there's a lot of debate out there whether it's safe or not to pressure
wash a dirt bike the areas people are concerned about are the intake and
exhaust bearings and seals chain and the radiators as well so what I'm gonna do
is pressure wash my bike like normal and then turn to some of those components
afterwards see if there's any damage or any signs of water in there so the
pressure washer I'll be using is just a cheap Roby electric one definitely not
very high-powered but it's got plenty of power to wash a dirt bike I would try to
keep it under 2,500 psi for your pressure washer
by the way I'll have this pressure washer link down in the description to
where you can buy it to protect the intake and exhaust from water damage
always be pulling off the seat and air filter and installing a wash cap pretty
hard to get water behind that and then for the exhaust just a simpler muffler
plug will do
and the areas you want to be careful around when you're pressure-washing are
the radiators any type of bearing such as swing arm pivot bearings linkage
bearings wheel bearings and of course the steering head bearings as well and
by being careful I mean not getting too close to those bearings or seals a good
distance to stay away is about 12 to 16 inches depending on your pressure washer
so believe it or not it is safe to pressure wash the chain that's the only
method of ever use for cleaning a chain and I haven't had one single issue with
it for this particular chain it is a di DX ring and I've had it on this bike and
my previous bike as well probably well over a hundred hours on it and it's been
holding up incredible and all I've ever done for cleaning is spray it down with
the Maxima clean up and pressure wash it so I'd recommend staying about 10 to 12
inches away from the chain just to be careful
and then immediately after pressure-washing i'll spray down the
inside the chain with maxima and ppl this will prevent the chain from rusting
all right I've got the bike all washed up now let's dig into it and see if
there's any water in those components I spoke about earlier the first thing I'm
gonna tear into is the intake it's gonna pull off the wash cap and take a look
into the airbox boot and see if there's any water in there here's the moment of
truth it's gonna shine a flashlight down into the airbox boot I do not see any
signs of moisture so far that's good you can see there's still some water inside
the airbox but nothing in the air boot that's actually gonna lead to the engine
so that's a really good sign really handy to have those wash caps I'll put
the link to where i bought mine down in the description now for the exhaust not
a whole lot to check out just gonna pull out the plug and i really didn't do a
whole lot of pressure washing around the muffler here so it's pretty unlikely
that water got inside but it looks pretty dry one thing I didn't talk about
earlier is the electronics on this bike there's not a whole lot to worry about
basically just have a wiring harness CDI box underneath the front number plate
and a ignition coil up inside of here on a four-stroke especially a fuel-injected
bike there's a lot more going on so that's usually a bigger issue with water
getting in the electronics however on this bike I'm just gonna pull off the
front number plate disconnect the wiring harness from the CDI box and take a look
inside see if there's any water in there
all right these are the two connectors for the CDI box when I pull them off
there was a little bit of moisture here at the base of the connector let me zoom
in on it so you can see what I'm talking about here see there's just a little bit
of moisture buildup there but nothing down inside the connector itself or in
the CDI box as you can see on the connector there is a seal and that seals
off any moisture pretty good let's take a look down inside the CDI box
thankfully it looks like there was some dielectric grease down inside of there
and that always helps combat any moisture buildup so while I have it
apart perfect time to apply some more dielectric grease to it so this is the
grease I'll be using really helps prevent any issues with water buildup
inside of a connection
so far everything is checked out fine nothing inside of the intake or exhaust
and the electronics seem to be sealing up pretty good too
so before I tear into it anymore I figured I'd give you guys a little
backstory on this bike so you have an idea on the maintenance history and how
often I've been washing it so I bought this bike about two years ago he was
sitting in this guy's shed some stuff was torn off of it like the carburetor
some plastics and whatnot and the aluminum was super corroded so I had to
go through and clean all that up but that's besides the point I ended up
pulling the bike all the way down to the frame motor came all the way apart to
you and surprisingly the the bike was actually pretty much original had
original tires original grips so really hadn't been ridden a lot anyways I went
through the whole bike cleaned it all up we greased everything we replaced some
parts and I've been riding ever since so it's
had about two seasons of riding I would say about three times a month during the
riding season and after every ride it's been thoroughly pressure-washed
so except they got a lot of pressure washing in those two years so this
should be a really good indicator of how well the bearings and seals hold up to
pressure washing I'm actually really curious to see this
as well I'm gonna start at the front end so the front wheels gonna come off I'm
gonna check out those bearings and seals and then inspect the steering stem set
as well I know a ton of you guys would love to have a scissor lift like this so
check the links down in the description to pick one up I love this one it helps
out so much and I think they're only about 150 bucks or so
all right let's pull up these spacers and check things out inside I just see a
bunch of grease in there I do not see a speck of water down inside of there it
