replace it with a stainless or grade 8 bolt or your settin yourself up for more trouble.
jim

this is why i wrote in a few times to tell folks there is know need to separate the head from the jugs on a kawasaki liquifire engine. to do a crank seal job. one may cause more problems than he realizes. all you need to do is remove the 4 long stud bolts that go through the jug and leave the small ...

I buy mine at an auto parts store. a real one the common part number has a 223 in it; search this site heavy and you should find it. that is how i got it. they only cost $15.00 bucks or so and you cut about an inch off of it and it fits perfect. they are a heater hose has the same bends i was real h...

i bought a liquifire from a guy who bought it from a racer. the racer tryed to run premix and blew the center crank bearings. i bought and had to replace crank. I would not remove the center it lubes the labraynth seal too. to run premix leave the center connected always. premix is a pain why use it...

After working on these since the 70's I found to fill the lines before you start is the best way. I do it with a bottle that has a squirt top as used in chem labs (water bottle). The top fits into the oil line you must only remove the other end untill it fills. It will not fill if attached. I use th...

sweet. tell me about the pipes ... Aeens? are they for an invader and modified to fit or for the liquifire specific are they real loud they look cool. what jetting changes did you have to do... and high comp heads too or not.
jim

if your head to cylinder gaskets are good you can just remove the four long stud nuts and remove the cylinder head togeather i did this severaltimes and it works well. and no need to buy head gaskets and deal with trying to seal the head gaskets. just a short-cut i leaned myself. that way you just b...

I painted one of my liquifires with a HVLP from HF and it turned out great with a black and a clearcoat. Professional body shops are using them too. It turns out that the chineese copy the best design and reproduce millions. You can get them cheap on sale. I have several and painted my deere backhoe...

That was me look up my post with the pix there are comments in the photobucket area for every pix. I did this to several liquifire engines now and i am glad i did. no more pulling and unlike the kawasaki sleds these use lawn tractor batteries so no need to buy another. let me know if you have any qu...

The issue of the 4/6 cylinder is that unless you have the proper pistons you end up using invader/liquifire pistons and never benefit from the extra ports in the 4/6 cylinders. the pistons for the 4/6 have a different design for that engine. it is very hard to find the proper pistons for them.one ye...

this past weekend i replaced the front and rear springs on a 80 liquifire. on the front, i had to cut a 13 inch long slit through the steel outer tube and springs. it is a steel outer hollow tube on a solid steel shaft (tunnel mount) that was rusted solid then used a chisel two separate the innersha...

i just scored a starer and fly wheel at the local yard off an artic cat with a kawasaki motor. i think it is a 292cc i must of got a dozen of them over the years they are $10 bucks each same goes for the flywheel. all the ealy cat use them. the flywheel has the teeth on it with a point style mechani...

i had the same problem from an ebay engine the ohms were good and when added an electric start motor i could check it for ac volts on the bench you can check it with the pull rope if it ohms out good. you will see voltage as you pull. also i touched up the coil enamel with engine paint it still work...

in my local junk yard there was one on almost all the JD sleds some chrome i managed to get many and add them to my sleds and parts bin. They work great for pulin a broke down ski doo or artic cat off the mountain. jim

the shorter ones work great and make the air box removal much easier. the cheapies usually do bad on the engine pressure test; they leak at the center. I use fel-pro thermostat gaskets available at any auto parts store and put seal -all on both sides. this works great. all the other good sealers lik...