Renegade Rebuild and Review 2007 model

[sumx54]

We share almost the same riding style Ron, this thread has me really wondering what my 08' Outlander with 3500 miles on it looks like inside and out. I doo know my shocks got pounded out a while back and I updated my suspension to the Renegade style. I have noticed my frame isn't pounded half as bad as that one CRAZY
Are you going to beef up the rear swing arm spindles on the frame at all?

 

[gforce]

oh i just know theres gonna be a big box parts left over..i just know it..lol

 

[rknight111]

oh i just know theres gonna be a big box parts left over..i just know it..lol

That makes it a bit lighter, you need some?

 

[rknight111]

Are you going to beef up the rear swing arm spindles on the frame at all?

Those seem to be fine I have no issues with them. I inspected them and there's no damage to them.

 

[gforce]

i sell duct tape at my work...just sayin!:d

 

[rknight111]

Ive found a few more small issues and ordered a few more parts. There is a motor stabilization mount that was stretched quite a bit, the new one was 1/2" shorter. The bolts on the front differential were quite loose. The bolts to the front a-arms were loose. It was a bit of work to clean and re-grease the rear arms, but that all works good now. There was alot of wear spots on the gas tank as well.

 

[rknight111]

Here's a few torque settings and pics.

 

[Sledderglen]

Get that thing together Ron. campout coming up faster then you think. Looks good Ron now you know how it works

 

[goodngrubby]

Hey Ron, how hard was it to pound the sqaure tubing into your frame? I was going to do the mod as well, but I see I have a couple of small dents on the bottom of my frame, not sure if I can bang it in or not.

 

[rknight111]

Hey Ron, how hard was it to pound the sqaure tubing into your frame? I was going to do the mod as well, but I see I have a couple of small dents on the bottom of my frame, not sure if I can bang it in or not.

Very easy, I spot welded the three pieces together and spot welded a piece of metal to the end to hit with a sledge hammer. It went in with less force than I thought as my frame was damaged at the bottom as well. Didn't put the skid plates on when I first bought it. Once I drove them in, I cut off about 1" of pipe as it started to mushroom a bit then welded a plate on the end.

Renegade / Outlander Steering Post Repair

I couldn't get a steering post so I cut the top off, got a solid piece of stock 1' long, welded it from the top and sides to the inside of the top flange then got 24" of the thicker walled steel pipe and slotted the ends and slipped that over the solid stock welding the 2 slots in and then put a good bead around the exterior of the pipe to the flange. The bottom when cutting the pipe off, cut 1" up from the bottom of the plate with the two holes as the bottom plate has a 1" solid pipe and it is sleeved by the exterior pipe. Then I warmed it up a bit and using a chisel separated the exterior pipe from the bottom flange leaving a 1" stub to weld the new pipe to. Since I went with a thicker walled pipe I had to grind the stub down a bit on the sides to slide the new pipe over. I slotted both sides of the pipe I was welding to the base, so I can weld them securely together by filling the slots up to the stub, then ran a nice bead all around the base to the bottom pipe. Then I spent some time cleaning this all up and took down to Impact powdercoatings and picked it up the next day, then installed it

I will get this all completed today and will be going for a run tommorow. It allready feels alot tighter, no rattles.

 

[rknight111]

Hey Glen, the Renegade is completed. It is sure alot tighter and no rattles. The front end feels tight and all together. It has been stripped right to the frame, welded and then put back together. This was alot more than I thought it would be, but over this I found alot of things that needed attention and fixed everything. It was a bit tough to bleed the air from the brake lines and get the back driveshaft bolted to the rear differential. But other than that its ready. I ran it for a few hours and it was all fine. Took for a short rip. Its like a new machine. I added the fan override switch as well.

What I need to do now is rebuild the front bumper and build a small rack in the back, thats next. The original front bumper is quite bent. A tree just popped out in front of me out by Pinehurst lake. And I remounted my plates with snap-ties, it shouldn't come off now, and dont laugh at my plates I never picked the AH its 4:20.

 

[TylerG]

Looks like its sitting really really low in the rear Ron, maybe time for new rear suspension?

 

[goodngrubby]

I see you use the same tow strap as me, axle strap from Princess Auto?

 

[rknight111]

I see you use the same tow strap as me, axle strap from Princess Auto?

Yep, good Idea, Im hoping to get my winch fixed now. I need the entire motor side. When I hit a tree hard, it broke in half. The winch was new.
Just looking on line tonight.

Also, for those that have snorkles, have you ever tested your snorkles? I take off the pipe just above the MJ Clamps on mine, above my hood. On both intake and exhaust and fill it up untill it starts to reach the top of the other side. Then wait a minute and is there water leaking anywhere? If there is your snorkles will fail to you CVT. Reseal better. I use RVT Automotive silicone and a new gasket each time. On the gasket I cut the long thin side down about 3/16" as its too long. Its a T and the long thin side fits in the grove of your CVT cover. Remember also on the Can-Am at the back go around the bolt, not overtop of it as that is how you drain your CVT if it is full of water.

 

[rknight111]

Also I changed all the fluids, firstly the engine, I let it run for a few minutes and then drained the oil. I jacked it on its side a bit to assist on getting the dirte oil all out of the engine and when taking off the filter oil just runs down the engine and I was able to put a rag beneath to catch all the oil. With the Transmission, when taking out the bottom plug the oil was milky a bit, so I drained it. Then put the cap on. Filled it with some regular cheap oil. pushed the quad forward and back, then drained that too. Then I put the recommended oil in, Skidoo XPS chain case oil, 1 1/2 bottles. And in the engine I ran Amsoil Formula 4-Stroke 0-W 40 Synthetic Motor Oil. Just over 2 - 3/8 Litres
To put the oil in the transmission I just rigged up a funnel and hose rather than waiting and did something else, that seemed to work well.





Amsoil 40 ATV

 

[DaveB]

Is your tranny breather extended? Fuel tank breather? Can't see them in your pics...

 

[Murminator]

I see you put on the "Murminator I don't want to walk in the mud" recovery strap

Looks like your front bumper is still a bit crookered

 

[grnboyz]

How did you install a fan switch, so it can still turn on by itself?
You also talk about greasing the machine every time before using it, can you list all the places you grease, just to make sure I'm not missing any?
Thanks

 

[DaveB]

How did you install a fan switch, so it can still turn on by itself?
You also talk about greasing the machine every time before using it, can you list all the places you grease, just to make sure I'm not missing any?
Thanks

I'd grease the front upper and lower A-arms (8 zerks) every other ride and get the U-joints every ride (3 zerks...one on the front shaft, two on the rear).

 

[scramblerX]

I was thinking about buying a renegade, but after reading this post... I'm not sure!