Buying a Non-Running Yamaha Raptor 660cc Quad. What's Wrong With It?

I buy a cheap, on-running 2002 Yamaha Raptor 660cc quad and work to get it running and fixed up. #Yamaha, #Raptor, #Fix,
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[@2vintage]

Thank you guys for 200k subscribers! I could not have done it without you! And Thank you for the continuous support over the years. Every comment, like, subscriber, etc. is noticed and is very appreciated. On to the next milestone! Big things coming in the future!

[@bigospig]

Congrats! You deserve it!!!

[@jacoboliver1553]

If you buy carbs for it don’t buy the 50 dollar ones they will never idle right and everything in those 50 dollar carbs are so cheap built and I could never get it running right i bought oem ones ran perfect after I got the tuneing right

[@Davido50]

Shes very, very rough an had a hard life but like you said it was 1300 buckaroos so.....

[@corporalclegg914]

yeah Man. I watch all of your projects & enjoy getting discarded/neglected piston-powered machines back in working order as well. it’s satisfying & can be lucrative, but it’s also fun as hell to go out riding on something cool. we’ve also seen Chuck grow up on this channel. keep creating content & we’ll keep pulling for you, Dude. good luck with this 660. they’re a blast to rip.

[@sandmanbub]

I've enjoyed every single one of your videos and am very impressed how far you've come in such a short time. I'll be sending more people to your channel as soon as I find more enthusiasts that haven't already subscribed. I wish there was more I could do. Love watching someone take something they love and build up a successful business out of it. Great work Joe :)

[@hrsey71]

looks like you got yourself a bonafide craigslist special! "doesnt run, carbs are just dirty"

[@ls2005019227]

Great video! I have a 660 apart at the moment, & looking forward to part 2! Thanks for taking us along-

[@toddadamson7272]

Once you finish the repair let’s see the yfz 450 and the raptor race!!🏁

[@jtate1032]

Man it still amazes me how much you have done and learned since I first saw your first video keep the 😎 attitude you'll be a master bike mechanic koodose

[@Thewatson77]

Always doing some good work man. Great diagnostics as well. Keep up the good work

[@markhensley9378]

Good video! The more I watch the more I learn. Thanks again for your time and videos.

[@Brandonp95]

Front bumper is Moose Racing, hopefully this is a ripper and cleans up nicely!

[@2vintage]

Thank you!

[@davidhill588]

the raptors have a compression release on the end of the camshaft, it won't have much until it starts and throws the weights

[@michaellyons6627]

flipped one a couple months ago, 01 660r, got it for $800 with new front end, installed that and bought a rear carrier for it, was in it for $950 total and made a good profit

[@m8fusion712]

It's a nice 660 can't wait to see how it does when you rip it, the blue one did pretty good, awesome video man

[@steveservas45]

Just picked up a 2005 Yamaha Raptor 660R today. Great video to watch

[@jonahharman2321]

Keep up the good work man I always learn something every vid

[@davesplace1307]

I believe this is a 660 raptor 5 valve special!!! These machines are freaking nuts!! Hard machines to find

[@master334626able]

I lov my 660 an do all work needed my self, very easy bike to work on down to spliting the cases, have done if a few times. They are all 5 valve 2001-2005

[@JoeCaparo]

Hell yeah! Just picked up my raptor 350 and it rips! I can’t imagine the 700😱

[@MajorMacaroni]

I have a raptor 250 and it has a bunch of power. A few weeks ago, I broke the handlebars going off a ramp, though. Parts will be here soon.

[@michaeltrower6792]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@BraydonIsGodlyAtRust]

@@MajorMacaroni mans is ramping the raptor. U should just give it to me instead so I can take care of it :(

[@fearless1931]

I’m almost finished w my 04 Raptor 660r rebuild/restore, big bore 686 w stage 2 hot cam and it is a powerhouse! Keep that thing and restore it 🤙🏻

[@2vintage]

I bet that thig flies!

[@andrewspoto9378]

That seen its days.

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Carbs can be tough to dial in as the air fuel mix is under carb.special tool to adjust, and lots of patience.

[@gregoryfrost960]

I would put a set of rings and hone the cylinder since you have it apart. Thanks for the videos.

[@Tuckem2STOGS]

Great videos definitively one of my top favorites channel keep up the great videos

[@2vintage]

Thank you!

[@RowdyDB]

Nice pick up hope you get it running soon!

