pulled the trigger on a conquest

[plott hound]

lucked out and got all the welding done without burning a hole in lower tub.idlers are installed plus all the inner bearings and flanges.

[North Country Tough]

is ok mang,most of the paint from factory is still on the frame.you still have rivets for the tubs?man i shoulda listened to you and grabbed 40.didn't want to be gredy and take all your goodies.still got leftovers here for ya,and they quit meowing.

Well you can always give people good advice but most never take itgot ya covered on all counts,I have come to realize you need all the help one can giveOn another note I thought you had to pull the frame for a repair this is why I mentioned the factory skid rivets,heck I wish I had a gun to do them they are kinda like very small huck fasteners,and they are tough as can be,thats one reason I never installed my skid plate on my Avenger.NCT

[plott hound]

Thats cheating Plott,I have a ton of the factory blind rivets for that job,but I dont have the gun to install they are weird rivets if you want I will check and see Iam sure I still gotem if you can find the riveter.NCT

is ok mang,most of the paint from factory is still on the frame.you still have rivets for the tubs?man i shoulda listened to you and grabbed 40.didn't want to be gredy and take all your goodies.still got leftovers here for ya,and they quit meowing.

[North Country Tough]

heres a picture for tonight.it represents 7 hours of cleaning,spraying and painting.i cheated a little and left the frame in.did not realize the skid plate was riveted to the frame.just gave it a tremclad tune up to clean the frame up.

Thats cheating Plott,I have a ton of the factory blind rivets for that job,but I dont have the gun to install they are weird rivets if you want I will check and see Iam sure I still gotem if you can find the riveter.NCT

[plott hound]

heres a picture for tonight.it represents 7 hours of cleaning,spraying and painting.i cheated a little and left the frame in.did not realize the skid plate was riveted to the frame.just gave it a tremclad tune up to clean the frame up.

[plott hound]

this sucker is far from new,but its super easy to work on.will post some more pictures tomorrow.

Super nice ride plott thinking the same as you and might trade in all my old argos and go for the new and improved models

[moose man]

Super nice ride plott thinking the same as you and might trade in all my old argos and go for the new and improved models

[North Country Tough]

you talkin bout the mandarin?we got it from a little hole in the wall in stroud,usually its very good.let me know when you coming up,i gots something for you.

Left overs gee thanks Champ.NCT

[plott hound]

you talkin bout the mandarin?we got it from a little hole in the wall in stroud,usually its very good.let me know when you coming up,i gots something for you.

[North Country Tough]

so after a bout with some real bad chinese food,i got the axles all pulled.should have frame out of tub by 9:00 am saturday.last guy to work on this put red lock tight on the bearings.what a pain in da buttocks breaking them free.could not break one front axle bearing free,had to cut axle off with a sawzall.

Ouch red locktite that sucks,the fight continues,hey we were going to do Chinese at the big smorg in Barrie tell me thats not where you got the bout.NCT

[plott hound]

so after a bout with some real bad chinese food,i got the axles all pulled.should have frame out of tub by 9:00 am saturday.last guy to work on this put red lock tight on the bearings.what a pain in da buttocks breaking them free.could not break one front axle bearing free,had to cut axle off with a sawzall.

[plott hound]

no frame on saw horse yet.gotta make a parts run tomorrow.hope to extract it on saturday. been busy as heck all week at work.

[North Country Tough]

Well Plott hound ya got the long weekend off? Whats on the agenda for the old Conquest is it frame out time yet,a little update for us couch mechanics.NCT

[plott hound]

cool beans dan67,that makes life so much easier.my argo service manual has no info on the older free floating idler sprockets,only shows how to install retaining clips on the newer style.was not sure if the set screws were supposed to be installed or not.

thanks man.

I took down the right side and my 2000 conquest the sprocket is free floating. The sprocket on the front axle is also free floating. The set screws on the bearings where all that was holding the idler shaft in.

[Dan67]

so now i got all the chains off and the idler shafts removed as well.my idler shafts have no retaining rings to limit the movement of the sprockets.are they supposed to be "free floating" or is the set screw supposed to be used?

I took down the right side and my 2000 conquest the sprocket is free floating. The sprocket on the front axle is also free floating. The set screws on the bearings where all that was holding the idler shaft in.