Essential ATV Maintenance Tools
When you’re the proud owner of a powersports vehicle like an ATV, keeping it in good repair is extremely important. Your vehicle can only offer you the performance you want and the safety you need when it’s been taken care of.
With the right tools and know-how, you can perform many ATV maintenance tasks well in your garage, but you’ve got to build up your ATV tool kit to be prepared. Holzhauer Pro Motorsports here in Nashville, Illinois, is proud to be your Land of Lincoln ATV dealer. Because we know how important regular ATV maintenance is, we’ve drawn up this list of the most essential ATV maintenance tools that you’ll want to have in your quad tool kit.
Allen & Hex-Bit Sockets
Most of the fasteners on your ATV will be hex heads, so you’ll get a great deal of use out of a set of sockets. L-shaped hex keys are also good to have on hand, since they operate similarly to a screwdriver and can get into tight spaces. Hex-head sockets with some ratchets will help you to get the leverage you need for anything the keys can’t loosen.
Multimeter
When you’re working on your ATV’s electrical system, a means of measuring conductivity is important. That’s where the multimeter comes in. This handy little tool will offer you amperage, resistance and voltage readings so that you can figure out why your ATV isn’t performing as it should.
Tire-Pressure Gauge & Repair Tools
The tires of your ATV are essential to its design, maintaining contact with the road at every twist and turn. That’s why you need to check their pressure and condition on a regular basis. Use a tire-pressure gauge to see how well-inflated your tires are. One additional handy tool that’s a little more expensive is an air compressor that lets you fill up your tires at home, saving you time.
In order to mend or replace tires, you’ll need a patch kit, a jack, a tire iron and potentially a spare tire. A tire-plug kit will be stocked with plugs, CO2 cartridges, patches and glue so that you can repair a tire on the road and keep going.
Wrenches
You’re going to need several different types of wrenches on your ATV to perform regular maintenance upon it. Crescent wrenches will help you remove stuck fasteners, and torque wrenches will help you tighten them up again. Allen wrenches, a vice grip and a set of standard wrenches are also all vital components of a good ATV tool kit. Another wrench you might want to consider purchasing is a breaker bar, which is a type of long and sturdy wrench that can apply a great deal of force to a stuck fastener in order to pry it loose.
Mallet
Hitting your ATV with a hammer might sound like a terrible idea—and it is, if that hammer is metal and designed for hitting nails into wood. But a soft-headed rubber or wood mallet is ideal for working on your ATV safely when you need to apply some real force to something.
Remember that if you ever find any issues with your ATV that you can’t address yourself at home, you can always contact the Holzhauer Pro Motorsports service department to schedule an appointment with our team of professional mechanics. We can have a look at whatever is going on and have you back off-roading in no time!
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