Barkbeetle
Well-known member
- Joined
- Dec 18, 2022
- Member Number
- 5856
- Messages
- 59
I’m a former pirate member and I’ve been posting stuff on the YamahaWolverineforum but jhama78 convinced me to rejoin here. There are some good builds and sagas being shared so I figured it is worth sharing my typical destruction of OEM engineering.
I like building stuff as much as I like driving them and when things like noise bothers me too much, it’s time to fix it. The RMAX has a lot of great features, the noise and cab heat are not part of it. In addition it is a bit short for some of the steep stuff I get on. My friend I got the rear end airborne on a steep crawling decent and had to roll out of it. It definitely got our attention. The plan starts with this front driveshaft I ordered 2 months ago!
With the help of my friends lathe, we destroyed a perfectly good factory part.
I have to order tubing and then weld it up as a new longer driveshaft for a destroyed RMAX!
Don’t proceed any further if you don’t want to see a naked RMAX!
Teardown has begun.
These thing are not designed for maintenance, getting to the mechanical bits is a pain! I’m going to do something about that, the noise, the heat, tire clearance, wheelbase, and more. Let the real build begin.
I like building stuff as much as I like driving them and when things like noise bothers me too much, it’s time to fix it. The RMAX has a lot of great features, the noise and cab heat are not part of it. In addition it is a bit short for some of the steep stuff I get on. My friend I got the rear end airborne on a steep crawling decent and had to roll out of it. It definitely got our attention. The plan starts with this front driveshaft I ordered 2 months ago!
With the help of my friends lathe, we destroyed a perfectly good factory part.
I have to order tubing and then weld it up as a new longer driveshaft for a destroyed RMAX!
Don’t proceed any further if you don’t want to see a naked RMAX!
Teardown has begun.
These thing are not designed for maintenance, getting to the mechanical bits is a pain! I’m going to do something about that, the noise, the heat, tire clearance, wheelbase, and more. Let the real build begin.