[@ambersheridan6113]

these videos makes me want a quad so bad again. 36 an still miss my 350 warrior i had when i was younger. hope i can get one before im 40 someday miss riding so bad.

[@mikestowe6136]

great video its always good for people to learn n save money working n fixing there own bikes n atvs

[@jasonhendrie5411]

Another nice quad pick up joe hope it's not to bad let it rip again🤟🤟🤟

[@Davido50]

Nice trucks in driveway there! Maybe from Raptor owners driveway? Get that Raptor Joe!

[@scottmiller3025]

Forum says when checking oil, start warm up then shut off let set for a few then check. It is a dry sump system and oil drains back into engine.

[@christiancullison7540]

Most under rated quad, pretty simple to work on i traded a 96 honda xr100 for two complete 660's that " needed work " turned out to just to be a top end and a carb issue on the other

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Just sold the stock oem jug, piston an rings off it. Had bent vales on mine twice, check center intake. Pretty easy to time up.

[@cass8144]

You should consider keeping this one and do a "restoration". Tires, nerf bars, etc

[@2vintage]

Yeah we will see how it runs first! haha wouldn't be a bad one to do that too.

[@cass8144]

@@2vintage yep

[@4.5.0.Garage]

I disagree but to each there own.

[@cass8144]

@@4.5.0.Garage I agree we all have are own opinion. But just out of curiosity, why would you not want him to do a rebuild on this

[@4.5.0.Garage]

@@cass8144 rebuild to flip yes , but to restore the bike isn't worth that much. If it was a 700r it would be. And I love these bikes don't get me wrong

[@larrywarner9314]

If you have a endoscope I'd see if those valves are bent

[@atcadam]

can’t wait for the 350x video lol

[@benmiller5015]

There's been A LOT of non running quads on the marketplace lately. I think I even saw this one on there. There was even a frame n a pile of parts that a guy said was a 400ex lol

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

3 bolt puller for that. Round 1/2 steel. Ive got new tining chain and set of valves here and gasket kit. I just dont know how to send you anything, 😮 great 1st vid. Stock timing chains are crap on those. Put caltri. On mine and have anothe new in my stock area.

[@kalebfinnerty3578]

I think the people before you put it on the bar a couple times

[@2vintage]

A few times haha

[@c0munguyforcaz]

good video! keep on brother!!

[@trev9177]

This dude makes tearin bikes apart so damn easy… I wish I could do this I’m new to working on these things and wanting to learn more about them! I got a project going rn kx125!

[@vadimkargin3200]

U got this bro, I did a 89 kx125 last year. She a rippa now. Take lots of pictures, helped me out in the long run.

[@trev9177]

@@vadimkargin3200 ayee! Man I very much appreciate the support! The biggest thing I’m struggling with is I sorta got the bike with the top end torn apart and the power valve apart and never dealt with a bike before, and also hard to find parts for a damn 01…. But if it was an 03 no problem… any ideas or way ya can help there?

[@johntunstall9698]

You can get a universal gear puller from autozone pretty cheap. It has 3 bolt pattern.

[@rm1257]

🔥🔥🔥 video keep up the good work

[@2vintage]

Thank you!

[@DblK-BMorphs]

I believe that’s a moose front “bumper”.

[@peteraitken6494]

And so it begins joe lol you've been here before nothing you can't put right mate nice quad once repaired 👍👌🔧🔧🔧

[@stopibeastin7196]

Bro this is my kinda quad bro love the content brother!!!!!

[@connersnow298]

Awesome vid and edits and filming and bikes

[@Wealth_Creation_Network]

Perfect timing, just bought a 2002 raptor that just needed a "carb cleaning" lol

[@anthonyk6265]

Compression release as why you got no compression I'm sure you figured that out by now good video

[@WOLFEY0812]

Awesome job man 👍

[@daantuin3351]

I'm learning more from you than my work thanks for that xd

[@kevinhumphrey932]

Local parts store and buy a old school harmonic balancer puller for the flywheel those flywheels come off really hard sometimes the cheap Ebay ones will strip themselves out

[@minimoto123ful]

When you uploading video of that RM you got ? Love see that bike back up and running 💯💯

[@2vintage]

Getting the crank rebuilt and once I have it back I'm rebuilding it!

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

If i still had it id send you my oem top end, had a new piston with rings and extra set of vales with seal. Put that 686 kit on it with hot cam, and never looked back. Fyi check forewarx tensioner guide. Big piston, 88mm, 686 is a 102mm. Pisstin and jug. With the 699 combustion chamber it makes a ton of power.

