Honda Odyssey needs idle help!!

[Drew67420]

woo I haven't seen any one talk about these things in a long time. Hope you get it running good.

[derrik]

Originally Posted by jj67

I would recommend pulling your carb and giving it a thorough cleaning, if it still has the original main/pilot/needle jets, buy a rebuild kit that includes new stock jets (assuming it has not been modified). Then see what happens, sounds like your pilot jet is plugged up, very common if it sits for a while without running.

I wonder how hard it would be to take the gearcase and rear a-arms off a late 80's Polaris with IRS ( I think the Magnum 400's were chain drive IRS, I would have to check that out)? They were CVT driven (the Odyssey is to isn't it?) So it might be a fairly simple mod, or it could be a total headache.

JJ

they are centrificul(i murdered that word!)cluch with a belt drive that conects to a gear box.
the best wayt would be to stregthen the frame,cut off the back motor section,and either attach some type of four link or do it like a yerf dog go cart.

[derrik]

Originally Posted by Drew67420

woo I haven't seen any one talk about these things in a long time. Hope you get it running good.

got it going good enough to break the exaust bracket.
but it ran strong for 3 days in jhonson valley.
still wont idle tho.
IT WAS A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!

[jj67]

Originally Posted by derrik

they are centrificul(i murdered that word!)cluch with a belt drive that conects to a gear box.
the best wayt would be to stregthen the frame,cut off the back motor section,and either attach some type of four link or do it like a yerf dog go cart.

That's kind of what I was thinking. If you ran the chain from the Honda gearbox to the "rear diff" (not sure what to call it, basically attaches the chain from the gear case to the rear axles. You could modify the rear frame clip to use the Polaris a-arms and axles, That way you would have IRS with close to 10" of travel. i tried loking for some pics to show what I mean, I am not doing a very good job of explaining. I will see what I can find to show it better.

JJ

[derrik]

Originally Posted by jj67

That's kind of what I was thinking. If you ran the chain from the Honda gearbox to the "rear diff" (not sure what to call it, basically attaches the chain from the gear case to the rear axles. You could modify the rear frame clip to use the Polaris a-arms and axles, That way you would have IRS with close to 10" of travel. i tried loking for some pics to show what I mean, I am not doing a very good job of explaining. I will see what I can find to show it better.

JJ

i havent looked at my gear box in a while so i cant voice an intellegent opinion.
but if my memory serves me right,i think the axle runs through the gear box.
i dont think that theres any kind of chain in them.
but if irs can be modified to fit and odyssey....that would be unthinkable.
i wanna either modify the j-arms to fit 700 raptor shocks and run quad tires and rinms up front.
or mount 400ex a-arms with breaks up front.
(i think that theres a guy who already did it)

[atomicsaladbowl]

check your air screw, and if adjusting that doesnt work, check the jet, maybe bump it up? especially in the colder weather, i had the same problem on my kx