Once the weather warms back up, I will have to give new to me '96 a thorough look over on the bearings and chains. You provided lots of good information, thanks.

This Argo is really cool! I've only seen 1 in real life when I was young so it's really cool to see the in's and out's. KZfaq recommend your channel to me, so here's to hoping more people will discover your channel!

Love the video, I am purchasing like 4 - 6 of these things in the next month, that was quite helpful in explaining

hey, thanks for the post. I have a 2022 argo frontier. Made right here in Ontario:) cheers from terrace bay ontario

Really great to see another update. It made my day to get the new video notification. You really know your stuff; and, the Argo is a super interesting vehicle. I really enjoyed this video. Your methods as usual were well thought out and your advise is practical. You did a fantastic job! Thank you for sharing this with us!!! Really sorry about your back! Hope you feel better soon!

What an awesome project my friend! 😀👍 I'm glad that the parts are still readily available though. Always helps to start with a machine that's in good shape like yours. I'm sure most of those were used and abused 😣

I bought the exact same model 3 years ago and did a total tear down and rebuild. I have the soft cabine, 20 inch rubber tracks, 6000lbs and 2000 lbs winches and plow. A new unit with 23 hp and this equipement starts at around 30.000 canadian. I got a lucky occasion and got mine for bargain price of 2000.00$. In the end I ended up spending 6500.00$ in parts only, including the so very expensive kohler m18 engine rebuild. I use the argo every day in winter and for my needs this is the best machine for me. My region gets around 4-5 of snow and the traction with those tracks is very impressive ( if you have plastic tracks throw them in the garbage...haha) and the best part is the heated cabine. I removed the fire wall and modified the muffler and installed a fan. At -20c I have to take off my jacket. I will never get that comfort on an atv or snowmobile. On the down side....very slow speed ( but so powerfull) and the noise level in the cab is horrible. Ear protection is a must. You can't have a conversation with the passengers....come to think of it....it's like a side by side haha!! Moral of the story...if you engage in this type of project restoring an old argo you will spend alot more money than you expected and before starting anything make a list of all the parts needed and be sure that they are still available. Be aware that no matter how much money you invest, a busted transmission ( no more available) will make you argo useless and worthless. I highly recommend to buy a newer model like an avenger because in the end it will not cost you much more.

Nice work!!! This video was super helpful despite being a different model than mine. I have a 75 Argo SS (supersport) 6x6 and the axels and bearings are mounted in a similar fashion. Expect for in one key aspect, instead of screws to hold the outer axel to the inner axel they used coiled pins. Literally just a coil of rolled steel in a spiral shoved into the holes to keep the axels together.... Not normally a problem to remove but after 50 years of rust... They are a bitch to say the least.

The inner bearing and bearing flange at the beginning of the video is not made or used by Argo that I know of. Argo used a two piece 4 hole bearing flange that match the 4 holes drilled on the frame. Your frame has 4 bolt holes on it, which leads me to think someone put new inner Bearings in with a two bolt hole flange from a tractor supply store. Also, all the Argo axles I've seen and worked on have a thrustbolt and trust washer on the end which holds the axles in place and keeps it from sliding out. Yours will be the first I've seen like that.

I’m thinking of buying a 89-91 model 6 wheeler. The machine looks well maintained. It has double chains but unfortunately the axles have roll pins through the sprockets. Wish there was a video on how hard it would be to repair a pin in the field. Or should I just steer clear of this unit?

your black firewall piece is on wrong,, it slips into a grove at the top, and you have it on the outside of the machine, the top ducks under one piece and against the other at the top, look and you will see what im talking about,, iv got a conquest that i bought new in 96 and it still looks new,, it took the place of the magnum but is the exact same machine except 4 the engine witch is a 20 hp Kawasaki v-twin and liquid cooled, i don't understand why we can't get parts 4 these old machines anymore, it ain't like you need parts 4 a new one, somebody needs 2 tell odg that and we ain't happy, it also might have a influence on buying a new machine someday...