It's time!

[JedInUtah]

Well the ol' girl has been extremely good to me over the years and so now it is time to breath some life back into her. I have a 2005 Summit adrenaline that I have owned since 380 miles. She now has many fantastic memories, climbs, powder, rocks, friends, and sun behind with hopefully many more to come (except the rocks). I just rolled it over 3600 miles on the last ride out.

Compression has dropped some and although acceptable I think it is time to rebuild. So my thoughts are..........
-Drop-in kit from Kelsey
-Head
-To have the crank inspected and parts replaced as necessary


This is the first time pulling a sled engine and have researched it a bunch and I think it all looks pretty straight forward, but tell me if I am missing anything.
-remove clutches
-drain coolant
-remove pipe and y-pipe
-get carbs out of the way
-remove boots and reeds (maybe leave those on there??)
-remove hoses and lines from head and block
-disconnect oil pump and cable and plug oil line.
-remove rewind starter
-loosen and remove motor mounts
-remove engine

What am I missing?

Thx,

 

[1MEX]

starting fluid and a match
j/k!!!

 

[NapaMatt]

ops..

First Full Coverage.. Ins.

then Match and Gas

 

[Chief]

a couple of notes: I have the shop and race manual for the 2005's on CD. We'd just have to get together and I'll loan it to you.

Kelsey: good kit and head but to get the power he advertises out of that engine you have to up the compression and either add race fuel when off loading below 8000 feet or make sure you specify a lower altitude head.. I had mine cut for the '04 for 6000'.

If you ever ride out of Bountiful or somewhere else around 5000' you've got to be careful. If you think the engine is strong enough as it is then don't mess with the tune and just rebuild without changing the head. You've already gotten 3600 miles out of the single ring pistons which somewhat takes away from Kelsey's argument about the weakness in the 800HO... and there are dual ring options other then Kelsey's that don't require you change the head.

If you haven't done it already a lower buck and great mod is to do dynamo joes clutch kit.

 

[JedInUtah]

a couple of notes: I have the shop and race manual for the 2005's on CD. We'd just have to get together and I'll loan it to you.

Kelsey: good kit and head but to get the power he advertises out of that engine you have to up the compression and either add race fuel when off loading below 8000 feet or make sure you specify a lower altitude head.. I had mine cut for the '04 for 6000'.

If you ever ride out of Bountiful or somewhere else around 5000' you've got to be careful. If you think the engine is strong enough as it is then don't mess with the tune and just rebuild without changing the head. You've already gotten 3600 miles out of the single ring pistons which somewhat takes away from Kelsey's argument about the weakness in the 800HO... and there are dual ring options other then Kelsey's that don't require you change the head.

If you haven't done it already a lower buck and great mod is to do dynamo joes clutch kit.

Chief- thanks for the thoughts. I appreciate the offer, I do happen to have the shop manual, but not the race. Difference??

I do have DJ's kit in it as well. That was one of the first things I did. With everyone going newer and bigger and me keeping the old iron, I would like to get a little more punch out of it. If I didn't have access to kelsey to help me with getting this thing dialed in then I may have shyed away from it, but I feel pretty confident I can get good support from him.

Other question is the crank. I have heard JJ Machinery in Logan is the place to go, but any others that will inspect and repair cranks one off for a good price??

 

[Chief]

if you've already got Kelsey's pistons then the update to the new ones or just check the rings and replace them if needed. If the existing pistons are in good shape and the ring groove hasn't gotten too wide then reuse them.

I've actually never broken a crank... never had to look into it all. The years I'd have had powerful enough sleds to jump like you do (and have that huge jerk on the crank on landing) I was away in the Navy.. I came back too beat up to take to the air like that..

 

[JedInUtah]

if you've already got Kelsey's pistons then the update to the new ones or just check the rings and replace them if needed. If the existing pistons are in good shape and the ring groove hasn't gotten too wide then reuse them.

I've actually never broken a crank... never had to look into it all. The years I'd have had powerful enough sleds to jump like you do (and have that huge jerk on the crank on landing) I was away in the Navy.. I came back too beat up to take to the air like that..

Chief- I don't already have Kelsey's pistons. They are still the stock single ringers. So will be upgrading to dual ringers and kelsey's drop-in seems like a great option for a few extra ponies.

There have been complaints from a few on his service and product, but everything I have experienced to date has been great! I have ridden with him a number of times and plan to continue to do so, so I think he can help me get it dialed right in.

My biggest question is the crank. I would like to inspect it and know that the isoflex is re-packed and good and that the bearings are ok. Just don't want to spend the money if I don't have to. Already on a tight budget and I know any crank stuff will set me back several hundo.....