Recent content by Vykk

Looks good to me

Since I’ve been losing sleep over this, didn’t go to work today and decided to tear into the bike. Incoming photo video dump. From what I can tell, everything looks pretty good. I didn’t separate the shaft from the pumpkin… yet

I won't be able to get to it again until the weekend. Rubber snubbers... those are the rubber dampeners inside the rear wheel right.

Slapped everything back together, and did some more investigating. Put it up on the center stand. Pulled the boot back a bit and it looks like the middle drive bolt is on there solid. I changed out the final drive gear oil which was pretty black. Started it up and put it in 1st and let the tire...

So, the clunk seems to happen while running, in 1st gear from a stop take off. As I release the clutch and it starts to grab, I hear the clunk. I should be getting my replacement gasket, and I found my old GoPro. Maybe I'll mount it pointing at my left hand to see if I can capture exactly...

That's the thing. I feel like the clutch is good to go. When I got the bike, it didn't have much resistance. So, Saturday I got all the old brownish fluid out and reverse bled the clutch and got all the air out of the line, then bled the clutch until clear dot 3 fluid came out of the hose...

Ok, just so I understand what you're saying. Don't pull out push rod 1 #19. Take the cover off the other side, heard you have to pull the slave cylinder. Then pull-out push rod 2 #21 so the ball-bearing doesn't fall out. Then inspect push rod 2 #21 and probably the slave cylinder since I have...

I pulled the clutch a few times with the cover off and everything still attached. Seemed pretty smooth, not hard to pull, no jerking. I have not checked the push rod. I did have to push it in a tad when reassembling after checking the plates. Should that be pushed in all the way in...

Took the cover off. Everything looks pretty good. Bolt were tight, not stripped. Basket looks good. Plate and diaphragm looks good. This is all my opinion which could be incorrect. The friction plates measure about 2.99 mm on average. I did a wiggle test… is this normal?

Yup, changed the oil and bled the clutch. Ordered a new clutch gasket, so I will probably take the cover off tonight and take a look. Might order some Yamalube and see if that does anything different. That's what I used in my 82 XJ550 for years. Side note question. Best place to order...

Sorry, bike was in 1st gear, and I was just using the clutch for the gears to catch. Also new to hydraulic clutches, wasn't sure if there was an adjustment on them or not, like a set screw.

Hello, I am new here. I have been wanting a Vmax for a very long time and I finally bought one. Found a decent deal on a 2000 (12k miles) in town, picked it up last Thursday. Super excited and really fun to ride. So, first off the clutch lever was very weak so last weekend I bled the clutch and...