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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 3/13/2007 9:17:13 PM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		Allright I can do that kodiak style. I actually have some somewhere I think there are some in my yahoo pics.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 3/19/2007 9:58:45 PM   
dennyb_of_raleigh

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Kodiak_style!

You can run 28's with no problems. I ran 27's with no lift for a long time. I've always ran 12's in the rear and 10's on the front, except when I had the EDL's. They were 10 all the way around.



I'm looking at getting some Mud Bugs for my '97 Kodiak & was looking at getting the 27x10x12's in the front & the 27x12x12's in the rear ... I noticed you said you had the exact same size at one point & time ... does the extra width on the front & back (particularly the front) not make it have any rubbing problems? It just looks to me like you might have some problems with the tires hitting the fenders & such. BTW, I'll be installing a 2 inch lift kit on it as well.

On a side note .. have any of you guys installed an aftermarket clutch kit? .. and if so, which one did you go with & are you satisfied with the results? I've been looking for one with more "stall/engagement points/etc" like some of the clutch kits for some of the other ATVS out there (especially those that are suggested to be installed with big tires) but either I'm blind or they just don't make 'em ...

Thanks for the info!!

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27 in. 589's, ITP type 4 rims, 2 in. lift, snorkeled, DG muffler, K&N, rejetted (115 main), DG bumper, temp gauge, EPI perf. clutch kit, relocated oil cooler & fan, custom front disc brake conversion, fresh top end rebuild with 85mm BBK (10.5:1 CR) from JE, 88 grind webcam w/tit. retainers & all the fixins !! ...never finished ....

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 3/19/2007 10:02:44 PM   
Kodiak_style!


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Status: offline 		I have no rubbing problems at all with 27's. I do have the 2" and it won't even rub on big bumps. I don't have a clutch kit in mine yet, but I'm also interested in knowing what's out there for them.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 3/20/2007 10:23:59 AM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		I have never put a clutch kit in mine and I have run 26" outlaws and now I am running 28 EDLs and I haven had a problem turning anything. So I am gonna leave it alone until it starts slipping.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 3/20/2007 12:45:54 PM   
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/22/2007 4:43:27 PM   
skippie


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Status: offline 		28's ......ya??? and here I been lookin at 27's altho bad news... the kodiak lost the rod bearing today, so she's tore apart, got a rod kit on the way, and hope to see it back running by the weekend, while its apart I'm liftin it the 2" and now I might look at the 28" mudlites it you guys think they'll fit.....

I other question, now that I'm gettin into this when I bought my kodiak, it was off a farmer who had boughten it new, and had never licensed it, the brake cable has worn tho the vin sticken, where would the vin be stamped on the fram? so I can get a ownership for this thing.......




Skippie

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/22/2007 6:19:18 PM   
Hatchie


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Status: offline 		Check the lower frame rail, right under the gear shifter.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/23/2007 4:43:36 AM   
dennyb_of_raleigh

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: skippie

28's ......ya??? and here I been lookin at 27's altho bad news... the kodiak lost the rod bearing today, so she's tore apart, got a rod kit on the way, and hope to see it back running by the weekend, while its apart I'm liftin it the 2" and now I might look at the 28" mudlites it you guys think they'll fit.....

Skippie



Well I don't see how you guys are running 28's .. I just put the lift kit on as well as some 27 inch ITP 589's (which really measure out to 26 inch) & I have way less than an inch of clearance between my fenders & my tires. As a matter of fact on the gear shifter side it does actually rub at times. I'll try & get some pics up in the next few days.

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Old Skool ('97) Yamaha Kodiyakyak ... thought it was used, turned out to be abused!!
27 in. 589's, ITP type 4 rims, 2 in. lift, snorkeled, DG muffler, K&N, rejetted (115 main), DG bumper, temp gauge, EPI perf. clutch kit, relocated oil cooler & fan, custom front disc brake conversion, fresh top end rebuild with 85mm BBK (10.5:1 CR) from JE, 88 grind webcam w/tit. retainers & all the fixins !! ...never finished ....

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/23/2007 7:37:34 AM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		My lift isnt a HL lift. It is a MudMan lift. My lift is maxed out as much as possible I just welded new shock mounts.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/23/2007 8:50:42 AM   
dennyb_of_raleigh

 

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Status: offline 		On another note, is there anyway you guys that are snorkeled can get me some upclose pics (especially under the fenders) of your homemade snorkel kits? I'm about to do mine & I want to see how ya'll are running them, connecting them, etc.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated 

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Old Skool ('97) Yamaha Kodiyakyak ... thought it was used, turned out to be abused!!
27 in. 589's, ITP type 4 rims, 2 in. lift, snorkeled, DG muffler, K&N, rejetted (115 main), DG bumper, temp gauge, EPI perf. clutch kit, relocated oil cooler & fan, custom front disc brake conversion, fresh top end rebuild with 85mm BBK (10.5:1 CR) from JE, 88 grind webcam w/tit. retainers & all the fixins !! ...never finished ....

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/23/2007 11:32:44 AM   
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/24/2007 6:24:49 AM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		I will get some pics of mine along with some HMF pics fo kodiak style.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/24/2007 2:50:47 PM   
Kodiak_style!


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Mud_Man_AL

I will get some pics of mine along with some HMF pics fo kodiak style.


