Yamaha Grizzly 700

I have a 2008 Yamaha Grizzly 700 in the shop today.  This machine was in a minor collision and the front suspension was damaged.  The lower A-arm was bent and eventually broke after driving on it for a while.

This photo shows the broken A-arm.  The lower red arrow points to the break in the A-arm.  The upper arrow points to a cracked CV boot.  While I have the machine in the shop I am going to change the cracked boots and change the wheel bearings also.

C.O. 

Yamaha Grizzly 700

Today I have a 2007 Yamaha Grizzly 700 in the shop for an electrical problem.  The machine would run fine, but it was not keeping a charge in the battery.  I checked out the battery and the main electrical connections.  Everything seemed fine so I moved on to the voltage regulator and stator.  There is really no way to test the regulator, but it is easy to check the output of the stator.  With the engine running you should see 20 to 30 volts ac on the stator leads.  This one showed no voltage. 

When I pulled the engine side cover off it was obvious that the stator was bad.  In the photo you can see burned section on the right.  I did a little looking around on the ATV forums and discovered that these Grizzly 700s frequently burn out the stator at about 4000 miles.  This machine made it to 5500. 

C.O.