By David Keeso (Argomag) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Spring is starting to stick its head up and next time Im at the cottage, the ARGO must be cleaned form the winter and fall. Their is also almost 10 years worth of buildup of grease in the bottom of the tub from chains, etc. I do not want to spend my time scrubbing away with a SOS pad, so is their a safe and easy way to get the inside clean? Can you use a power washer without damaging anthing ( I need to clean the front bottom too where the engine would be. )

By Finn on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I usually clean out my Conquest a couple of times a year. Just elevate the front a few inches higher than the rear, remove drain plugs....oh I clean out all the leaves, twigs etc. with a shop vac first, then spray everything with liberal amounts of degreaser, let it soak in then let 'er rip with a pressure washer...just be carefull around engine and transmission seals as the pressure can actually blast through a seal, same with electronics. Then re-lube the chains with a commercial chain lube and grease all the bearings...voila just like new again.

By David Keeso (Argomag) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Thanks for the reply! If water gets onto the drive belt, driven, drive clutch, is it going to do any damage?

By Finn on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I've never actually sprayed water directly onto the clutches/belt however they do get very wet from hosing everything else.
After I'm done cleaning I just go for a slow ride in low range, that warms up the clutches/belt enough that it self dries, the belt will slip quite a bit at first, that's why I use low range, be carefull not to wear a flat spot into the belt if you use high range at first.
I usually disassemble the clutches once per year to clean out all the crud/belt dust and re-lube the main bushing. So far I have over 800 hours on it since 1997 and have just recently replaced one bushing on the secondary clutch.....not bad for 6 years of use.

By david berger (Davidrrrd) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

not if it's just for a short time, you can get some wd-40 falowed by cluch lube or say 40 wt motor oil into the inner workings of the cluch and the faces will be ok unless ther oily, i clean them off with ether or alcohole,
if you polish the faces of the cluches before you fig out thers something like water or oil on them you can resort to a lite sanding with emery cloth or corse sand paper, just to brake up the shine, don't get caried away and damege you cluches, just brake up the smothed serfice,