[@soloskywalker]

Good stuff man! Keep it simple Keep it vintage

[@ahmad7094]

Love your vids

[@CalebRobles-vx6tb]

That brand you were wondering about on that front bumper is moose racing

[@2vintage]

Thank you!

[@restoreormakeit8944]

Waiting for the next part brother …. Make it fast 😁😁😁😁

[@xxjsgamer2778]

Great video keep it up👍

[@MattySlimz]

I see so many 1st gen Raptors for sale ( at bargain prices) that haven’t run in years likely due owners not wanting to deal with them when it’s one of the most simplest fixes… check the stator, the windings go bad prematurely especially in the 01s, 02s.

[@2vintage]

Yeah a lot of times it is just simple fixes that people don't want to deal with.

[@coopdoesit7442]

01 is the worst year to get the motors would grenade all the the others where good i have had 5 raptors!

[@itsnotnewo5254]

Since 120k subs I’ve been asking for u to do a garage tour

[@2vintage]

Haha I promise it will be soon! Maybe next video

[@itsnotnewo5254]

@@2vintage ok thank u so much

[@2vintage]

@@itsnotnewo5254 yeah no worries!

[@24BLUEELMO]

You've come a long way

[@bobbymckinney1264]

Nice ride it sure has a big pistion in it,you'll have it running in no time

[@benmiller5015]

That's what she said lmao sorry couldn't resist lol

[@timothymckern8956]

That's moose brand grab bar on the backs bent along with the nerf bars

[@babyenzo.]

In the next video or so you think you can emphasize how to pour in the coolant into the quad? I know it may sound like a dumb question but I’d just like to reassure haha

[@flyprincess69]

Yes flames were a big thing back in early 2000s.

[@N3LP]

Thanks for uploading today great video sadly I have to get rid of all my quads due to moving but going to be looking forward to all your future videos

[@MaNNeRz91]

If you link the new timing chain with the old one you can run the new one through and disconnect the old one without taking any of the engine off except the cam/timing sprocket cover Also why does it have twin carbs on a single cyl? Why not one larger carb? 🤯

[@just_in_time5518]

FYI cant check for good compression if the carbs are not hooked up correctly and full throttle

[@lt-z-quadnation6644]

It always amazes me at how many people don’t take care of their stuff and when they try to fix things they bandaid it back together because they have no idea what they are doing and just making it worse. 🤦🏼‍♂️🥴

[@zzzzzz...9902]

I totally agree with you. I am not very good with mechanic work but I like watching his channel to learn about it. I am in IT and recently had an old lady bring me her old laptop to look at. She told me that someone that used to live with her tried working on it but could not fix it and left a note saying "needs hard drive wire soldered and probably needs hard drive." So when I looked at it, oh boy did I see some crazy hillbilly shit. So first thing I saw was that the person tried fixing the charge plug by wrapping the wires and then hot glueing it to make it not conduct electricity. Well that's a fire hazard I thought. I tested the charger and it was 12v as specific on the charger. However, that was odd since most laptop chargers are between 18-19.5v. I looked up the stock charger for her laptop and sure enough I was right, its 18.5v, so not only did the guy do a wack job of trying to fix a charger, but its the wrong charger, so the laptop will not turn on with a dead battery and that charger even if that was the only thing wrong with it. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. Next I opened up the laptop to see what the person was talking about with the hard drive wire going from the hard drive to the motherboard. Well, I found the connector that plugs into the motherboard was completely cut, all of those wires and thus he thinks someone should just solder the wires to the port. Sigh, dumb as it should just get a new hard drive wire. I have no idea why someone even cut that connector off. Then I looked at the hard drive and it had many corrupted files for the operating system but no bad sectors. The hard drive also failed to let me see some portions of the drive. So the hard drive is iffy and probably needs to be replaced along with the operating system as I could not access the registry to maybe get the activation key off of it for win 10. I would have needed more investigation for a definitive answer but I just decided to move on and look at other stuff. So the next thing I spotted was when I tried using the universal laptop charger, the port was damaged from the guy trying to jam the wrong charger into the charge port and it was giving me a flashing white light. The next thing I saw was the plastic piece that is held on with a screw was broken off, not a big deal as there is other clips on the piece to hold it in but still annoying. The last thing I saw that he did wrong was he bent the keyboard cable going to the motherboard. These cables are very fragile, so it needed a new keyboard as well most likely. I had no way of testing the battery since the laptop does not turn on because of all the other problems. So needless to say, she just decided to get a different one as I told her everything that was wrong with it and what the other guy did. She then told me she figured that as the guy was eventually arrested for drugs and the laptop been sitting collecting dust ever since then for 6 months. So I know what its like to see someone try to "bandaid" shit together.

