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2004 Yamaha Rhino 660 Long Travel Build
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<blockquote data-quote="Dan_Goodwin" data-source="post: 747033" data-attributes="member: 4960"><p>That brings us up to today.</p><p></p><p>After a lot of thought and an improved budget (read: wife finished grad school), I decided to blow the Rhino apart and rebuild it with the goal to for it to be dead nuts reliable and equipped for Windrock level rides. Everything that moved was beyond worn out, so every bushing, bearing and rod end was replaced, along with downsizing tires to 27's to hopefully help the axles live, new steering rack, belt and all fluids were replaced. The issues with the axles stem from the use of factory CV joints, which severely limits the shaft size, so even stepping up to 300m shafts didn't solve the problem. I know custom axles that replace the factory CVs are inevitable, but that is a significant investment I'm trying to avoid if possible.</p><p></p><p>A note on the bearings: The OEM bearings are made by NTN. Below are some PNs for bearings that you can get from most any bearing supply store and avoid Yamaha's markup: </p><p></p><p>NTN</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">F: NTN 6006LLU</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">R: NTN 6206LLU</li> </ul><p>SKF</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">F: SKF 6006-2rsj</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">R: SKF 6206-2rsj</li> </ul><p>Timken</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">F: Timken 6006rs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">R: Timken 6206rs</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117388[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With that nearly complete, I started on something I'd wanted to do since I bought it - a proper cage.</p><p></p><p>I picked up 120' of .120" 1.75" HREW (because not race car) and started bending tube. The goals were to lower the cage a few inches, have U4 styling, integrate a bed and proper doors and replace the front bumper.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117390[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117391[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]117392[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117393[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117394[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117395[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117396[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The start of a front bumper with a 5k badlands winch in it. The top tube will follow the contours of the plastics when I'm done with it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117397[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>This brings us up to today. I wanted to get the main components roughed in then fall back and work on bracing and triangulating everything.</p><p></p><p>I'll post updates as I get stuff knocked out. Comments, sarcasm and criticism are welcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dan_Goodwin, post: 747033, member: 4960"] That brings us up to today. After a lot of thought and an improved budget (read: wife finished grad school), I decided to blow the Rhino apart and rebuild it with the goal to for it to be dead nuts reliable and equipped for Windrock level rides. Everything that moved was beyond worn out, so every bushing, bearing and rod end was replaced, along with downsizing tires to 27's to hopefully help the axles live, new steering rack, belt and all fluids were replaced. The issues with the axles stem from the use of factory CV joints, which severely limits the shaft size, so even stepping up to 300m shafts didn't solve the problem. I know custom axles that replace the factory CVs are inevitable, but that is a significant investment I'm trying to avoid if possible. A note on the bearings: The OEM bearings are made by NTN. Below are some PNs for bearings that you can get from most any bearing supply store and avoid Yamaha's markup: NTN [LIST] [*]F: NTN 6006LLU [*]R: NTN 6206LLU [/LIST] SKF [LIST] [*]F: SKF 6006-2rsj [*]R: SKF 6206-2rsj [/LIST] Timken [LIST] [*]F: Timken 6006rs [*]R: Timken 6206rs [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7602.JPG"]117388[/ATTACH] With that nearly complete, I started on something I'd wanted to do since I bought it - a proper cage. I picked up 120' of .120" 1.75" HREW (because not race car) and started bending tube. The goals were to lower the cage a few inches, have U4 styling, integrate a bed and proper doors and replace the front bumper. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7727.JPG"]117390[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7757 2.JPG"]117391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7779.JPG"]117392[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7806 2.JPG"]117393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7807.JPG"]117394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7809.JPG"]117395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7812.JPG"]117396[/ATTACH] The start of a front bumper with a 5k badlands winch in it. The top tube will follow the contours of the plastics when I'm done with it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_7849.JPG"]117397[/ATTACH] This brings us up to today. I wanted to get the main components roughed in then fall back and work on bracing and triangulating everything. I'll post updates as I get stuff knocked out. Comments, sarcasm and criticism are welcome. [/QUOTE]
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