He's gonna be so-happy when he gets it back!
What did you do to your Vmax today? Part 2
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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
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
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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.My workspace looks more like pic #6. Lotta stuff.
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.
Well you should be able to do this work for a long time to come with that assistance!
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
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.
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
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
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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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
The type fitted by yamaha bear closest resemblance to charnwood wire clamps.
Yeah, clutch pushrod #1 seal. Other side of that should see small, round, metal oil gland that lubricates the pushrod.
Mark
Mark
