List Your Repairs

[Norms 427]

I am curious to see what the more common repairs are to our VMaxes. I'm asking that you give the year and mileage of your bike and the known repairs performed either by you or the previous owner(s). Modifications done electively don't count unless they are done because something broke or needed repairing, then please list them. Performance enhancements, the same. I'm looking for things that broke or needed repair.

And, of course, please do not list routine maintenance and consumables such as brakes, any fluids, batteries, etc.

I'll go first.

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1985 owned since new, original paint and body work, 52,500 miles.

1. Front fork seals at 39,000 miles (maybe considered a consumable item?)
2. Replaced mufflers with OEM replacements due to some rust-through at 47,000 miles

 

[tothemax93]

1993- bought with 32,000 - 38,000 now

Starter clutch - 33,000
exhaust (inside pipe broke) got marks 4-1
fork seals-32,000- just before I bought it.
clutch slipping -35,000 Replaced with pcw kit.
steering head bearings- 34,000- low speed wobble, bearing had a slight flat spot.
Final drive (noisy when I got it) replaced unit
Shotgun on carb?, running very poorly- fixed it.
O-ring fix -38,000 Replaced with kawi o-ring, new puck
Clutch slave-34,000 leaking
Both valve cover gaskets- dry rotted, seeping-33,000
coils are crack- didn't replace/sealed up with silicone.

 

[ninjaneer]

2004 - bought 2010 with 30K, now has 54K

Repairs:
It looked like the PO rebuilt the water pump.
Replaced rusty steering head bearings (32k-ish)
Clutch slave cylinder seal busted (35k-ish) ==> replaced OEM hydraulic lines with SS, clutch master/slave rebuild, brakes master/caliper rebuild,
Crankcase breather housing gasket weeping oil (38k-ish) ==> replaced manifold o-rings
Starter clutch bolts broke free from their peens (42k-ish) ==> new stator, new R/R, Heavy Duty Ground and Power cables, starter motor overhaul, starter solenoid replaced
Front cylinder valve cover gasket weeping oil (50k-ish) ==> valve shims adjusted

Preventative maintenance:
carb rebuild (gaskets, float needle, etc) ==> DJ S7
fork rebuild (seals, races, bushings, etc) ==> progressive rate springs and racetech emulator

 

[DMAN999]

2000 Vmax with 24,500 Miles on it - (bought with about 3000 Miles on it in 2001)

Replaced Left Fork Seal @ 19,000 Miles
Replaced cracked VBoost Intake Boot Left Side @ about 10,000 Miles
Replaced bad Coil (Left Front was working intermittently) with COPS @ 20,660 Miles
Replaced Blown Clutch (caused by doing a Massive Burnout with a Shinko TM 230 Tire on it) with Barnett Clutch Conversion @ 23,000 Miles

 

[MR_NST]

2007 bought in 2008 w 1400kms

Now has 19000 kms

Replaced 2nd gear due to aggressive use of Week old DD mod. 8900 kms

19000 replaced fork seals with progressive spring mod

Other than that rode hard put away wet and very well maintained.

Peace,
Evan...

 

[fmcandrew]

1995 bought in 2010 with 6,700 miles - now with 10,000

Carb diaphrams - had holes

Front brake master - was weak

Clutch slave - previous owner

Slipping clutch - replaced with Barnett pressure plate

Fork seals - leaking - in process

 

[Traumahawk]

2007 Bought Dec 2011 with 25500 miles now 31500

Front fork seals replaced when I bought it--starting to leak

Ive done various other things...but havent needed them replaced, just wanted to

 

[KJShover]

bought new off the floor (actually out of their storage, being it was winter and they had their snomobiles on the floor) in 2007, Now has over 5k miles
2 driveshafts replaced.

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[BLKMAX]

2003 bought with 5000 miles on it in 2005.
Only -needed- repair was waterpump rebuild in January of 2009 with 42312 miles on it.
52,000+ and going strong (knock on wood)

 

[PATMAX]

Norm, I love to talk Vmax but have had too many and made so many repairs that I honestly think it might be easier to list what has never broken down on me and needed fixed to run. I will enjoy reading everbody else's posts though!

 

[Redbone]

1992 purchased 4/ 07 with 4300 miles
2009 Fork seals replace while lowering w/ progressive kit/ stock battery replaced w/ Odyssey.
2010 replaced 2nd gear/ DD clutch/ carb and air box rubber boots.
Searching through all my paperwork since I've owned Redbone I was surprised of what little work I HAD to do to it vs. what I actually did. I guess I shouldn't have really been surprised though.
Damn furry vermin of a mod monkey anyways!

