DX225 parts question / rear end shaft drive

[acke61]

hey i just found a dx225 for 100 bux, yamaha shaft drive rear end is shot

how hard is this to swap out? will a rear end from a 225 4 wheeler work or do i have to find a 3 wheeler one?

i see a couple 4 wheeler rear ends on ebay...

also anyone here have a rear end?

thanks,
Jeremy

[edog]

The rear ends are the same.

[thefox]

The rear ends are the same.

Are they?

My brother replaced the rear end on his YFM and it was different then the trike one. The quad runs a center mounted differential.

Changing the rear end is not too hard, it is easier and usually cheaper replacing the trike one.

[Dirtcrasher]

For 100$ I'd buy it and rebuild it or search for the diff. They can't be that hard to find......

[MO dx]

For 100 I would jump all over it.

[RacerRichie]

100 bones is worth it. It runs right? rebuild the rear. fox I agree they are different.
RR

[acke61]

ok so i went and looked at it with the intentions of buying it....its so shot i dont think its worth my time....plastic is junk but that doesn't matter to me....pull start is gone and has a custom cover over it. electric start supposedly works but no battery and no battery tray. no air box, misc wiring all over, no brake lines but i think there is front brakes. the rear trailing arm is snapped right off of it...i can get a complete rear trailing arm on ebay for like 60 bux with gearbox and axle though... and it has 2 mismatched back tires...so i didnt even get to hear the thing run cuz he doesn't have a jump box or anything and was kind of rude and just stood on his porch and yelled at his kid while i was looking at it...he says it runs but without hearing it run i dunno...what do you guys think? i told him i'd tell him tomorrow whether or not i want it...

[MO dx]

Sounds like 50 tops. Good for a few parts thats all.

[acke61]

yea its too much work for me to try and rebuild it i think...i'm buying a tri z 250 i hope and im lookin for something smaller to get for my girlfriend to ride....if i were to dive into this...how hard is it to change a rear swingarm on this...it looks like it doens't even come off like its permanent to the frame...i can't believe this ass says needs a differential and turns out the whole damn swingarm is snapped in half

[MO dx]

There not to hard to change. But that sounds like it needs more then that.