Carb kit for rebuild

[fzmax]

My Vmax has sat for a number of years and I need to go through the carbs. It's starts and idles poorly, but that is about it. It spits and stalls if you try to ride it. Where can I buy a rebuild kit with high quality parts? Any input would be appreciated.

 

[sdt354]

K& L kits are ok. For brass parts, I'd buy OEM. Mikuni jets you can't go wrong with.

 

[Fire-medic]

Info for you.



Above and below, Part #22 on the link below. Pilot screw set


2006 Yamaha V-MAX 1200 (VMX12V) Carburetor | Ron Ayers parts diagram. I like Ron Ayres Yamaha for parts ordering.

Look in the 'how-to' section, and also use the upper right-hand 'search' function. Do lots of reading, print things out, make notes, and take lots of pictures each step of the way. I usually remove the throttle cables from the plastic junction box under the left airhorn. That's a good place to ensure that you take pics to guide your disassembly and reassembly. Use baggies, I usually use masking tape and a thin Sharpie marker to label the bags. Since this sounds like your first time, I'd say a good rule of thumb to give you a reasonable expectation of not making mistakes during reassembly, is if you remove something, take a picture of that. Where does it go, what is its name (& part #) on the parts fiche, and in what order did it come-off?

http://vmoa.net/VMX12-Service-Manual01.pdf Your bible.

 

[caseyjones955]

+1 for K&L.

 

[fzmax]

You guys are great, thank you!

 

[Semi239]

take lots of pictures

Lots of good info here Fire-medic.

Have any of you found a good rebuild kit or are you buying piece by piece OEM parts?

 

[Storloc]

Lots of good info here Fire-medic.

Have any of you found a good rebuild kit or are you buying piece by piece OEM parts?

I used the K&L kit shown in the pics along with a sonic cleaner. Should be all you need unless some hard part is damaged then I would try to find oem for those.