I Lost Money Buying This UTV 

A word from someone that nearly lost a finger. NEVER wear a metal ring while working with anything heavy, on equipment or with tools/presses. OR around electrical. Just don't. If you want to wear a ring get one of those silicone ones. It will only take one slip up to either crush your finger or it get snagged on something will deglove the finger. If you don't know what degloving is google it. Not pretty. I was working on my trolling motor batteries and my ring came between the wrench and the other terminal. One spark and it was red hot. 3rd degree burns around my finger, it seared the skin. Then I nearly degloved the finger trying to rip the ring off, while burning my fingers on my other hand. Lesson learned, never again.

the bolts came right out, because you welded a nut, which introduced heat to them, which freed them up..

One of the first rules taught in shop work, or any type of manual work, no jewelry of any type, especially rings, watches and necklaces. Seen a guy fall off a short ladder, maybe four feet up, he grabbed a pipe, wedding ring caught on a bolt, almost lost his finger. he was better off letting the doctor cut it off because it never worked right after, and that was 40 years ago.

GREAT VID - Stumbled across your channel last week. Have been watching since! The RING thing - 8th grade 1969. The fad was a silver ring, embeded black onyx stone with your initials. I was doing chin ups in the boys locker room on the toilet stall. The top of the bar came to an outward "V" so you couldn't do chin ups. Well, when I finished, I let go and my ring caught the V and I hung there, ring cutting into my finger. Long story short, back then the police dept. had a cutter and the cut the ring off. Go figure.. No more ring since. Not even a "silicone" wedding band. No thank you. My wife understood/understands. Keep the vids coming!

That happened to my ring at work one time..after that I got a tattoo ring and will nvr wear a ring again on any finger..my shit almost got cut off due to ring crush..b safe.peace

For people who love to work on their own stuff, this is ASMR for the @home mechanic.

Vinny was really motoring out there, he blew past you a few times. Looks like he was having a great time.

So glad I live in a warm climate with unlimited places to ride off-road.

Sorry about your loss Joe. Took one on the chin for the rest of us to learn from.

In my lifetime, I have never before seen a Mechanic so adept, Knowledgeable and willing to share what you have done. EXCELLENT, beyond words for this backyard mechanic. I can't wait for the rebuild and running of this Polaris...

For safety I keep my wedding ring in my safe and wear a silicone band for safety as I work with my hands as well. This way your finger won’t get ripped off.

First thing i do always is a DEEP clean of the thing I’m working on , I hate working on dirty things I’m surprised you didn’t either , couldn’t imagine working on my bikes that dirty something is bound to find it’s way into whatever you’re taking apart, is the only reason you didn’t wash because of the weather? I’m in the south so never have snow issues anyways sweet videos as always 🤙

great video as always. Vinnie running across the screen back and forth in the beginning was great :)

Number 1 rule never wear rings in the shop. I've heard about people losing fingers from things like that. Sorry about the ring though that really is a bummer.

Just a tip, when splitting a case half get yourself some extra bolts 2" longer than stock, place and tighten in 3 or 4 spots across the cases and give them a whack with a hammer and your halfs will pop apart. Edit: new oil pump assembly would make for cheap insurance for the amount of $$$$ your putting into it.

Great audio and video technique! Impressive skill + good teaching/sharing style. Bravo. Looking forward to re-assembly.

This guyi is a wizard. I would buy one of his atvs. The last time I split the cases on my bike was 1982 lol.

And now the star of our show, 2Vinny. Looks like a change of seasons in the Dairyland. Other than a dusting we have little in Minnesota Sorry about the Polaris, built-in Osceola WI. Part out? Surely something you can salvage

bent ring similar fashion to yours, was lifting a snowmobile frozen to the ground in severe winter conditions. wearing mitts, didn't notice squished ring until several hrs later when took mitts off. Could easily have lost finger to frostbite. Not worn ring since, spousal approval. I work with my hands constantly..

JMO look at the crank shaft rod journal and see if it blueish purple if it is that engine was starved of oil. The carbon build up tells me high mileage quite possible, but oil consumption due to oil change interval may be a factor because that oil was really black and looked a little thick there was a little sludgish oil in there and sludge doesn't lubricate. Lack of lubrication will eat rings and bearings.

