Roketa 400. ATV Repair advice (update)

[apache12]

Ok kinda funny story. ( not including the part about my buddy's brother dying)

 

So my hunting buddy's brother died a few months ago. Sad story. Any I had been to his brothers before and knew he had a bunch of hunt toys

 

So when my friend said the son of his dead brother was going to sell the quads for real cheap to people that knew his dad. I was fortunately in line. I had remembered seeing the and knew on was a polaris sportsman and the other two looked like the same but I never really saw them. So I got the call yesterday. He said hey if you want one of the quads you can have the one that won't start for $300

 

I asked what kind. He said I have no idea. I thought $300. I can go wrong. So I agreed

 

When he pulled up yesterday my heart. Yes my greedy heart sank. Roketa. What the heck is that?

 

But there was a polaris on the trailer too. I said to my buddy. Hey which one mine? He of course said that one pointing to the Roketa.

 

Ugg. Ok it was still cheap.

 

So it's apparently Japanese. Thank God. I was a fraud Chinese piece of shoot.

 

It actually. Looks decent. 400cc 4x4 carb pull start disc brake tires good

 

Anyway. Any know about these things? Any have advice on repair? The battery works. And electric comes on. But first issue. Pull cord has no resistance when pulled It is full of gas. I assume i need to drain and clean. And clean carb

 

Here are some pics.

[oz31p]

Remove the pull start to find out why it's not engaging the flywheel

[Couzer]

Remove the pull start to find out why it's not engaging the flywheel

Or might be missing a spark plug?

[azshtr]

The description sounds like no compression or as mentioned the starter is not engaging the motor. You would know if you were turning the motor over so I say X2 on checking the pull start.

[apache12]

Starter not engaging at all. Engine not turning a bit. Zero tension on pull.

 

When I drain fuel. Where do I take for disposal?

 

Is there a way I can then flush tank and fuel system.

 

I'm obviously a mechanical Moron

[oz31p]

Remove the pull starter and see why it's not engaging. Should be something obviously broken. Until you can turn the engine over with the pull starter there no reason to drain the fuel.

[apache12]

Ok so. I mentioned im a mechanical moron

 

I took the pull cover off and could see there was some rust issues on the spring load teeth that engage the starter so i cleaned rust off and oiled and got them to operated. I put back on and the pull cord engaged started but didnt stater. But great cores soon

 

So as i was messing around with the choke and throttle i saw a little red button. Hmm what's that?

 

Oh. Electric start. No way. Still wouldn't start but fired. So i trickle charged and it fired.

Thing runs great. Adjusted the idle. All gears work 4x4 engages. Has reverse

Is street legal. All lights work.

 

I have let it run. And turned it on and off over and over and its fine. The pull start even works

 

Here is my one question. Its oil cooled and has a radiator with a fan. But the fan never turned on

No blown fuse and the temp light never turned on all other lights work

 

Is there anyway to test that the fan is operational?

[peckl1]

Why don't you try going to http://www.roketa.com/ and see if you can get a tech manual or other info on the atv?

[oz31p]

The fans won't turn on till a set (high) temp is reached. The light you see is most likely an overheat warning light.

 

Don't forget an ohv tag.

[firstcoueswas80]

Guess I should have offered $400 before you got it running!