Glad you liked the video. Dropping the sprocket really helps with clearance and less stuff for the tracks to get caught on when installing. The ratchets really help too.
Thanks for the feedback. I try to make the video informative but not long and boring. Lots of times I've been speeding up the wrenching but running normal speed at anything important. Let me know if there are other video's you'd like to see and I'll record them as I keep maintaining the bike
@@infinitesrh5750I'll make a video next time I pull the carb. I changed out the jets and needle when I was rebuilding the engine, it's a little more of a complicated carb compared to most that I have worked on. Rick Ramsey has a great comparison between the 250R and 250X carbs on his site: rickramsey.net/CRF250X.htm They look to be almost identical to me. I would say for the most part, the rebuild/cleaning would be the same
Wow that case opening technique was genius. I'm still waiting for my case spilting tool to arrive in my mail. It's good to see someone working on 2005 in 2024. This bike has been some what harder to find video of. I am glad I found your videos because I am currently doing a rebuild on 250r because I got for a good deal so I decided why not and it's been work in progress. I never worked on 4 stroke and it's been a journey.
Glad you found the video helpful. I didn't want to order a tool and wait for it so I looked around the garage to see what I had that would work. Some day's I wish I had a newer bike, but it's easy to get parts for these bikes and they are in my price range.
Great video! I have a 2005 277B, just purchased it last fall with low hours and brand new tracks, and been getting it up to speed on all the nec maintenance items over the winter. And track adjustments, or on-going track tensioning is an important maintenance detail for the tracks, but with the Cat 277B models, that track tensioning tool, that ratchet is an integral part to that task. My track tensioning tool was lost and didn't come with the machine when I bought it, unbeknownst to me at that time. So I ordered one from Cat but that maintenance manual is quite...umm....NOT helpful, lets just put it that way. Anyways, your video demonstrates how to use that track tensioning tool for the two positions within the undercarriage for tensioning or loosening the undercarriage/tracks! There are TWO, I repeat, TWO positions for that track tensioning tool! Now that undercarriage design makes sense to me and how that tool helps me with anything to do with the tracks. I've actually gone to two Cat/Toromont locations near me and asked people there at Cat how to use the tool and all they do is print off what the manual states, which I point out to them....is NOT helpful! They sold me the tool (not cheap btw!) but no one can tell me from Cat on HOW to use the "maintenance track tensioning tool" on their Cat machine that they just sold me! Thanks Cat! NOT! And.... I've yet to see a video with that tool is set up on the undercarriage for track tensioning and then actually use the tool, there are NONE!! I have watched videos of guys coming up with self made pry bars, car jacks opened up with in the undercarriage to move the components of the undercarriage, etc, some interesting solutions to dealing with that undercarriage and track tensioning, I must admit. But, NOT the way to do things, when the engineers at Cat have a proper tool to do the job, and do it quite well actually. So, THANK YOU for uploading this video of yours bc there is no video, and I MEAN NO VIDEO on RU-vid showing the use of that tool! Thank you for doing so, it was quite helpful! You've answered some questions on what I should be able to do for myself on the machine going forward and not be paying for, paying handsomely too as we all can imagine. Again....Thank YOU!
I'm glad you found the video helpful! If you run out of adjustment with the tensioner (the one that rotates upwards), you can slide the track frame back more towards the rear of the machine then adjust your tensioner to keep the lugs from jumping. There are aftermarket hydraulic tensioning tools but I found it doesn't take too long to do it with the factory one. If I changed tracks for a living it would be another story.
