Carb rebuild

[oz1961]

Hey guys

just wondering if you know of a great carb rebuild video to watch before I pull mine apart
Thanks in advance

 

[Fire-medic]

Contact Damon on here, he has a few videos which will save you $, I believe he sells them on ebay. Search under 'members' @ the top of the page.

I use K&L float needles, you can buy 'em from ebay # 18-8944 is the part #. Or, order directly from K&L. Parts Unlimited also has a good kit:

https://www.parts-unlimited.com/bro...VCIDGzvU0/HMmlHi+AOD6Pik=#partNumber-10030367

The advantage of this Parts Unlimited kit is it has the jet block gasket, the needle valve and seat, various O-rings (including that tiny one-part #10 underneath the CV carburetor cap for the diaphragm slide, next to the pilot screw-part #22, fiche, below), a carb float bowl gasket, and the enrichener body gasket-part #17. 1985-2007, all the same. If you ordered these separately from a dealer, it would cost you >2 times this Parts Unlimited kit's price. I usually buy OEM stuff, but I've had good luck with the Parts Unlimited carburetor parts on multiple bikes.

2006 Yamaha V-MAX 1200 (VMX12V) Carburetor | Ron Ayers

Prices you would pay separately:

Gasket for the enrichener body (choke plunger/piston)

3JB-14536-00-00

Retail Price: $12.99

Your Price: $9.09


Gasket for the float bowl jet block

3JB-14199-00-00

Retail Price: $21.99

Your Price: $16.34


Needle Valve Assy for the carburetor float, not including the plug/cap and its O-ring, which you knock-out to remove/replace the needle valve seat

1FK-14190-15-00

Retail Price: $28.99

Your Price: $26.72



O-Ring for the float bowl-gasket

22V-14147-00-00

Retail Price: $21.99

Your Price: $16.31


O-Ring for the main nozzle

22U-14147-00-00

Retail Price: $5.99

Your Price: $4.37

There are several other O-rings I didn't list, but that partial $ list is at $69, so you see that the K&L kit saves you $.

 

[JMax92]

Gen 1: On YouTube, look for Virago XV535 carburetor, same carbs except they only have 2. There are some YouTube videos on VMax carbs, but many more on the Virago.
There is an excellent Timelapse of someone stripping a full VMax set of 4, but it is so fast and the camera never zooms in on any detail so it is hard to see what is really going on.
Good luck