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Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 17, 2015, 23:44:32 PM 
I get to say it first...Hey get in line Bucko.......lol....
Posted by Bucko
- May 17, 2015, 20:58:13 PMHey Troll, looking for any more friends ?
Posted by Troll
- May 17, 2015, 16:00:02 PMSoooo, today I went over to the guy's house with the carbs, and helped him change the starter clutch. The bike has been siting since 2012, so it really needs some TLC. He had a puller he bought at a local auto parts place and couldn't get the alt. rotor off with it. We got serious and broke the puller in two. I went home and got my G.M. real thing professional quality puller and we had the rotor off in about 5 mins. The roller clutch was cracked exactly where the picture he got from the internet said it would be. We put it back together, dumped the "oil" and installed the carb. assy. New gas, anew oil and freshly reman carbs...The thing fired up instantly, just like it had only been sitting over night. I hadn't heard one of these run in a while...forgot how crappy they sound. Nice smooth idle @ 1,000 rpm, jazz the throttle, and the thing just jumps....but it sounds like ....$#!+!
Posted by Troll
- May 10, 2015, 07:08:52 AMYou could say that, but consider this is the fueling part of the Yamaha V-Boost system that was a revolution when it hit the streets back in '85...Yes, it's complicated, but it also makes LOTS of power!
Posted by KEN.
- May 09, 2015, 22:46:46 PMWell there's the beauty of a single carb....KEN.
Posted by Troll
- May 07, 2015, 18:40:41 PMI took this on as a money maker for a friend. I'm charging him well below what a dealer or specialty shop would charge. This is the carb. rack off a 2001 Yamaha V-Max. This bike has not run in many years, and everything, and I do mean everything on these carbs was stuck. Several days of soaking the screws in WD-40 and then using a hand impact driver with a set of JIS anti-cam out screwdriver bits, and I finally got them all apart. I got complete gasket sets but the carb slide diaphragms are $105 each... Two of them had holes in them, so I patched them with liquid rubber and let them set up over night. So far, they seem to be holding vacuum...no guarantees.. It's been a while since I got back into this stuff, so, even though it took me more time than it should have, I got it done. I'm glad that the guy never tried to start the bike when he got it, the bowl gaskets on two of the carbs were missing completely. Nice thing is all the parts are available, not so nice thing is how much they cost....