Fishfiles 19,707 Posted January 4, 2020 Wheel bearings , ball joints and brake pads : The wife's bike is next in line for a pit stop , she is going to get a front end job , new wheel bearings, ball joints and disc brake pads , she has the old school Pivot Works bearings in hers now , they lasted a very long time as far as wheel bearings go for me , I got a new set of Pivot Works bearings that were warranty replacement for a set that went out on my 300 , and I will be able to send her set back for another replacement , only thing is I don't think these new Pivot Works are as good as the old ones were -------- for the disc pads , I have some SuperATV pads on the way $24.99 a set , also have some Sixity pads for an Artic Cat on the way , $9 a set for those , going to see how the Sixity pads work out ----ball joints are OEM Her Magenta ( pink) 300 is pretty nice , it has a 90 engine in a 96 frame with all the 1st gen wiring harness and components , it has the 424 kick out , 250 rear end , snorkeled , floorboards , stick stoppers , 27 SwampLites , front disc conversion , wheel spacers , 20" led light bar ---- this one had a 54% reduction in it at one time , I took it out , and it pulls these 27s just fine with out it 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shrade 197 Posted January 5, 2020 nice looking submarine!😀 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted January 5, 2020 Shrade , submarine , lol The " pink submarine " had not much done yesterday ---- I did get it jacked up and one wheel off , got to start some where ---- my buddies were over and pulled me away , started drinking beer @ 10:30 and watching our buddy work on his 300 2wd at my house ---- my buddy hit me up yesterday with " can I leave my bike here , when I am finished with it " , I hit him with " sure , for a storage fee , and leave the key , for guest to ride when you don't come over " ---- I might have nipped that in the butt ------- take that mudda home with you when you leave lol 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted January 10, 2020 I got all the parts in for her front end job , just need some ambition to do the work ------- 4 new OEM ball joints from Partzilla , PivotWorks ( old school ) wheel bearings and seals ( last of the Mohicans ) , going to try out the Sixity semi-metalic brake pads that fit an Arctic Cat and see if they last any longer than the SuperATV pads Also going to do a carb cleaning as the fuel enrichment plunger ( aka choke ) is stuck , bike starts great without it , but while she is in might as well fix it up What would be a good mod for my wife's bike would be a wireless remote clicker that would limit the throttle and shut the engine off , LOL found some pics , had Outlaws on her bike , but they grabbed the sides of the ruts too hard and would pull the bars out her hands , so I stuck some Swamplites on it and she likes them better My crew nick named her Ms Momentum she rides Wide Open Found a pic of the time the tree jumped out in front of her , she had DirtDevils back then 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Wilson_™ 6,432 Posted January 10, 2020 Lol! I remeber that crash! poor pinky .... He's had a hard life ..... :| 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,212 Posted January 10, 2020 LOL, maybe you could wire in one of those shut-offs from a kid's bike. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted January 10, 2020 Jeep , Yep , that's what I was thinking , like a leash , remember in the Max Max when the Indian looking wild guy was cuffed to the car and they let him loose , that's her ..... Girl's Gone Wild 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted February 11, 2020 Finish one side of her 300 , new bearings , seals and ball joints , went to the other side and the bottom ball joint had caused damaged to the knuckle , you can see the one on the right is ate up along the bottom edge , so dug up another knuckle , had to tap mud divers out the brake plate holes ------ I got a new set of 1 inch spacers as I gave her to my buddy to use while her bike was being worked on , he gave me the new ones and kept the old ones , so see them 2 Craftsman 17 mm sockets , both 6 point , 3/8 drive , one fit the wheel spacer hole and the other is not even close cause it is a lot thicker socket ( old school ), pressed the upper ball joints without removing the arms , that pin that is knocking out the ball joint works perfect , I think it is from a tractor u 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billy5221 1 Posted February 12, 2020 Just out of curiosity is the brake conversion built for the 300 or is from another wheeler like the 350 rancher and the 420 rancher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted February 12, 2020 yea , sometimes you will see the disc conversion listed for the Rancher , as the 300 doesn't show up on list anymore ---as far as I know the 300 , 400, 450 , 500 and 680 all use the same kit , I don't know about the 420 though , we got a disc conversion guru with us now days , Super ATV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted February 12, 2020 They use to make a 300 2wd Rancher kit that was modify-able to work on a 300 2wd , they discontinued it , I know a couple of people that would buy a kit right now , if they were to return to the market Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
F250 guy 106 Posted February 12, 2020 I'd check with the manufacturer if you get parts next time, but that's just me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted February 12, 2020 Parts for what ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billy5221 1 Posted February 12, 2020 I worded that wrong the 420 have disc in the front I have read people using the 420 disc on the 350. Thanks, it interesting to know what parts you can swap on to other wheelers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
F250 guy 106 Posted February 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Fishfiles said: Parts for what ??? From what I could make out it seemed like a part wasn't for that wheeler that's why I said that but I could've misread it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishfiles 19,707 Posted February 12, 2020 it is hard to remember all the combinations of what works , when you got CRS , LOL I think you can put 420and or 350 disc on a 300 , but have to grind one of the ball joint stem holes larger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeepwm69 7,212 Posted February 12, 2020 07-13 420 brakes bolt right up to a 350 Rancher 07-13 420 brakes bolt onto a 300 IF you grind out the upper a-arm to take the bigger upper ball joint. PITA, and with 420 components costing what they do now, better off with a @SuperATV conversion. 05-11 Foreman, 05-14 Rubicon, and 06-current Rincon brakes are all the same, and bolt onto the 450 Foremans, 01-04 Rubicons, and 03-05 650 Rincons. Pretty much if the ball joints are the same top and bottom, the knuckles and brakes will swap over. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
