$300 Yamaha Bear Tracker ATV - Fixing It Up for Cheap

fixing up a 2000 yamaha bear tracker atv the I picked up for $300. I fixed the carb issues, and repaired a couple other issues, as well as revived or restored the faded fender plastics.

[@jonathanodell8854]

These bear trackers are boringly RELIABLE! I bought one same thing supposedly not running i showed up the old man assured me It wouldn't start citing battery sitting for years since it "broke" I put the key in and choked it and wallah old girl fired right up to his dismay I promptly drove it to my truck waiting for the thing to not shift or something and after I tore up old man's grass and did a full gear run thru I happily gave the man 6 bills and have enjoyed it ever since go yammy!!

[@darkgrey1790]

Awesome video. I stopped to help a guy with a flat tire on his trailer. He had a load of scrap wood he was hauling to the dump. I saw handle bars sticking out and noticed a Yamaha four wheeler. After helping him with the tire he told me that I could have the four wheeler. He said the engine was locked up. Long story short. It had a broken wire on the starter. I rode it yesterday. It's a timberwolf. Definitely needs some love but I am stoked to have my first atv. I've only ever owned three wheelers and go carts.

[@averybryant]

Good deal man I hope you enjoy it. Easy fixes are always nice

[@darkgrey1790]

@@averybryant thanks man. I just picked up a bear tracker as well. I'm hoping it will be an easy fix too.

[@FordMustangGTRocks]

@@darkgrey1790 nice! i just got a free beartracker too, i cleaned up a bunch of junk out of this property and the guy let me have the old bear tracker sitting in the field. its a 1999and it seems like it has low hours. i got it running rerally good even though it came with a chinese carb and it still needs a rebuild kit. the tires are original and junk (they hold zero air and i blew up one of the rears trying to seat the bead) but i still rode it around the other day before i buy new tires. did you get yours running? im thinking of buying sunf A028 23x7x10 and 23x10x10 tires. i cant wait to go ride it at the beach!

[@dellstudio10]

Nice find. Got a Timberwolf myself I paid $200 for. Put a K&N air filter, full DG exhaust and re jetted the carb. Runs great, sounds great and made a nice difference in power over stock.

[@shreader327]

I had one of these when I was young. You couldn't kill it! For 2wd it went everywhere. Climed great and was a wheelie machine. I miss it

[@soapy3204]

Way to go forward, you bought it back to life, these are ol school builds and last if looked after, nice to see you took the time. I'd ride it, good job.

[@markjohnston2675]

I just bought a 2000 Bear Tracker in fair condition....Replaced the intake manifold and with some carb work runs excellent....It was a much better example than yours however I paid 800 in 2023...Next is brake work. tires, basic maintenance...Plastic, seat, handlebars and controls are good....Will do a deep detail with some paint and decals and she should be a great little work horse and slow trail machine for the kids....Great work on yours I like your style.

[@tint661]

I had a 98 250 Timberwolf 4X4. Being 4 wheel drive it didn't go very fast but it would go just about everywhere. I never got it stuck in the snow. I paid it off and bought a 2001 350 Wolverine. I still have it and use it daily. It works great for plowing my driveway in the winter and it goes fast enough for my old butt. 2 wheel drive atv's are more fun to rip on and I see your doing just fine.

[@willsmooth45]

Gotta love the classic live in the poor part of town smoke detector beep every 30 seconds

[@KuntryFried_ATV]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm currently working on an 02 Kawasaki Prairie 650, and you gave me some ideas. Great work.

[@bravocompany1072]

Nice job. You turned that into a dependable trail boss! Happy riding.

[@sonesj62]

I just picked up an 05 Kodiak 450 that smokes. Everything else works good. I just have to redo the top end. Nice bike for the money. Top end is not expensive to do so it will be worth much more when I'm done.

[@morromk7538]

My big bear 250 carb drips non stop all the time. I ran some hose from that carb drain nipple to below swingarm.

[@linuxguy1199]

I got one of these for $200, the entire top end of the engine was destroyed due to lack of lubrication on the wrist pin, the connecting rod was heavily gouged but repairable with some Emory cloth and I got the thing running today on propane. Unfortunately the carburetor is heavily damaged and corroded so needs replaced.

[@Boywithukereal1]

I got the same four wheeler tipped it twice now and the first time when I started it up after tipping it no smoking no nothing surprised no oil got in the engine😂😂😂

[@jkeithgarner3396]

I have a 97 Timberwolf, I appreciate the info on cleaning it up. I was interested in cleaning mine, but had no idea on how to go about it. I'll be trying your method. I also have an 06 Bruin its amazing at the quality difference a few years makes. The Bruin is a piece of junk compared to the T-Wolf. Cosmetically looks better, but mechanically inferior.

[@kwillis623]

Man that genuine mikuni kit for $42 seems like a pretty good deal get the right name brand parts go a long way

[@helmet151]

Glad to see you’re back

[@jordanormsbee3398]

What does that orange cap do? You said something about if you don’t go into water

[@terryp12345]

Something I have used to remove paint off metal rims is acetone. Not sure if that would be good or bad for an engine, but something to consider on the metal parts.

[@lmt-adventures620]

Mine leaks too carb looks good except no plastic pieces around the jets area

[@lemuelyoungblood5756]

Pull big bear out of dump got abot 1200 dollars 2007 model got it running

[@buildurtruckurway9118]

I wish Yamaha would come back out with the bear tracker and timberwolf 4x4s. I think the world needs some 250cc 4x4s again. Honestly the best thing to market towards right now would be a youth 4x4 atv. Polaris can am Suzuki ect all make youth quads but they are all way overpriced compaired to there Chinese competition. A sportsman 110 is 4k my son has a Tao 125 and a kazuma 150 and they are both sub $1500 new and are almost equal in quality. I just wish the Chinese would make a 200cc 4x4 for kids put 22-24 inch tires under a 350lb machine and my kids could follow me anywhere.