Didn't see valve seals included in the replacement kit? GL with the rebuild. Thanks for the videos Joe, very informative & varied, really look forward them.

something oddly satisfying about pressing bearings in and out

Got my ring smashed once had to cut it off. I like the new ones out there. Save the gold for "going to town". Cool rebuild. The old Honda fired right up.

Joe, you could buy a metal ring sizer and slide your ring to your size to restore its shape of a jeweler could do it for you

Wow those parts are not cheap. I see a garage in the works by next summer maybe.

We learn something every video. Thx Joe for your hard work, it’s inspiring.

The breaks & scrapem of utv engines, the exh. valves became maladjusted, during break-in and burned, rod bearing serves as an early warning alarm when the oil pump fails and the bad ring gap is factory. lol

You need spiral sockets... You can hammer them on the outside of rounded allen head bolts, saves so much time

It would be so satisfying if you bought a vapor honing blaster. When you were splitting those cases I just wanted to start scrubbing. Haha you mentioned getting a sand blaster which would also be great for some applications, nothing like putting fresh looking parts back together. Great work, I’ve learned a lot from you!

Damn that's alot of parts Joe...can't wait to see it all back together man. Thumbs up as always

I like to use a bolt to remove broken bolts. Ya build up with weld until its sticking out. Then you can weld the whole way around the bolt. The problem with using a nut is getting weld to stick to whatever your getting out. You have a small hole and it always welds to the nut and breaks off of the bolt.

Some of them box stores like menards or home Depot puts up Pole barn metal structures. You can get a big one for like $15000.

I always enjoy watching your videos and love the content, but just curious why you don't have a parts cleaner barrel to have clean parts when rebuilding an engine. A clean part is better than a dirty one lol It is awesome to see that you actually fix things the right way and not just getting them and putting a little money into them and reselling them. Keep up the good work and as always see you on the next one.

Remember this one thing on those engine's keep the motor oil changed regularly on those machines. That's for all of them that you have Joe. And always change the oil filter when you change the oil to.

You should mount a winch on the floor or wall to pull stuff into the garage!

Well Vinny seems happy to see the old Foreman 450

You need a whisk broom for the snow. Keep on making this great content! Thanks for your hard work I’ve learned a lot!

I love snow just as much as anybody who has lived with 4 seasons their whole life, but to see that much snow on the ground in NOVEMBER.. nah.. you can have Joe, you're a better man than I am. I know you're way up there, but man.. I'll be ok if it takes until January before we get a layer that thick. - I know that's not even really snow for you either.. I'm just saying! haha

Why did it happen? Polaris UTV engines are known for having crankshaft oiling problems. Defects or restrictions in both the block and the oil passages in the Crankshaft. I've heard of Many Polaris engines with less than 100 hours on them blowing up and having to be replaced. The 2012 Polaris rzr 900 xp engine that I just rebuilt only had 384 miles on it and it was blown up Twice. The 1st time it spun both connecting rod bearings and seized. The 2nd time 3 of the 8 valve guides dropped out of the head and bent 2 valves and broke 1 valve, piston, and bent 1 connecting rod. If you ever have the head off check and see what valve guides are in it. If they are the composite Steel ones, (they will be magnetic so check them with a magnet) replace them with good quality Bronze valve guides. The steel ones do not expand at the same rate as the aluminum head does when the engine gets warm which causes them to drop out of the head. Bronze has a similar expansion rate to aluminum so replacing them with Bronze valve guides is a very good upgrade.

Man, quite a project, cannot wait to see it run👍👍👍

Guy at old job.. was trying to guide a drill on a long shaft for trailer skirt frame holes. Mistake # 1 was zip tying trigger. 2nd was holding spinning shaft with gloves to guide it. Grabbed glove and pulled hand / arm around the shaft. Had a wedding band on that smashed onto his finger. They had a hell of a time trying to remove it, as his hand was swelling up. Same can be said around electrical work as well. No jewelry while doing these types of jobs.

My fav channel. Love when new videos get posted. ❤ Vinny

At 21:40, I see the frustration and aggression rising! 😂 I've been there Brother, take your time and do it right the First and Only Time!!

Enjoyed that teardown!

If you have a good enough air supply a 3/4" impact wrench has, 1,200 ft-lbs. of nut-busting torque maybe add one to your tools. Love the videos keep them up.

I went to pic up a washer off my shop floor a few weeks back. Turns out it was my wedding ring! No idea how that happened (or how long it was there) LOL.