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Got a 2000 warrior in a week ago no oiler rings on piston. Started but slapped like hell. Got it handled and asked wtf, guy said he put all rings in box on from the kit, the oil rings were in bottom of box.

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Center one on mine acts silly now and then. Reset them bout every 10 hours.

[@gripitandripit7957]

Nothing more common then a raptor 660 with problems

[@2vintage]

Yeah it seems like they are always having issues

[@2clappedout477]

Now that's a good deal! Leave some for the rest of us lol!

[@tomatoknuckles]

Would that dent on top of the piston from the valve hitting not cause issues?

[@j-beatsimaginationstudio1987]

Sux the cap snapped but at least it came out. Be safe Brother )

[@scottyboi8563]

Yooo 2 vintage what’s uppppp

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Hopefully valves work fine. Kind of a pain to set.

[@IluvMikel]

I had a raptor tht I have working on got it completely tore down fixing it up and completely cleaning it.👌🏽 I was going to make a KZbin video I might just post a pics of it on here but idk

[@freerfixedit]

so we all just gonna ignore the free ballin stick figure on the radiator lol

[@rlgrlg-oh6cc]

You also need a new cover for the one that's cracked, right?

[@logankoeyman3572]

Hey vintage, do you think you could do a restore video on a Kawasaki lacoda 300 *quad*

[@nickkkharriesss]

I’m stunned at the price you paid for these quads today I can’t find anything for less than 4k

[@jonbaggarly6969]

Shoot yea joe joe jus built a 600 grizz motor gonna build a 4x4 mower

[@FPVSlacker]

I have a perfectly good starter gear cover with bearing if you want it.

[@2vintage]

ah darn I just bought one! But Thanks!

[@larrywarner9314]

Bent valves I'm thinking bud .

[@ISuckAtCOD1]

moose handlebars and bumper unless the pad is just moose. good brand for parts and cheap race stuff

[@Lil_BroAlex]

You should go to harbor freight or even go on Amazon and order some LED bars for your shop so you don’t have to take everything outside.

[@TootCommons]

Hope to see you break into a Kawasaki KFX 700!

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Same grab bar as mine.

[@keithparady2594]

The keepers on the one valve looked like they were going to pop out

[@xfiringsquadx]

You should get lug crimpers. Those terminations were questionable. Might come loose after time.

[@trentthornell4567]

That is a Moose Racing bumper

[@Gabrie1_mx]

Wish i could find one of them In this condition Me in South Africa

[@2vintage]

Yeah you'll probably have to get it imported

[@michaelrandall502]

Moose bumper throttle cap mod quad

[@michaeltrower6792]

Reliability is terrible on raptor 660 I remember when they first came out when I worked at a dealership they would come back all the time with the carbs blown out of the boots from backfiring

[@01buzzy]

Yup raptors are equivalent to a boat in the ATV world!

[@larrywarner9314]

I'd go buy or rent one from a auto parts store a harmonic balancer puller should work

[@MScumaci]

What’s a better quad 03 raptor 660 or 01 Honda 400EX? They both run but rear end is messed up on raptor and 400EX needs work too

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

You got a valve issue, the intakes get tight on em.

[@rhiantaylor3446]

The thing that would have concerned me when buying would be the goop at the base of the cylinder liner - a new crankcase would be pricey. Don't recall you saying what that was all about ?

[@snoopysrc]

awesome video

[@2vintage]

Thank you!

[@jeffmiller7665]

Nice bike

[@01buzzy]

The yoop is calling you! Got a ds650 and raptor 660 that are right up ur ally!

[@benmiller5015]

I'm in the mitten n I must say I've noticed alot of broken quads going up for sale down this way too

[@blairmacdonald9006]

In 5.4 what dirt bike/quad should I get I already have a crf150rb

[@user-fi3fx5my2s]

Infamous for stretching timing chains. Good luck, start with valves.

[@MoreBetterMovement]

What do you do with all the bikes you fix

[@3dwezzy740]

how many bikes u got geez🤘🏾