adjustment

Thanks for looking in - While doing the shotgun repair, I found one of the idle screws was partially stripped and now it is stripped all the way! I've never messed with them the 13 years I've owned the bike so I'm thinking it is in the right position but when it wasn't so stripped and I seemed...

Where and How does the small spring clip fit in the Outer housing had to replace a rusty one that fell off my vmax 1200 1989. I have everything apart

well i guess i screwed the pooch..... I was going to do the shotgun cleaning on my carbs and all the mixture screws are frozen. with much PB Blaster and much more force I got 2 of the screws loose. But the other two screws started to chip. The edges of the slot in the screw head is...

Whats the "norm" when adjusting valves? Mine seemed to be pretty tight. If I am using my feelers correctly all my exhaust valves were around .008in and I went down about 3 shim sizes on average....005mm increments...so if it was say a 260 shim I ended up going down to a 245 shim...and ended up...

OK, I'm looking at the Yamaha factory chart for valve clearance adjustment.....the exhaust chart don't make any sense.:confused2: The blank row for measured exhaust clearance which should indicate "normal" range has been observed and thus no shim replacement needed is on the 0.16-0.20mm line...

A buddy of mine has a Polaris Trail Boss with a Fox 1.5 on it..... Any body know ANYTHING about it?? How do you adjust it??:confused2:

Ok so now we're ready to start measuring clearances and adjusting them with the use of shims. DO NOT attempt to start this job without first talking to Sean Morley ([email protected]), because he may just lend you his shim kit. Without it, you'll need a Yamaha special tool (YM-33961 Tappet...

Can someone here that has the Progressive 440's explain the way to adjust these for inital setup? I am not seeing much in the way of markings to indicate a starting point or a way to tell that both shocks are adjusted the same. Any help would be appreciated.:ummm: -Mike

My stock rear shocks feel like they need to be stiffer, I adjusted them at the top but I would like them a little stiffer. Can you adjust them from the bottom also? I know about the progressive shocks, just not ready for that mod yet. I rode the 85 Max for 19 years and never seem to have this...

I notice that if i have the clutch fully grabbed that it feels the clutch isn't quite disengaging the tranny. I've never had a bike with a hydraulic clutch before and I don't see any adjustment screw. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Sid

My bike idles @ 1100. I think thats a little high. Is their a link to idle adjustment. I've been searching the site and havent been able to find it. Thanks

I am going to attempt to check my valve clearance this weekend. Just curious what I need to remove in order to have room to do the procedure. The Yamaha manual says all you need to remove is the faux tank, left and right scoops, electrical board on the left side, radiator bolts, rear air baffle...

what is the procedure for adjusting the floats? should the carbs be vertical or horizontal, and what are you using for reference. I am tired of playing with the carbs and hope to get it right this time. I have a UFO 4-1 pipe, and y baffles removed from the airbox, and KN filter in it. I...

ok so here are my measurements so far: (all in inches) II = inner intake valve OI = outer intake valve IE = inner exhaust valve OE = outer exhaust valve #1 II = .006 OI = .006 IE = .010 OE = .010 #2 II = .006 OI = .007 IE = .013 OE = .012 #3 II = .004 OI = .005 IE = .010 OE = .010 #4...

So here I am tearing into my top ends trying to adjust valves. I got confused with a few things: Yamaha Service manual says align the T1 mark on flywheel with stationary pointer on crankcase. It shows a pic for TDC #1 cylinder, and another for TDC #2 cylinder. Nothing for number 3 and 4 -...

ALMOST A FREAKING TANK SLAPPER! Very helpless feeling when you are at 110 and she starts the death wobble! :bang head: She was rock solid up until the magic number (so rock solid that I got too comfortable) and then it got violent. That was the result of tightening the steering head up...

Yamaha wants around $40 for something similar to this for checking float adjustment wet levels. I used a piece of clear tubing, 1/4" id, .430" od (??) and 4 3/8" long. I don't understand the .430" od but it doesn't matter. I made a tick mark on either side of the tubing with a razor blade...

my 2000 max has just under 18k miles on the clock, I do not know if the valves have ever been checked or adjusted. Is there a normal interval that I should be checking valve lash and adjusting if neccessary?

37k miles on the clock. Not sure about maintenance history, but compression is very good, engine pretty good. How many of you that consider yourself as average mechanics have done a proper valve adjustment on your Max? How many of you have had a shop do it, and what did they charge? The...

I can't remeber what thread this was discussed in so I'm starting a new one. This pertains to using the same parts on both sides of the swingarm pivot to allow the swingarm to be adjusted back to the left and correcting the offset. After replacing my broken driveshaft I found that the...