Those Polaris engines have had a problem with the oil pressure relief valve getting stuck and having no oil pressure. There are some videos on RU-vid that talk about that and show how to fix that. I have rebuilt three with bad cranks and I now stay away from Polaris stuff. I also wonder about how dirty things are, even when you're putting them together, I have to have things spotless for reassembly. Especially parting lines. You need a small parts cleaner, makes it easy to clean things up. Great videos, very informative. I don't know how you put out so many. Vinny is great too, where has Jade been??

Hopefully you replace the oil chain sprockets too. It’s more likely they’re just as much the cause of the looseness as the chain. It should all go back as a set new.

Awesome 👌 video man keep them coming

I used to store my Kawasaki Prarie under a tarp until oneday it wouldnt start. Turns out field mice like making nests out of and in the wiring . It now stays in my shipping container.

So from what I see, it looks like there was some overheat possibly at some point. The exhaust valve springs are either weak from heat exposure or they were not closing completely due to, improper clearance between the cam follower and valve stem. Rev 6 is nice aftermarket parts, I am curious if you are going to replace the valve springs especially the exhaust? Also it seems strange to me that the oil pump chain is stretched so far that it may have jumped teeth on the gear. I wouldn't think that the oil pump would have loaded the chain to where it would stretch, unless it passed some foreign material through it and restricted its ability to rotate. Curious to see how tight the new chain is. I look forward to your rebuild video. I am a fan of Polaris, I think they are one of the better machines on the market. I still think you should get a Vapor Hone cabinet and clean-up the cases and parts. It would look like a new motor when you put it back together. Thanks for the video, Very Respectfully Lance.

Normally enjoy an engine out rebuild, but this looks like a mess. Appreciate the nuts and bolts patience and knowledge. Noted Vinny didn't trust it enough to ride on it without a crash helmet.

You need to get Vinnie some goggles so he can ride with you .

You should see what happens when jewelry shorts across something on an electric forklift with a 1000 ah battery. It instantly goes molten and then explodes throwing liquid metal like shrapnel.

Did anyone else hear Vinny (at 1:00) saying "Ha ha ha dad, I'm way faster than your quad!"

Get a oil filter cutter to check the inside of the filters.

That rev6 kit comes with a hot rods crank bought one of there kits and thats what came with it

A man of patience but knowledgeable......great job, Dude....

Joe, I commented in the last video about your ring. Had a “premonition through impression” something was coming and posted it with last video’s comments.

I love your videos. I've learned so much watching them. How can you tell if a bolt is reverse threaded or not if it's not labeled? I was working on a CFMOTO clutch and it was stuck and I couldn't tell if it was reverse threaded or not. I could not find a manual online (free) to be able to find the answer.

You need a tour h to heat things up. Broken bolts and bearings will come out much easier if you warm up the housings.

I think you couldve got those bolts with vice grips and some heat!lol but you mentioned youve had trouble in the past welding nuts on studs make sure to shine up end of stud and grind galvanized coating off nut put your helmet on and stick the wire right down on stud and dont stop untill nut is full and the reason the studs were loose is because alum expands quicker than steel the heat tranfers from the welding and i havent seen you need this but you were working on seals i it reminded me of a handy tool for pulling seals on like side cases where you cant get into other side is to get a long sleeve nut and weld a sheet metal screw on one end and screw it on slide hammer then obviosly just drill little hole in seal screw it in and pull seal you mayhave known that but im old and been doing those kind of things a long time! (welder/fabrication) and a side note my dad was a jeweler and your ring was toast so a good pair of side cuts will snip that gold band and pretty easy fix for jeweler they resize it youll never know it!! And as ive said in previos comments get a milwakee cordless ratchet itll become your favorite tool! lol love the vids!

I would inspect those cam chain guides out on it to. They might need changed.,or replaced.

Minor details but Polaris didn’t start making ranger 570 (midsize) until 2014, not sure why the kit says 2012-2017 ranger as they didn’t exist 2012-2013. They were in the rzr line up.

Some advice for people splitting cases without a tool grab some bolts the same thread pitch as case bolts but longer and thread them all the way in on opposite sides and hit them with a hammer a couple times then tap around where the cases meet if they don’t come apart right away with a rubber mallet or dead blot. The longer bolts you thread all the way in will not damage anything they will bend before anything. Your welcome

Cause a lot of people do one and not the other which causes timing chain stretching out.,an etc.,etc. Wallet wise. It'll cost yah everytime over something simple as changing the oil and oil filter.,or adding coolant and so on. Spark plugs and Air filters to.

