[Dudley1995]

Hey guys appreciate your help ... I have a 2002 Honda foreman rubicon 500 .. thing has been great to us all theses years n has gave us few probs but here latly it started having like a whirring sound coming from the tranny area ..u can hear it at a idle but it gets a lot louder if u go very fast..... seems likes it’s more from the front left side ... took the oil tank off n also poppped the front off the tranny n clutch .. sounds likes balls rolling around rite behind the sprocket that goes into the clutch ... anyway know stuff bout these machines??

 

[retro]

Sounds like the swivel swash plate bearing has left the premises, its a common ailment on early hondamatics. See this thread by Harig (he fixes them) on another forum for more info:

hondamatic rebuild - Honda Foreman Forums : Rubicon, Rincon, Rancher and Recon Forum

 

[wheelsquad]

Sounds like the swivel swash plate bearing has left the premises, its a common ailment on early hondamatics. See this thread by Harig (he fixes them) on another forum for more info:

hondamatic rebuild - Honda Foreman Forums : Rubicon, Rincon, Rancher and Recon Forum

Bingo, that's the thread I was going to point you to. The guy that rebuilds them isn't too far from me actually. Usually he has an ad on Minneapolis Craigslist, but I don't see it there now.

 

[retro]

There are two guys rebuilding Hondamatics that I know of. Harig is in the northern lower Peninsula of Michigan and the other guy (forgot his username, he posted in that thread) is in Minnesota. If his CL ads are down he's probably running short of rebuildable cores.

 

[Dudley1995]

Thanks guys

 

[wheelsquad]

There are two guys rebuilding Hondamatics that I know of. Harig is in the northern lower Peninsula of Michigan and the other guy (forgot his username, he posted in that thread) is in Minnesota. If his CL ads are down he's probably running short of rebuildable cores.

As far as I have seen, Harig only rebuilt his own, and was advising others in doing theirs. The guy in MN used to advertise to get more cores, so one can only guess why he isn't advertising right now. I did have a short email conversation with the guy but he never gave me his contact info. Guess you just have to keep checking.

 

[Dudley1995]

Any1 kno how I cud get ahold of the guy that rebuilds em?

 

[retro]

Any1 kno how I cud get ahold of the guy that rebuilds em?

The guy in Minnesota who rebuilds them posted in that thread I linked above. This post may have been his introduction? Hope you can get yours repaired. Stop running it immediately if you haven't already, because the further you push those trans during failure the less likely they'll be repairable.

 

[wheelsquad]

Any1 kno how I cud get ahold of the guy that rebuilds em?

The guy in Minnesota who rebuilds them posted in that thread I linked above. This post may have been his introduction? Hope you can get yours repaired. Stop running it immediately if you haven't already, because the further you push those trans during failure the less likely they'll be repairable.

Good find retro. I had missed over on the other site where the guy from MN actually had some posts. @Dudley1995, retro is 100% right, stop driving it immediately, join the other site and get in contact with brianb1263.

Actually, looks like he joined here about a year ago too but never made any posts Honda ATV Forum - View Profile: brianb1263 @brianb1263

 

[Dudley1995]

Ok... I aprreciate yalls help??

 

[Ryedog]

Good find retro. I had missed over on the other site where the guy from MN actually had some posts. @Dudley1995, retro is 100% right, stop driving it immediately, join the other site and get in contact with brianb1263.

Actually, looks like he joined here about a year ago too but never made any posts Honda ATV Forum - View Profile: brianb1263 @brianb1263

I have a 2001 Rubicon that I bought new. The trans went last year and I have put off the repair. I am looking for someone to rebuild my trans or a trans that I can buy.

 

[wheelsquad]

I have a 2001 Rubicon that I bought new. The trans went last year and I have put off the repair. I am looking for someone to rebuild my trans or a trans that I can buy.

There used to be a guy in MN that would post ads on craigslist, same person referenced above. But I haven't seen anything from him in a long time.