Having always wanted a pilot but finding the cost too much in the uk I have lived with fl250 odysseys but when this pilot came up in Ireland for 750 English pounds about 1220 dollars I thought it was my chance, £75 to ship across to England deliverd to my door was a bargain.
But it's had a hard hard life, the wheels are worse than wooden ones. I found a new set of Douglas bead locks on eBay for £130 but now I need to make them fit 156pcd front 115pcd rear if anyone has any ideas.
Shoubadaba has provided me with steering wheel and switches plus the missing seatbelt half.
So now I need nice plastics new arms secondary pulley and an Engine before having it all powder coated.

Batterd

Fronts are worse

I have some used front arms I can send you pictures of.
Bob

That poor thing needs a lot of loving cant wait to see it restored are you close to PilotPete?

Not sure I have pm,d him and emailed yesterday so I'm waiting for a reply. As I'm thinking of putting trx arms on will yamaha hubs fit or raptor ones so I don't need pcd adapters? There are some houser ones available, thought they would be a good start even if I have to chop them about

I don't know of any front suspension parts that will interchange or just bolt on everything is a project other than stock replacements.

I can make you long travel suspension, night and day difference from a stock pilot. Good luck and good find

Spoke to pilot Pete tonight he is supplying some parts and advice, but still need that secondary pulley.
And would still like a half Engine if anyone has a bottom end?.

When you get it running it will all be worth it!!

Well its on new wheels but there 2" . The more i strip the worse it gets. Rear caliper bolt must have been seized so someone used a breaker bar snapping the mounting on the transmission.
On the front because a wheel nut was spinning they bent the back plate i think to get grips on it wrecking the cylinder and chipping the drum.
I just used lots of heat on wheel studs and spindle plus remainder caliper bolt and there came off/out no problem.
Some people should not touch spanners and hammers.

now that's a project

Well it made a good workbench as i insulated my new workshop

Well no presents for my children this Christmas I have just bought most of Steve's bits, Engine, carb, filter, roof, CDI (Capacitor Discharge Ignition),v reeds,
Still got to sort money to Pete for arms.
Wheels, top arms and plastics still needed.

Well the new hubs arrived today. I had no idea if they would fit but horay thet have gone straight on. The track rod hole needs drilling out slightly and the to arm has a choice its held in with a horozontal bolt or i can grind a bit of and use a normal nut. As i don't have any wheels the pcd is a bonus as now i can fit most quad wheels.
The project is going on the back burner for a while now but Rusty has been helping me so much suppling an Engine and drive clutch even fetching a transmision clutch from Nick. I forgot the hubs are from a can am.

the project is comming along well. What were the front hubs off of?

A can am Canadian race quad 450r although there is clearance I issue with the callipers on the bottom arms but I have not looked at it yet. I'm at an auto jumble tomorrow so I might find some bits there. Plus sell some old junk

updates?

Just saw this...

Here is my take, and as always, I could be wrong

The Can Am uses a different style upper ball joint

It's a cylindrical that needs a cross bolt - non tapered

The Pilot is a tapered ball joint that uses a castle nut underneath

Either the ball joint or the knuckle is going to get tweaked