Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

Dang! I'm impressed you are handy enough to have fixed it yourself. Sounds like a good fix!

Thanks!

Thanks! I loved that Rancher. I'd love to get another.

Thanks! I do miss it.

You...are welcome.

Thanks, Wayne. I'm not sure why they would be different, but mine came out just fine. I supposed yours may have had more age on it before you attempted? Either way, the anti-seize is smart.

Bummer. It does loosen counter clockwise. I hope you can get it off!

Cool, I was not aware that they are brass.

You know, I may do something like that down the road. But, here's my concern...I love to ride out into the forest and watch deer/elk/antelope herds. This thing is quiet enough that they sometimes do see me or hear me from a distance. I think I want to keep the noise down for that reason.

nevertoooldtohavefun oh ok but if you do get one I would definantly recommend the big gun eco system

nevertoooldtohavefun I found a pic of my quad and set it as my profile pic.

THE PICKLETON17 cool I saw

That's a nice-looking quad. I like yellow, too.

I'm glad they're helpful! Congrats on your new 2019 Rancher. I would love to have one myself. So I did my own license plate holder by purchasing two of these rubber covered mounts from the hardware store that are shaped like the letter P. Then I bought the right size of bolt and nut to hold the plate on. I made sure the straps where the right diameter for the rear rack. It worked awesome.

a couple of hose clamps of the right size would work

Dang, I don't know! It came right out on my 2016. WD40 and let it soak, perhaps.

Marcoo did you get it off? I couldn’t get mine off either. Even with vice grips

Yes, it does.

Yes, I did see blue areas on my 2016's muffler.

There is a sort of screen in the exhaust system that the exhaust gasses must pass through. That screen is to stop (or arrest) any sparks that could ignite a fire. That screen can build up carbon deposits that slow the flow of the exhaust and hurt engine performance. Following this procedure is supposed to eliminate or clean out those carbon deposits off the spark arrester. Did that help?

nevertoooldtohavefun Yes! I guess I'm gonna have to go through that service book and get my learn on.

Howdy Kevin. I generally DO let off the throttle to shift, when I'm in ESP mode. However, there are times when I'm running along with no load on the drivetrain (like low-speed, not speeding up or maybe just slowing down a little) and I'll shift without letting up. But the throttle is only barely cracked under those circumstances. On 3 occasions (in 2,570 miles) I've had it give me the " - " on the dash. All three times have been the same: I was in 2nd gear, in ESP mode, I was completely stopped, and I shifted down to 1st gear with the button while the TIRES WERE NOT MOVING. All three times, it did eventually go into first gear, and I found it would slip into first if I just let off the brakes so the tires rolled forward or backwards, and the last time I actually hopped off real quick and pushed it forward a few inches and it slipped into first. To me, this is nothing I will complain about, because it's such a small thing, in almost 290 hours of riding, it really hasn't affected my experience on the machine. Motorcycles never like to changes gears unless the tires are in motion, even just barely. So I'm deliberate about shifting gears when the tires are in motion. However, in DCT AUTO mode, this has never happened - no issues with shifting whatsoever. I think these Ranchers are practically flawless, based on my experience. Hope this helps.

nevertoooldtohavefun yea I'm real happy with mine too...same thing happened to me too with the - on the dash I thought I downshifted maybe too fast and didn't give the trans enough time to shift into gear or something...thanks for the reply and keep up the vids!

Will do, thanks Kevin.

Dang it! I'm sorry to hear that amigo. I would say...online at RMATVMC or from your nearest Honda dealer. Sorry to hear that bro.

Just get a hmf exhaust instead ;)

Not a bad idea! Might cost a little more than the plug but your machine with sound and perform great!

I did not put any oil in/or the spark arrestor. I guess I'm not sure what you're referring to. But I'm happy to answer...tell me what part of the video it is.

@@SouthwestORV He means when you put oil on the bolt and the threads..

Any kind of engine oil will work. He most likely rubbed his fingers in oil and rubbed it on the threads. It will help with corrosion on the threads so it isn't seized on next time you take it off. The rear especially the exhaust gets hit with alot of wetness due to the tires spinning everything it runs through.

Thanks Cody, yes that's correct. I just wetted the threads with oil to fight corrosion. I keep old quarts of expired 30 weight oil around for stuff like this.

That is puzzling. I don't think the exhaust is the issue, but I could be wrong. I suspect it has something to do with a sensor, or the fuel injection...perhaps fuel pump? But I'd recommend you ask the question on the "Honda ATV Forum". Those guys know it all. Mine never gave me any issues, so I don't know how to help you. Good luck!

Yea I just did what you did in this video and it didn’t help..... I let it idle for about 5 mins raving it up from time to time. Occasionally it will back fire. Other than the back firing it sounded good no issues but all of a sudden it starts running rough and stalls out. If I let it cool down I can repeat the same process again.

Dang, I'm sorry amigo. Did you try the Honda ATV Forum? If you take a video of what it's doing then post it there, or even just make a post and tell everybody what's going on, they'll have ideas for you.

So I drained out the gas and added new non ethanol fuel and I think that solved the issue. It has not died on me again. I also added some seafoam cleaner in the gas.

I'm so glad it's running right! I have had good results with SeaFoam in the past too on machines that needed exercise and had sat for some time.

Dang. Could just be that it’s old enough now it’s rusted? Mine was not difficult to remove.

Try removing it with a impact

Good question. I'm not sure.

That's interesting. I'm intrigued. I wonder why yours sounds different!