rebuild

just wondering in order to rebuild the water pump on my 88,can i just remove the outside cover to get at it,or does the entire pump need to come off,i bought everything the service manual says is in there,i got a bud of mine that says he can help me,but isnt 100% on which way to go

Im rebuilding a R1 caliper and having an issue. I got all the piston seals in, no problem. 2 of the dust seals went in. The last 2 dust seals don't want to go. All the seals are original (old). You know how some rubber parts seem to expand if they soak up oil or grease? That is how these...

Ok so I'm at a loss for ideas. I bought this bike a few weeks ago, it ran like crap so here is what I've done in a matter of two weeks. New wiring harness. Removed carbs, removed vboost, removed the thing in the valley of the engine and replaced rubber gaskets in both. When I removed the thing...

Hi All, Anybody have a water pump bearing go out on the max? I have a tapping that has started. when at idle it is noticeable, under rpm I can hear it a little but the motor sounds seem to cover it up. it seems to be slowly getting worse. I put a mechanics stethoscope on the motor and the...

Question to anyone who knows where I can send a ignitor box to be rebuilt?? Thanks, Paul

i had the 2nd gear issue. i took the engine out and gave it to a friend to rebuild the tranny with a used but clean tranny. after a year, i got it back. i spent the last month putting the whole thing together. the bike started up fine but needed the choke for at least 10 minutes before it...

Saw in posts someone mentioned Damon made one. Anyone know how to get in touch with him. I checked Ebay for this found none. Thanks!

Hi folks: I'm in the process of checking/replacing o-rings, and in general inspecting the state of my oil pan/oil pump. I'm using the "VMAX ENGINE ASSEMBLY REFERENCE" CD-ROM that I purchased (I think it was through this site.) I removed the unit that Yamaha calls the "DELIVERY PIPE...

Gday all. My engine is out, the trans is off to one side (*sigh*), and what do I find? Yep, mains are just through to the copper, the rod bearings have a "hot-spot" smack in the centre, and although on a quick inspection the crank journals look really nice, I haven't mic'd them or checked...

I tore the carbs off my 85 project max, they were real gooey... I am looking for a rebuild kit so I can get this early max back on the street. I must have new o-rings, float bowl seals, jet block gaskets, and enricher gaskets. Might maybe could use a slide diaphragm. Looking for a supplier who...

Just got the rebuild kit in the mail today........Thanks Sean!..........Is this a straight foreward job? any tips/tricks I need to know? I'm a fairly competant mechanic, just have never done one of these before...............Thanks...........Tom.

Thanks for looking in - I've got an 89 Max I've had for about 13 years and have never done any carb work. Last year I noticed it ran like it had bad gas - muffled sound etc. I drained tank, I think I put some carb cleaner stuff in it and it ran ok. This year it sounds and acts much worse -...

Hey everyone i am new to this forum. I have had my Vmax now for about a year and love it!! only issue is that my slave cylinder is leaking so i removed the slave cylinder housing and pulled the piston, and spring out. how do i remove the seal?? any help is better than none. thanks a lot!!

Just like the title says, I'm trying to bleed the clutch after rebuilding the master and slave cylinders on a '94 VMAX. I'm using a syringe and reverse bleeding it and everything. When I pull in the clutch lever in all that is happening is the fluid is getting pumped back into the reservoir...

So as most of you know, I kinda .....uh.... dented my max last August. :bang head: Thanks to Mike (mabdcmb) I now have a complete front end with progressive springs, fork brace, fender, handle bars and shifter! CaptainKyle for a Rad and Fan! and Bill Kratzenberg for a Headlight Mount <-- free of...

I went to Jennings with my Blackbird a week ago. Had a great time out there. Got me to thinking. I bet I could have an absolute riot out here on my max. Just because I like to be different from the norm. Do an R1 fork conversion. Since I already have the forks. Change out the wheels to 17inch...

Hey all, I am in the process of lowering my forks internally. I watched Sean's vid and got the first one apart no problem. The issue I'm having is that the top of the lower section of the fork, where the oil seal goes, was rusty. The spring clip that holds the seal in also had some rust on...

So this bike has been through a frame up rebuild. I redid trans but did not touch top end or timing. I went through the carbs and rebuilt them and also installed new diaphrams for all the slides. Just put new marks exhaust on tonight and fired it up and went to sync carbs and thats when...

Ignition Switch Re-key So my stock ignition switch expired the other day . The service manual didn't mention at all if whether or not it is repairable, saying to replace it with a new one, so that I did. If it is repairable, oh well. But my real question is this: Call me what you will...

Finally got the carb rebuild done on my 2004 Max. Before the rebuild the bike became a spitting sputtering mess. At start up max choke had to be used,and when warm 1/4 choke sometimes had to be used.It would pop back through the carb's until fully warm,and at times would feel like I was riding a...