What did you do to your Vmax today? Part 2

[Fire-medic]

So the 94 I just got in has turned into painting the engine while its out and repainting the body work and a number of other small things turn signals ,faring etc.

He's gonna be so-happy when he gets it back!

 

[CaptainKyle]

Cleaned on the front half of my garage for over 5 hours. I should
Have took a picture before I started. The last picture is the back half with all my parts and 6 more bike it will probably take me 3 days to clean and reorganize. I can barely wait.lol

 

[Fire-medic]

My workspace looks more like pic #6. Lotta stuff.

 

[CaptainKyle]

My workspace looks more like pic #6. Lotta stuff.

Picture 6 needs to be cleaned up but just one of me and not enough time. I will probably be throwing away stuff that will make people cringe.

 

[CaptainKyle]

Yesterday killed me cleaning with the torn tendons in my hand . I took it easy today and built a dragonfly out of rebar and butter knives and a drag racing Christmas tree out of an old camshaft, pushrods and valves.

 

[Fire-medic]

The Christmas tree is pretty-neat, something any gearhead would like to have in their home. The wife? Not so-much. Better keep it in the garage to be admired by visitors.

 

[CaptainKyle]

Pulled another engine today getting ready to do another transmission. I bought a lift cart from Harbor freight and it made it so much easier. No more lifting.

 

[Fire-medic]

Well you should be able to do this work for a long time to come with that assistance!

 

[gentsvmax]

Hey Kyle, looks like your shop has the one thing that's really important, but usually overlooked in some home based shops Ive been in.
LIGHT, and plenty of it!
My little Maxfab shop is a fraction of the size of yours but was hard to effectively light.
L.E.D., incandescent, flood, direct and tone were all important considerations in getting that just right, all angle, usefull shop light.
Having that right light, once I got it, is as important and appreciated as having the right tools.
Gent

 

[CaptainKyle]

Hey Kyle, looks like your shop has the one thing that's really important, but usually overlooked in some home based shops Ive been in.
LIGHT, and plenty of it!
My little Maxfab shop is a fraction of the size of yours but was hard to effectively light.
L.E.D., incandescent, flood, direct and tone were all important considerations in getting that just right, all angle, usefull shop light.
Having that right light, once I got it, is as important and appreciated as having the right tools.
Gent

I actually have a few lights out right now . I have a few new ones I need to put up. I am waiting on a buddy to help me since I can't look up to much or work over my head to much do to neck issues.

 

[02GF74]

There's a smell of petrol (or gas if you are in the US)

The braided hose from fuel pump to carbs is leaking. You can see it black and shiny, and if you look carefully there is a steam of fuel pouring out.

Well pissed off as I replaced it recently, either last year or the year before

 

[02GF74]

The culprit, perished hose, out of phocus foto but you can see umpteen cracks.

Next task, attack the clutch slave...

 

[Fire-medic]

The culprit, perished hose, out of phocus foto but you can see umpteen cracks.

Next task, attack the clutch slave...

A good time to remind people that gasoline vapors can travel dozens of feet to an ignition source, and once lit, can flash back to the source, which could be your leaking motorcycle's gas supply system and a pool of gas accumulated beneath the bike. Its explosive range is from 1.4% to 7.6% How many of us keep one and preferably two ABC fire extinguishers of sufficient size close-by in your garage/work area?

Now, about that slave cylinder...

 

[02GF74]

A couple of tips when refitting.
The aftermarket hose is slightly larger diameter so the original wire clamps are hard to move over the hose.

So fit them in their final position and push the hose onto the tails, the clamps will expand. A tiny dab of petroleum jelly (vaseline) inside the hose ends helps.

The same with the airbox breather hose. It's impossible to grip the clip to open it out in order to move it over the hose. So again fit it in final position and push the airbox down holding breather, the clips expands as the hose goes over the tube.


My bad; should have taken more precaution for the fuel spillage.

 

[Fire-medic]

Some people may choose to use a traditional serrated (slotted) hose clamp. Those tear-up the outside of the hose, as the slots catch the rubber. A better camp to use is a small-diameter fuel-injection hose clamp, which does not have that row of slot holes in the steel circumferential band.

 

[02GF74]

Yes those type, in stainless steel, are my preferred version but there are at least 5 different types, from the slotted types you mention, similar ones with solid bands (we call them jubilee clips), to spring loaded ones and those that are crimped.

The type fitted by yamaha bear closest resemblance to charnwood wire clamps.

 

[02GF74]

An empty milk carton, a pair of scissors...


To make a small funnel to catch fluid when draining the clutch. I don't have hose clamp or want to risk damaging a 25 year old rubber hose.

 

[02GF74]

And funnel on action after loosening the reservoir lid.



@FM feel free to add to the clutch slave sticky if you think any of this will help others. It's seems like a daunting task but so far has been easy.

You need to have spare cover gasket too.

 

[02GF74]

Doesn't look too bad in there.


And is this the push rod seal?

 

[maleko89]

Yeah, clutch pushrod #1 seal. Other side of that should see small, round, metal oil gland that lubricates the pushrod.

Mark