt and put it in and checked the others. But just remember the sound of the vibrations changed and thats what clued me in that something was amiss.

Larry

[tigereyes]

Let me tell you from riding the Redcat 110 that its a go anywhere little quad. Our property is all wooded so we have taken it all over the property. I have even went through a big mud puddle and she went right through with out hesitation. It's simply is a nice riding quad. My 7 yr old daughter rides it all over the property as well, and my two yr old likes to ride as well. Being automatic makes it great for the kids and with a 209 weight rating it works for the whole family.

Thanks for reading and please post all about your quad.


tigereyes ;D

[BIGGKIDD]

Hi All,

The last time we all rode Kyrstin's ATV we heard a strange vibrating rattle coming from the engine & frame. Well it turns out the motor mount bushings were toast. Three out of four of them had worn all the way through.




The one on the left was worn all the way to the metal the one on the right was the only one still good. Instead of trying to order parts I made new ones out of some vinyl 1/2" hose.




Here you can see the old worn out bushings are falling apart. This was also causing excessive slack in the chain.





The hose fit a little loose in the place of the bushings. I used some Gorilla Glue between the metal sleeve and the hose. Gorilla Glue swells up as it dries so the bushings should tighten up as the glue in between the layers of bushing dry and swell. At least thats what I am hoping happens. I first tried to use 3/8" fuel line but that was to thick to fit in the space where the old bushings were.

I thought I was going to have to remove a link from the chain but once I had put the new bushings in amazingly a lot of the slack in the chain was gone. So next time we ride I will try to remember to report back how this shade tree fix works out..

KIDD

[BIGGKIDD]

Hi All,

I replaced the wheel bearings today. ;D I found sealed bearings for it and used those instead of the cruddy unsealed bearings that came in it. I also put new seals in. This is an easy job and doesn't cost to much unless you get the bearings and other parts from NAPA they are 22 dollars a bearing higher than I found on line. Yea they have lots of parts but at a 700% mark up or so is crazy NAP gets less and less of my business.

Larry

Ps sorry no pics it was raining and I was trying to hurry and finish before it got raining hard.