Those old Fuji 488 fan cooled motors are awesome when they are tuned in. As a kid I put 10,000 miles one and did nothing to it. Good luck with the crank seal and thanks for these videos! Really enjoying them.
Lots of people strip the heads on carburetor screws and other similar on Japanese equipment. Reason being that they're NOT phillips, even though they look it. They're JIS. Sometimes the head will have a dot on it but not always.
Ok, I watched. Looking forward to the crank seal and how you go about it. Some say you can replace without splitting case, some say you can't.... a couple of things that would have been helpful for people to have covered in this video is the intank fuel line, and how you go about checking and replacing it, also, best alternative way to build those hood "retaining cables", they are old and broken on a ton of polaris sleds. And ski alignment.
I just picked up an indy trail that sat for 6 years. Steering was so hard it broke the tie rod ends off. I gave it a wd40 bath and new tie rods and put 1200mi on it this season so far. I should grease the stem, good call!, and my brakes were clogged in the line and broken windshield. Thank goodness for eBay. 😂
If you look at the steering shaft sleeve you'll notice a hole there. You can buy a press in grease zerk for that which is what I did and grease that shaft, make any and all friction go away and ensures no more problems as long as you keep her greased. Good video, good luck!
Never enough projects , lol .... This snow we're getting today should be some more incentive ... Got my Das citation 250 running (finally) last weekend .... been off the snow for 23 years!
I don't know what year that is but I don't think its a 97. Polaris made great and easy to work on sleds from this era. If only everything was designed as well. There is a grease fitting on the steering center post down tube, just below the carburetor. pull the air box for access. maybe its in this video that I haven't finished watching, anyway, no one every greases it. Finally, I am sure you know better but always warm up your sleds before you move them.
There are so many people that are scared to work with carburetors. If I had a nickel for every time I see somebody saying it needs carb work or cleaned, I'd be a millionaire. They are a different beast but if you take your time they are very simple. Why did you not clean out the brake reservoir?
