- Fri May 20, 2016 8:19 am
#139868
This is my first post on this forum and my first PowerWheels project. I picked up a free non-working Yamaha Raptor 700R on junk day. My kid wants a camo paint job and to go fast so i'll be cleaning this thing up, adding more battery, painting it, and straightening out the front end alignment. Below are progress pics to date.
Here is the state of the vehicle as i got it. pretty rough, but no part of the body or frame is broken so I can work with this.
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Even after an overnight session on my fancy battery charger the 12v battery shows 10v leading me to believe it has a dead cell. No worries though, my plan is to shoehorn 18v or 24v into this badboy.
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A milk crate makes for a good lift. The teardown begins!
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While removing the body from the monocoque frame I discovered two plastic standoffs under the seat area were indeed broken off. I'll use some JB Weld to stick these back on the frame so the body has a secure mount.
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Wheels off. Its amazing how much play is in the suspension of these things...mostly because they use cheap plastic bushings on everything. I did find new bushings online so I'll replace those. The wheels themselves are fine so I'll just paint these.
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The front wheels are toe'd in from years of abuse. My plan is to cut the steering rod and install a turnbuckle in there to set the toe. The play in the steering is terrible, there's nothing obviously worn or broken, I suspect this is just a stack up of tolerances from the handlebar, headset, pitman arm, centerlink, steering arms..I have plans to fix this.
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The body suffered from severe sun rot / oxidation so I had to do several repetitive steps of washing, removed all the decals with a razor-blade, washing, sanding, washing....
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I set up a mini spray booth in my well-ventilated garage and applied the first coat of primer, Rustoleum something or other.
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First coat of primer dry, the areas protected by decals are still plainly different from the rest of the body. I figure two more coats of primer will take care of this.
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That's it for now. Further updates coming soon I hope. Feedback and questions are welcome!
Here is the state of the vehicle as i got it. pretty rough, but no part of the body or frame is broken so I can work with this.
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Even after an overnight session on my fancy battery charger the 12v battery shows 10v leading me to believe it has a dead cell. No worries though, my plan is to shoehorn 18v or 24v into this badboy.
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A milk crate makes for a good lift. The teardown begins!
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While removing the body from the monocoque frame I discovered two plastic standoffs under the seat area were indeed broken off. I'll use some JB Weld to stick these back on the frame so the body has a secure mount.
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Wheels off. Its amazing how much play is in the suspension of these things...mostly because they use cheap plastic bushings on everything. I did find new bushings online so I'll replace those. The wheels themselves are fine so I'll just paint these.
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The front wheels are toe'd in from years of abuse. My plan is to cut the steering rod and install a turnbuckle in there to set the toe. The play in the steering is terrible, there's nothing obviously worn or broken, I suspect this is just a stack up of tolerances from the handlebar, headset, pitman arm, centerlink, steering arms..I have plans to fix this.
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The body suffered from severe sun rot / oxidation so I had to do several repetitive steps of washing, removed all the decals with a razor-blade, washing, sanding, washing....
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I set up a mini spray booth in my well-ventilated garage and applied the first coat of primer, Rustoleum something or other.
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First coat of primer dry, the areas protected by decals are still plainly different from the rest of the body. I figure two more coats of primer will take care of this.
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That's it for now. Further updates coming soon I hope. Feedback and questions are welcome!
Last edited by metaprinter on Mon May 23, 2016 7:10 pm, edited 3 times in total.
My Project(s)
- YAMAHA RAPTOR 700R, 24V CAMO QUAD
- YAMAHA RAPTOR 700R, 24V CAMO QUAD