I had one break it folded inwards and I had to use plyers to get it off, never again take it of and put it back on afterwards

Those header bolts came out easy because of the heat from welding expanded the aluminum just enough to lossen the bolts.

You Gotta cut open filter to see Center hole on filter is return where clean oil comes out

26:55 Doing all the work you do you should really upgrade your ring to a Tuscan ring. Its way more durable ring and wont do that.... I have had one on my had for 16 years and no issues.

You should check out ground thumping motors out of Florida they deal only in Polaris engines.

One thing I’ve learned from watching your channel is what brands NOT to buy. I’m thinking Yamaha looks to be the best choice for everything.

One last thing remember to re-adjust the valves to now on it. There possibly out of adjustment bye now for sure.

Why don’t you use some carpenters clamps to split the cases? Most can be converted to spreaders, it would provide a square push and less likely to bend a horn.

I love Vinnie he's on it. But sorry about your loss on the UTV

How come you don't clean the machine before working on them? They'll look a lot better clean. I never worked on anything dirty

Howdy from South Texas. What's all that white stuff on the ground?

Maybe it's just the perspective, but it looks like the end of the press return-spring eye-bolt came very close to the case when you were pressing out the bearing at 29:35. I was cringing, thinking you were going to punch a hole in the case with the end of the bolt. Maybe a trim is in order? And ditto to all the warnings about wearing rings in the shop.

As mentioned earlier, it's the oil bypass valve. They stick and bypass all of the oil pressure so it burns the crank bearing out. You need a new crank and rings, gaskets. Everything else is reusable. I've used Rev6 and they're Chinese junk but the best of the Chinese junk so go with it.

If the filter was doing its job then you wouldn’t be able to pour out flakes 😂

Hey from Ontario...that's definitely the result of it working hard... Most likely high revs, combined with back-torque and GARBAGE oil. the cams said it all... they were untouched... great video...I think you'll make money flipping it... new ones are ridiculously expensive.."if" you can get one. Supply vs Demand... cheers...:)

Joe remember Red armor 2 stroke oil.,an Redline fuel treatment complete fuel system cleaner.

Do you have a spot on your property to build a storage shed? I wonder how much a 20x40 pole barn would cost. If so, sounds like a great next goal for the channel.

That crank had gotten very hot to almost weld itself to the flywheel and other stuff. Whomever was driving must have smelled it but kept the pedal down. HaHa - I welded my ring between the starter hot stud and the frame of a old car that taught me to remove them. In this instance the ring took one for the team and kept his finger joint from getting smashed.

Love the vids

This thing was likely burning oil and they ran it low. High RPM of driving on the road sucked what little oil there was in the pan out and destroyed the bottom end. They likely added oil later when they tried to get it running.

Make sure you take that head in for a valve job . Take new valves and buckets and cam to machine shop. Those seats definitely need to be ground . And he can set the heights by grinding end of the valve to make lash right

Well you just learned a lesson about being a mechanic wearing your wedding ring. I have seen a lot worse the best are when you arc it across a hot wire. Haven't wore mine for a long time.

A tag around Your 💍 ring and channel lock pliers lightly squeezing it open on all sides of the ring.,or around it Joe.

You should put a winch on floor to pull stuff in

I have used hot rod cranks in all my stuff and have never had 1 problem with them. A lot of problems I see from them is people doing things and they don’t know what they are doing.

Where did you acquire all your knowledge to repair the equipment from ? Shop time or technical school

@2vintage Hey man been trying to find a way to contact you I have a 05 400ex and I snapped the crank rod off I was wounding if you possibly had a crank or a bottom end to a 400ex thanks

Also, all that carbon in the head, I bet it was burning oil, they ran it low on oil, the crank got hot, rod bearing scored. So they quick did an oil change but it was too late. That's my guess.

Is there a part 2 to this video? What brand of engine is this? Polaris make their own?

The rev6 comes with hotrod crank

You need DeWalt impact the big one

I tattooed that ring on. I never worry about snagging it. Lol.

I've heard of guys losing their fingers cause of jewelry. Jade needs to get you a rubber band wedding ring. Maybe she would propose to you and it could be a whole new ceremony and more RU-vid content.

Good job!