kempy Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 'spose this goes in 2 wheels? Every man needs too many projects at once so lets kick off another one. About a year ago I picked up rough looking TRX, off a dairy farm, battery had gone flat and the guy couldn't be bothered getting it replaced so he bought a new one, I figured that his maintenance programme would be a similar non-caring state so I ended up negotiating a pretty good price on it. Not my photo, but very similar to this except it looked a lot worse and had a 70KG+ bull bar/side bar attached to it which I removed straight away. Spent the next week cleaning it, /soaling it with cleaners, waterblasting, steam cleaning, that cow poop was absolutely caked and baked on. After the first couple of washes I removed the bottom skid plate and filled up 2 x 20l buckets of cow poop, which went in the garden. Decided that it really needed a complete strip down, so here's the bike in my shed with a few bits out of the shot view There's a Quad bike in here.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 I had the frame sandblasted as it had surface rust covering the bottom parts, I wanted to leave the stickers intact and the top was in mint condition so masked that area off. Using POR-15 on the frame awesome stuff, sets as hard as glass but lacks UV stability so I'll overcoat the exposed parts with chassis black. Have coated the front/bottom so far, went to turn it over and some sand blasting grit came out of a parallel universe i think, I blew out every nook and crannie with compressed air so many times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Damn son! What size/era is this thing. The old man has had a few over the years, and while they all rule I was super impressed by the 420 injected thing he has now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 It's a 2008 TRX420FM, 420cc fuel injected 5 speed manual 4WD. I was going to use it at the beach to tow the jet ski but summer came and went with everything that was going on this year, so as winter rolls in and less daylight to work on the caravan I'll need a workshop project to keep me busy. But of panelbeating to do to the rear diff guard, a bead blaster makes fine prep, probably boring as batsh*t for some but it keeps me entertained. Before Half Done Bead Blasting done. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 Here's the rest of the rear diff, after it was lightly waterblasted, that stuff sticks like... Think I'll strip it right down and see what it's like inside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Sweet. I think it's similar/same as what I'm thinking of then. Never seen such thorough repairs done on a quad. Keep up the good work. I like quads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Frame done 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.wylde Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I use a trx420 at work ripper wee quads. Oodles of torques. Also do sweet drifties in the mud Nice project btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Cheers, looking forward to getting it back together, would be much easier if I would stop pulling things apart. Have done a little bit more lately, stripped the bars and had them powder coated, came up better than i expected as they looked like crap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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