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I bought a 1998 Max IV a little while ago for my 18 year old son. After he swamped our Yamaha 550 for the second time and filled the motor up with fine silty mud I decided not to repair it. $4,000 for a motor rebuild sent him walking (not riding).
He found this max on a farm with a for-sale sign on it so I bought it for $500 and we're fixing it up. My chances are much better that he won't sink the max. We have disassembled it and I took the frame to the sand blaster yesterday. We are going to apply POR-15 to all the parts under the floorboard. I have all new bearings, from Buffalo Bearings. The axles are in a machine shop being repaired., I damaged 2 getting them out. I have all new chain and idlers. I ordered the first shipment of stainless steel hardware today from McMaster Carr. It was soooo rusty, and hard to disassemble that I'll use stainless where I can. Well, it's a project. I'll post some images after I find a place to host them. Most forums let you upload pictures directly from your computer to the forum, but not this one.
He found this max on a farm with a for-sale sign on it so I bought it for $500 and we're fixing it up. My chances are much better that he won't sink the max. We have disassembled it and I took the frame to the sand blaster yesterday. We are going to apply POR-15 to all the parts under the floorboard. I have all new bearings, from Buffalo Bearings. The axles are in a machine shop being repaired., I damaged 2 getting them out. I have all new chain and idlers. I ordered the first shipment of stainless steel hardware today from McMaster Carr. It was soooo rusty, and hard to disassemble that I'll use stainless where I can. Well, it's a project. I'll post some images after I find a place to host them. Most forums let you upload pictures directly from your computer to the forum, but not this one.
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