THANKS!

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/24/2007 9:27:45 PM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		Allright I got pics of tthe exhaust and new snorkle setup I will try and get them posted in a day or two the camera is in the truck. BTW they are a little muddy still.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/25/2007 6:31:45 AM   
skippie


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Status: offline 		Hey guys...

Does anyone have a link to a "how to" on replacing the crank journal? My local yamaha dealer says "its too hard to do you have to send it out to yamaha and have them do it"  Bull sh!t is all I have to say... he says they don't even do them themselves.. quoted me $300 just to replace the journal.... of coarce they also wanted $600 p/tax for the rod and gaskets, and i have it coming from the u.s. for $110

Skippie 

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/25/2007 6:34:42 AM   
Hatchie


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Status: offline 		Hey Skippie,
Did you find your VIN?
I don't know how to fix the crank journal, but I have used that same expression with my local dealer too!

< Message edited by Hatchie -- 4/25/2007 6:39:13 AM >

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97 Kodiak 400
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Original tires....for now

95 Big Bear 350
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Wheel Spacers
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/25/2007 6:58:52 AM   
skippie


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Status: offline 		No luck with the vin yet... I had already looked before under shifter ( i know thats where the big bear vin is) have to keep lookin



thanks...Skippie

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/25/2007 8:02:45 PM   
skippie


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Status: offline 		Well I found the vin tonight..(well whats left of it)  is there any comon letters to the vin? like the first couple numbers are they all the same? it really hard to read, years of abuse... I can't read the first 2-3 numbers can barely tell theres something there...



Skippie

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/25/2007 8:08:49 PM   
Hatchie


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Status: offline 		Where was it? Also try any type of spray lube (WD-40, penetrating oil), let it sit over nite, then brush with a bronze/brass/none etching brush and see if it clears up.

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97 Kodiak 400
2K Warn Winch
Original tires....for now

95 Big Bear 350
28 inch Mud Lites
ITP Type 5's
Wheel Spacers
Viper 3K Winch
Green Plastics

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/26/2007 6:19:11 PM   
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/27/2007 11:42:13 PM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		Ok the pics of the snorkle and HMF are coming I have been out of town and I have prom tomarrow so I will try and get them up sunday. Just not enough time in the day.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/28/2007 6:59:11 AM   
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/28/2007 9:24:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		i'm curious... could you use the front diff (w/ locker) out of a new 07 big bear/grizzly/kodiak 450 and shoehorn it into an older kodiak? i mean yamaha probably didn't change anything too much up there... if the shafts will work, you'll might just have to weld in a brace or two to hold the diff in there and then run the wiring. then you'd have selectable 2WD/4WD/diff lock. i'm pretty certain i saw somewhere that the older kodiak uses the same ring and pinion ratio as the newer models, so the swap might be a high possibility.

Or, how hard would it be to drop a 93-98 kodiak engine/trans into a 07 big bear? i'd be cool to have that hi/lo trans with the new bear. i found the trans specs on these things a while back... the newer 400 big bear has a 60:1 low gear (1st) crawl ratio, while the 93-98 kodiak had a 67:1 low/1st gear ratio (more pulling power). Plus in high range, the 93-98 trans had taller gearing so you could cruise a little faster on the trails without buzzing the engine too hard.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/28/2007 4:24:31 PM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		The froont diff would be harder said thatn done. I have also thaught about using a grizz diff but the electrocial stuff is also controled by the CDI. The shafts going into the front diff will have a different splines and then the axles will also have differen splines and posible cups. In order to do it you would have to have the front diff, driveshaft, axles, spindles, hubs, and A lot of fab work. I have looked into it and it would probly cost you att least $500 if you could get the parts REALLY cheap. But that is jsut a starting number. if I ever do anyhting like this it would use a worverine 350 or a big bear front diff tthat way you can put a DGL in it and then rig up a WARN 4-2-4 deal. That would be alot more practicle.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/28/2007 6:45:38 PM   
AC300


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Status: offline 		Hey guys. I just picked up a 1996 yamaha kodiak from my uncle. The guy he bought it from broke and oil cooler line and seized the engine. At the moment there is no engine it at all when i find one, i thinki will be putting a hi comp piston in it and a cam, snorkle it and K&N and a costom muffler. will it be able to turn 27x10 front 27x12  mudbugs with a lift?

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/29/2007 12:23:45 AM   
Mud_Man_AL

 

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Status: offline 		Yes with all those mods you can turn 29.5s with the riight set up. I have a high coompression pistton, cam, HMF, and K&N and I can spin thee crap out of 28s.

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/30/2007 10:03:42 AM   
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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/30/2007 10:04:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		gonna snorkel it for sure, jet kit for sure. maybe a 2" lift with 27-10, 27-12 vampires, we'll see though

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/30/2007 10:49:53 AM   
Hatchie


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97 Kodiak 400
2K Warn Winch
Original tires....for now

95 Big Bear 350
28 inch Mud Lites
ITP Type 5's
Wheel Spacers
Viper 3K Winch
Green Plastics

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RE: Anybody still running Old School Kodiaks?? - 4/30/2007 3:45:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		nice looking kodiaks guys i have got a old school kodiak that iam doing ove now well some ppl call it old school its only a lil 2001 400 thou

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