What did you do to your Vmax today? Part 2

[1st Shirt Maxer]

Finally had time to finish one of the front forks. The other is drying and will be installed tomorrow.:eusa_dance:

 

[06VMAXIMUS]

Quite a difference, looks great!

 

[wildweasel_pt]

I guess it's not this problem? --> http://www.vmaxforum.net/showpost.php?p=37808&postcount=10

Hi Baz

Thanks for the input but i don't have stock masters. Im using radial masters with remote reservoir and to be honest im not familiar with the specific core design. But i assume there should be something similar and in that case it should fail at first attempt of clutch use and not only after some lever pumping right?

 

[tugla]

Worked on a friends bike.......perfect therapy .......chg to pcw spring.....COPRUNNER style oil chg......24hr drain hahahah,carb slides cleaned checked.....gonna sync carbs today,chg bars add heated grips and should be ready for a spin tonight....ohhhh yaaaa.....

 

[bazwell]

Hi Baz

Thanks for the input but i don't have stock masters. Im using radial masters with remote reservoir and to be honest im not familiar with the specific core design. But i assume there should be something similar and in that case it should fail at first attempt of clutch use and not only after some lever pumping right?

I had this problem with a glass bead jammed in the hole (on my std m/cyl). It worked OK until I got down the road, initially. Because it doesn't allow full pressure to flow back into the reservoir you can pump up the pressure, which takes out the free play on the lever, and starts to slip.

If it's completely blocked then it will pump up fast I guess, like 1 or 2 pumps. In my mind, it is necessary to have this hole, otherwise it would just pump up like a brake master.

On the standard m/cyl the hole it quite small. What I used is a junkie syringe with a .375" diameter needle to clear it out.

 

[davesax36]

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[1st Shirt Maxer]

Finished rebuilding both front forks and started assembling the front end. A little hint at what mirrors Ill be installing.

 

[wildweasel_pt]

I had this problem with a glass bead jammed in the hole (on my std m/cyl). It worked OK until I got down the road, initially. Because it doesn't allow full pressure to flow back into the reservoir you can pump up the pressure, which takes out the free play on the lever, and starts to slip.

If it's completely blocked then it will pump up fast I guess, like 1 or 2 pumps. In my mind, it is necessary to have this hole, otherwise it would just pump up like a brake master.

On the standard m/cyl the hole it quite small. What I used is a junkie syringe with a .375" diameter needle to clear it out.

I need to take a proper look at the master then...

 

[WVxNitemare]

Wobbled. At 140 kph roughly 85 mph in a mild sweeper got that weavy wobble going. It got worse after I lowered the forks up in the tree too. Steering head bearings or swingarm?

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[KJShover]

Wobbled. At 140 kph roughly 85 mph in a mild sweeper got that weavy wobble going. It got worse after I lowered the forks up in the tree too. Steering head bearings or swingarm?

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Could be a bit of both with a little frame flex tossed in.
I had a good hinge effect in sweepers a few years back. I added a frame brace and a braced swingarm and it went away. So I can't really say what helped in that. Later on I developed a wobble. I went for a ride with my spanners and then rode, adjusted until it went away.

 

[WVxNitemare]

Yeah I got solid mounts. Think it mighy be time to check the bearings.

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[vmax2extreme]

Did a guts swap with my spare final drive with a venture final drive. Still working on my 17" rims to restore them to the shine. Pics to come once completed.

 

[donnelly317]

Finally rode mine for the first time since last fall. 3 months in pieces pays a tollb on you.

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[davesax36]

Not too much... Just this

 

[tugla]

Finally got on first ride of the season.......and icing on the cake was out for run along with another vmax.......ohhh ya.....might have been a full throttle moments.....just testing the tach.....lol
Then a run against a few heros that think their victory mean win.....not.....oh ya just cuz your in a hopped up Subaru..it's still a Subaru......lol

Best part was not one max spankin them but two in a rowunk:unk:

 

[KJShover]

Designed a Vmax specific nitrous solenoid bracket. Last final exam tomorrow, then it's going to be cut, fabbed then mounted on Archangel.

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[Blacksun71]

Changed the thermostat cap o-ring and the hose that connects from the cap to radiator. Now the only marks that my bike leaves to the ground are from rear tire.

Noticed that the former o-ring profile was square shaped and the new one was normal round shaped o-ring. Anyone knows what's the difference between these two?

 

[johnpclynch]

Noticed that the former o-ring profile was square shaped and the new one was normal round shaped o-ring. Anyone knows what's the difference between these two?

Age? The O-ring took the shape of the trench and stiffened into a square (probably caused your leak)

 

[Fire-medic]

Age? The O-ring took the shape of the trench and stiffened into a square (probably caused your leak)

Yes I think that, too.

The only 'square' O-rings on our bikes I know-of are in the calipers.

 

[Blacksun71]

Thanks guys.

Maybe 14 years was really enough for that o-ring. O-ring swelling could also explain why the cap was not properly attached to the bottom part. It looked like it hasn't been changed by the PO either.

I was just surprised to find a different kind of ring from the cap compared to the one I got from Yamaha dealer.