 

[2stangs69-91]

2006 bought brand new. 20,000 miles
fork seals couple of times put in progressive springs when i did it myself
clutch 14,000 replace with DD
snaped drive shaft 14,500 because of DD..lol
20,000 3rd gear... kept popping out. did undercut(myself) gears from PWC replaced DD with a PWC heavy duty clutch spring Much better!!!!

 

[Dr.n2o]

1989 with 35,000 mi
new oem clutch
fork seals
stator and aftermarket rectifier
replaced cracked coils with cop's
other than that well maintained and ridden hard

 

[Miles Long]

2003, bought new. 82000 kilometers so far. Bone stock engine and exhaust.
Other than "shotgun" carb cleaning @ 76k, just routine maintenance required. Valve check @53k, one exhaust valve a tad tight.

 

[cambo]

2001 with 13,000 miles

-Leaking fork seals replaced, progressive springs @ 12,000 miles

-Weak coils, did COP mod @ 10,000 miles

-Clutch slave leaking, fix in process

Everything else is maintenance or mods. I think I've got off easy (knock on wood)!

 

[leecifer]

2000 vmax bought in Aug. 2011 with 16,000 mi. Replaced fork seals at roughly 19,000 mi. And I was having charging problems and cut out the connector from the r/r and but spliced it back together around 20,000 mi. No more problems since. Now have 22,000 mi.

 

[Bill Seward]

Bought new 1985. Mileages are approximate...

5,000 miles. Broken speedometer cable.

12,000 miles. Muffler showed a bit of bubbling under the chrome at the end of the pipe. Dealer replaced muffler unit.

20,000 miles. Seat covering split. Replaced with a new one dealer supplied.

35,000 miles. R/R unit failed. Replaced with stock.

40,000 miles. Time for a clutch.

Somewhere around this mileage the header pipe busted loose, causing a horrendous rattle. Replaced with used.

50,000 miles. Replaced all 3 rotors with good used ones. I was pulling a trailer at the time, and thought they were getting a bit thin. There was noticable wear on them.

Somewhere around this time, the second seat cover fell apart, and I replaced with a Corbin.

60,000 miles. Stator failure. Replaced with stock, and soldered the 3 wires.

60,000 miles. Replaced carb diaphragms. & steering head bearings.

95,000 miles. Replaced swing arm bearings.

105,000 miles. Approximate mileage for new style R/R unit like the modern bikes have.

120,000 miles. Went through the whole bike and came up with these things that were in need of looking after: Replaced fork seals (they were bad for a good long time, though!). Replaced front wheel bearings. (Back in 1985, Yamaha had a recall on the front wheel bearings. My bike was not one of the bad ones, but the dealer gave me a set of bearings "for later". (They stayed in the box till I had them put in at this time).

About the same time. Got a VBoost controller to replace the one that had failed years earlier (The bike was fast enough for me even with the VBoost disabled) First ride after repairing VBoost, I broke another speedo cable. COPS.

Also, I had the Corbin recovered. Eliminated that stupid flap to refuel. I just lift the seat off now to fill the tank.

Last year. Stainless steel brake lines.

"Consumables"
About 6 batteries.
A number of sets of brake pads.
A couple air cleaner elements
2000 mile oil/filter changes.
Lost count of the tire changes!

 

[V4bandit]

1985 bought with est. 140,000kms on dial. Custom paint.

Rebuilt trans. ( new 2nd / 5th gear, shift forks, shift cam, gear segment )
Clutch throw out rod seal
shift shaft seal
New intake boots
Clean and replace float needles in Carbs
New steer head brgs
New Vboost control unit ( micro machines )
New Vboost cable
Recondition Vboost servo motor ( clean and stress wipers in variable resister )
Rebuild water pump
Replace oil pickup O-ring and install strap to hold in place.
Recondition fuel pump ( clean and reseat diaphram )
Treat fuel tank for rust
Fork seals
Rebuild front brake master cyl.

I think thats it! hahahaha She has been a labour of love for sure. :biglaugh:

 

[V4bandit]

I FORGOT!!!!! LOL

New piston rings
Reseated valves and new valve seals
Adjusted valve clearances and replace valve cover gaskets.

Now I think thats it.

 

[alorio1]

85 bought new in 85, bike has 17K on it presently

Broke drive shaft, 3K
Replaced front fork seals, 8K
cleaned carbs, 10K
Replaced 2 pole starter with 4 pole, 11K
Replaced speedo cable, 12K
Replaced V boost controler 12K
Replaced TCI 12K
Adjusted sterring neck brgs 12K
Replaced carb diaphrams 14K (diaphrams app 23yrs old)
DD mod done due to adding synth oil (my mistake) 14K
Replaced front fork seals 14K
Cleaned front and back caliper pistons 16K