does kind of look like water so I'm gonna run a screwdriver in there and see
if its water or grease definitely looks like grease to me yeah it's got to be
grease if there was water in there usually it'd be beating up on top of the
grease and I don't see any of that let's check out the other side now yeah this
side looks pretty clean as well
it's crazy how you can pull it just a couple bolts and the front end is
completely off the bike so let's check out these upper steering stem bearing z'
well they look pretty good plenty of grease still left on them
looks like there's still a good amount of grease in between the two cages but
no signs of water which is awesome and up here on the race I don't see any
water in there as well now onto the lower steering stem bearing
looks like there's a little less grease on this one and definitely some sand in
there as well but no signs of moisture keep in mind this is two years of riding
and washing the bike several times a month
it is definitely gonna need to be cleaned up and regressed which was the
biggest reason why I wanted to pull this bike apart to check things out since you
guys have just been eating up the last couple videos I've been getting a ton of
engagement on them I'm gonna do a little giveaway so I've got a few stickers over
on my website prime MX comm and so I'm gonna give away a sticker pack all you
have to do is comment down below to stoked and I'm gonna pick one your
comments and this sticker pack right here will be yours one more thing before
I check out the rest of the bike I figured I'd give you guys a little heads
up I will be in Denver Colorado Saturday June 2nd for the Thunder Valley Pro
national if any of you guys are going to that race I would love to see there so
if you see me out there come say what's up next up I'm gonna check out the shock
linkage bearings and the sooner and pivot bearings - and I need to regress
them anyways
let's pull apart the linkage and see what we got inside of it if there's any
part that's gonna have water inside of it it's this part right here it's on the
bottom side of the bike and it's always super dirty so there's a ton of pressure
washing involved with the linkage
the linkage actually looks really good there's no signs of any water in these
bearings or even on the pins at all so of course it's gonna need a cleanup
Andrew greasing and if you guys remember right a few videos back I was showing
that there's some play in this lower shock bearing so while I have the
linkage off the bike I'm gonna go ahead and replace that
I'm gonna do the same thing with the swingarm here
just pull apart the pivot bearings check them out clean them up and regress um
another thing I'm gonna do while I'm at it is pull out the chain adjuster bolts
these commonly seize so I'm gonna clean them up and apply anti-seize to the
threads
all right everything checked out fine with a linkage ensuing arm no signs of
any water and those bearings so I've got them all greased up and the bike is
ready to go back together but make sure you stick around towards
the end of the video there's still a few more things I'm gonna check over for
water damage
I've got the bike all back together and another area of concern when pressure
washing a dirt bike is the radiators so a pressure washer can bend over the fins
if you get too close these ones actually looked pretty good after two years of
pressure washing let's check out the front side front looks pretty good too
so like I mentioned earlier you want to stay about 12 inches away if you're
careful around the radiators you should have no problem pressure washing them
there's also a lot of debate whether it's safe to pressure wash a chain so
I'm gonna split apart a link and check it out
I've got a link split apart on the chain still got the plates over on the chain
and then the inner part the pins and overhangs over here so what we're
looking for is rust or corrosion here on the pins and the inner part so the pins
look pretty good no rust on those the inner part of the chain looks pretty
solid as well starting to show some wear but still plenty functional the rollers
on the center part of the chain are starting to show some movement so the
chain is gonna need to be replaced fairly soon but as far as water damage
and signs of water in there I don't see much at all so as long as you stay about
12 inches away from the chain when your pressure washing and then immediately
thereafter spray like a wd-40 or maxima and ppl on there and you'll be good and
then follow that up with a chain loop of course another thing people might be
worried about is pushing water past the gaskets on the engine the flywheel cover
would be the most likely gasket to let water through since it's so exposed to a
pressure washing and there's a rubber grommet on the front side of it here so
if there's no water behind flywheel cover I would venture to say the rest of
the gaskets are fine
so if there was water behind the flower will cover the flywheel would definitely
be rusted since it is bare steel in the clutch arm and clutch cable would have
some corrosion but no signs of any water in here and I even had a torn gasket on
the cover since the outer clutch cover has an
opening instead of a gasket I'm gonna pull that off and check behind it to
once again if there was water behind the cover it would be beating up on top of
the oil and there's absolutely no signs of that whatsoever now we can say with a
hundred percent conviction that pressure washing and dirt bike is absolutely safe
there were no signs of any rust corrosion or water damage and all those
areas I checked over so now you guys need a good affordable pressure washer
click the link down in the description to buy the exact pressure washer that I
use on a weekly basis trust me it's gonna make your life a lot easier when
it comes to washing your bike you guys enjoy the video give it a big thumbs up
and share it with all your riding buddies this is some good info to have
alright everyone thanks for watching and I'll see you later
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