P500 What did you do to/with your Pioneer 500 today?

[The Green Goat]

Last week i pulled a General 1000 out of the mud at royal blue 💪 I forgot to turn my camera on until the very end but he was in deep. My Grand-Baby was in it so I had to get it out of there

I think I remember that hole!

I'm pretty sure I got stuck (high centered) in the hole next to it. lol

 

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[Snek]

Pulled the trigger on new front suspension this morning. Don’t tell my wife 🤫💸

 

[Mbradley42]

Pulled the trigger on new front suspension this morning. Don’t tell my wife 🤫💸

Good for you man, I'm the feller you met at the comfort inn at royal blue when you were waiting on your old man to get off the trails. 👍👍

 

[Snek]

Good for you man, I'm the feller you met at the comfort inn at royal blue when you were waiting on your old man to get off the trails. 👍👍

Ha ha when they finally showed up he said “no more prison rides for him”. And so we didn’t go to the prison the next day😂
You gonna make it to the meetup in October?

 

[wvupsc]

Did a little trail maintenance on the property around the house, put out some mineral blocks for my wife's pet deer and did some other chores. My P520 got a speck of dirt on it, so I gave it a bath before putting it back in the garage.

 

[hallic]

Installed @RB3offroad 360 degree antenna mount. I duno if they made it this way on purpose, or if it was a happy accident, but its like 95% perfect for what I wanted to do.
With the Honda OEM roof installed, pic from the underside of the rear ROPS bar, up is towards the rear:

Measure once, drink a beer, then half-ass it with the dremel:

Mounted Signal Stalk antenna and cabling:

It's angled a bit to the front (a bit more then normal because it's hitting the garage door), I'd rather the mount had an angled piece so that it would be straight, or bent a bit to the rear, but the Signal Stalk is super bendy, so not worried about branches etc. To get the internals flat against the backside of the roof, it ends up angled like this. Hence the -5% from being perfect. All in all, more than worth the cost for the antenna mount, turned out much better then the half-assed plans I had originally been trying to do.

 

[jmaxch]

Installed Elka Stage 3 front and rear and removed the rear sway bar today ( can’t believe I didn’t do this already)… it’s night and day difference! I didn’t have much time to really test but I makes a HUGE difference.

The front shocks were very easy to change, I had little more difficulty with the rear one, specially the left side but once I figured out how to pry it back it was fine. The rear Elka 3 comes with some bushings and they fit perfect. No bushings in the front.

 

[crewcabrob]

Installed Elka Stage 3 front and rear and removed the rear sway bar today ( can’t believe I didn’t do this already)… it’s night and day difference! I didn’t have much time to really test but I makes a HUGE difference.

The front shocks were very easy to change, I had little more difficulty with the rear one, specially the left side but once I figured out how to pry it back it was fine. The rear Elka 3 comes with some bushings and they fit perfect. No bushings in the front.


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I’m super jealous of this upgrade.
Rob

 

[bowhunterbill]

How ‘hard’ do you need to ride to made an approx $1,500 shock upgrade make sense?


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[hallic]

How ‘hard’ do you need to ride to made an approx $1,500 shock upgrade make sense?

Sounded like for a couple people with wife complained about a rough ride, and gave the OK for the upgrade. 🤣

Then again, with everything some people have already put into this machine, what's another $1500?

 

[Splorin]

Nobody that's bought 'em or WE's has said 'what a waste of money'. And most say 'shoulda done it sooner'.......

 

[Backwoods]

Ha ha when they finally showed up he said “no more prison rides for him”. And so we didn’t go to the prison the next day😂
You gonna make it to the meetup in October?

Both of y'all better be there.

 

[Snek]

That’s the plan, Squirrel or no Squirrel. Not sure the status after the wheel-chock-unmanned-downhill-joyride incident 😬

 

[Backwoods]

That’s the plan, Squirrel or no Squirrel. Not sure the status after the wheel-chock-unmanned-downhill-joyride incident 😬

I wondered what happened with that if it's fixed or getting replaced.

 

[Snek]

I wondered what happened with that if it's fixed or getting replaced.

He said if it’s not fixed or replaced by Mayhem he’ll be with me in the passenger seat of the Green Bastard “drunk as a monkey”😂
But I think he’ll have a better arrangement by then

 

[70Bones]

Replaced the front output shaft seal, took an hour and a half and about 5 lbs of sweat, it was hot and humid.

Simply unbolted 3 bolts holding the front differential on, pulled it forward, then reached in the opening under the drivers seat and pulled the prop shaft off the output shaft by hand. Took a small slotted screwdriver and pried out the old seal, cleaned up the shaft, greased the new seal and slid it on and tapped it into place with a small block of wood and a hammer. Put prop shaft and front diff back on and Bob's your uncle!

 

[Mbradley42]

Ha ha when they finally showed up he said “no more prison rides for him”. And so we didn’t go to the prison the next day😂
You gonna make it to the meetup in October?

The prison is a long ride, and for sure I'll be there one way or another

 

[nctrailboss]

Put the white plastic back on for the summer,and gave her a bath.Still can't get it as clean as the units I see here in the photos...Dang-it..

 

[Snek]

The prison is a long ride, and for sure I'll be there one way or another

Where? Prison?😂

 

[Tom_C]

Yeah, gave my new ride a power wash and once over inspection. Didn't do any aggressive wipe down, just power washed it inside and out. It will never look new again, cause I'm not into that, but it appears to have been mud bogged and need some flushing.