P500 Help With Diagnosis

[futzin]

I'll get the mounting bracket re-aligned and welded (friend) then see where I stand. Hopefully some time next week. 🙄

 

[Admin]

 

[futzin]

I can’t and won’t speak for him but I don’t think you are too far from @HondaTech ’s dealership. It might be worth seeing if you can give buy him a good meal for his time and drag it up to his area to look at it for you in a restaurant parking lot or something. Just a random thought.

That'd be just fine by me!

 

[TripleB]

I'll get the mounting bracket re-aligned and welded (friend) then see where I stand. Hopefully some time next week. 🙄

That is what I would do. Then adjust the toe to where you want it and call it good.

 

[futzin]

That is what I would do. Then adjust the toe to where you want it and call it good.

Hopefully it gets me close. Right now adjusting the toe makes the passenger side camber way out. I'd chew up the right front pretty quickly.

 

[DRZRon1]

long thread - lots of stuff......

recommendation if not already covered;

-seperate steering from steering rack, test to see where the notchiness is, either in steering column or the rack itself

-you check wheel bearing, etc. ?

hard to imagine the frame is that twisted to toe the wheel out

 

[Smittyp]

I'll get the mounting bracket re-aligned and welded (friend) then see where I stand. Hopefully some time next week. 🙄

we need to know what @906UP had to do to get you back on the trail

 

[pappyo]

Become a Fleet Owner!

A man has to learn his limitations
Sometimes. Easier to Just Buy Another One & StartOver.

 

[futzin]

Shame on me for not closing this out and giving @906UP proper recognition!

My local friend could not get to it; ongoing family issues.

906 took pity on me and very generously offered to fix it; apparently in the UP things get a bit slow this time of year (lucky for me)!

Took it as far as southern MI, his buddy was traveling up later that week and took it the rest of the way (again, my good fortune!). These guys are absolutely tops!!

An A-arm mount was bent/twisted.
906 straightened it, rewelded the mount and welded in reinforcing gussets for the front mounts. Good to go!!

It gets even better! The man then personally delivered the thing BACK to southern MI, making it easy for me to retrieve.

I'm certainly indebted to him (and his friend) for his time and labor. That folks like that are still around is incredibly encouraging. "Pay It Forward", was basically his response and I've been trying.

Can't wait to buy his beverages for MOM!!

 

[futzin]

I even got to see his former P5!

 

[906UP]

I even got to see his former P5!

The OG Donkey!

 

[906UP]

Shame on me for not closing this out and giving @906UP proper recognition!

My local friend could not get to it; ongoing family issues.

906 took pity on me and very generously offered to fix it; apparently in the UP things get a bit slow this time of year (lucky for me)!

Took it as far as southern MI, his buddy was traveling up later that week and took it the rest of the way (again, my good fortune!). These guys are absolutely tops!!

An A-arm mount was bent/twisted.
906 straightened it, rewelded the mount and welded in reinforcing gussets for the front mounts. Good to go!!

It gets even better! The man then personally delivered the thing BACK to southern MI, making it easy for me to retrieve.

I'm certainly indebted to him (and his friend) for his time and labor. That folks like that are still around is incredibly encouraging. "Pay It Forward", was basically his response and I've been trying.

Can't wait to buy his beverages for MOM!!

I welded the backsides of the upper mounts and added a gusset to the upper rear so it can't twist again.


I also added a plate between the front & rear just to tie it all together

 

[906UP]

Can't wait to buy his beverages for MOM!!

You already got me 4 30 packs, we're good......might have been 5, they're almost gone so it's easy to lose count

 

[futzin]

I think Ron shorted you!

 

[906UP]

I think Ron shorted you!

Possible...... he & Karen are coming to M.O.M w us this year. Just need to get him on the forum first

 

[TripleB]

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I welded the backsides of the upper mounts and added a gusset to the upper rear so it can't twist again.

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I also added a plate between the front & rear just to tie it all together

You're a good guy, I don't care what your wife said about you.

 

[futzin]

Just need to get him on the forum first

We've been trying to get Crazy Eddie going on here. No luck so far, so we can continue talking about him behind his back!