[@bleed_from_within_is_life9960]

I wish I could get mine running I got the OG 1999 bike but it ain't ran in about 15 years It was my great grandpa's and I got it the other day I'm just unemployed and non mechanical so IDK how I'd fix it

[@camdunlow6230]

U better hope ur rear differential gonna be good for a while cuz mine in the diff is messed upppp

[@linuxguy1199]

10:50 Want to warn you you're missing the screw clamps for the universal joint / output shaft tube. Leaving that off will allow water in the rear end which is not good!

[@calebreeves6567]

I got mine for free because it has been sitting on my grandma’s property for 10 years and it started right up

[@ryderbrewer8744]

I have a tan 2003 model, and it idels very high and when you pop up out of neutral into first it takes off on its own, can you help me? Is is just carburetor adjustments??

[@averybryant]

Most likely carb adjustments, you may have a vaccuum leak or air leak somewhere causing a lean condition also

[@ryanallen9687]

This video is a lifesaver thank you!

[@johanbadenhorst2233]

Well must said that is a bargain paid 1300 for my Timberwolf and have a lot of work to done Suffer with the carb and oil leaks but she runs good so yes going to spend some money on her to make her “tip top’ quite exited

[@russellgaskin7995]

if you use a heat gun over the plastic it draws the oils out and makes the plastics like new. Faded plastic is just the UV drying out the oils. Just don't over heat and melt the plastic or warp it.

[@danelldecker3696]

I have one that had sun fade pretty bad but I used some rubbing compound and elbow grease took several applications but cleared up nicely

[@daveco1st]

That will make the plastic brittle

[@Jesus_Saves_J2415]

What if the engine is idling fine and revs up but no forward or reverse.. belt looks good and chain is fine what could be the problem?

[@onethingatatimepodcast]

Wow very good video mr. bryant

[@johnkuchjr.]

get a heat gun and blow it on the plastics it will bring the green back out sun faded plastics will look brand new again

[@TheRamair4]

That looks exactly like mine. And I have not been able to figure out what your mind is. What year is yours, thank you

[@TheRamair4]

Sorry, what year Mine is

[@eddies975]

I have one that i just picked up. runs fine and revs fine but isnt as snappy as it should be.. Any ideas?

[@michaelboucher6069]

Just got one for 250 needs a battery really hard to pull over

[@garagestory]

Nice job!! I’ve thought about picking up a bear tracker / timber wolf, but haven’t yet. Is it hard to steer being full time 4x4?

[@averybryant]

Not sure I haven’t owned one of the 4x4s yet, but i have owned an all time 4x4 big bear 400 and it did not feel extra difficult to me, that was nearly 3 years ago though.

[@MADguitar]

cherry spot to ride a quad

[@user-ky8nb8fn6i]

You need a new cab intake flange you will get air

[@davemcmurrick7962]

looking for carburetor ideas, did the china one and it rusted up, if anyone knows where to get a good carb for the 250 let us know where. Thank you.

[@choogiesoutdooradventures.1948]

Great Job man.

[@RaspyOB174]

Sorry for the noob question but what exactly is the petcock? Something to do with gas valve of some kind I think but cool videos. learned a lot. Watched a couple quad fix videos so far and every time I end up checking my fire alarm batteries ;P

[@averybryant]

Lmao yea i need to get around to changing those… i dont even hear the beep anymore until someone reminds me. The petcock is just the fuel on/off valve and also has a reserve tank setting where it leaves the fuel on the bottom of the tank alone until its switched to reserve. This helps you not get stranded if you run out of gas and gives you a little more to get home

[@ohmelon943]

Avery I’ve been working on my bear tracker for a while I now have it running but when it starts up I can’t even rev it without it wanting to die I cannot figure out why I have rebuilt the carb and clean everything on it I even put it back the way it supposed to be. How did you set your carb on yours because I may have set mine differently resulting in sluggish start. It will idle with no problem though just can’t rev when it starts for about 2-3 minutes

[@waynegretzky8464]

Check metering pin like he did

[@emanuelgonzalez9211]

I paid 450 for mine and all i did to get it running was clean out the carb but it has a pretty loud tick from the engine. Any idea what it is?

[@TheCowboyfromhell87]

Timing Chain? Valve tick?

[@scotta3073]

Any one know where I can get a carb for this near tracker

[@6.7Rollin]

heat gun!!!!

[@beekeeper8474]

Good luck finding any ATV under 1500 even when it looks like something put a grenade in the air box.

[@averybryant]

Very true

[@gohunting13]

Excellent !!

[@mp3625]

Good job

[@maxotte4089]

Where did u get it for 300?

[@raymusick2940]

Is it 4x4 and do u want to sell it

[@anotjimg6365]

It’s funny to me how I paid 300 for mine too

[@scooby3715]

Same here

[@biggdripp9182]

Paid 250 for mine🤣needs a carb ser how it goes

[@willsmooth45]

Bro that’s NOT how you fix faded plastic all you did was scratch the ever living fck outta the plastic gotta use a heat gun or if you are handy with a torch use a torch at distance it’ll melt the plastic right back to original color and won’t fade or look at dull when dry 👀

[@helmet151]

Glad to see you’re back