Marcarl

Yah, I tried SeaFoam once, but thought it better to stay with Black Russians. On the other hand I did pour a little leftover in the gas tank to sea what it would do, and then I did a total rebuild anyways.

Who was askin you?

I did that a few years back, and the thing didn't just break,,, it SHATTERED!!!! You know those things aren't cheap?? Just another thing I can do without. Actually my wife hung a picture in place of that thing, and I still look the same today.!.!

Once or twice a year we get together with some other Venture Riders and other type riders. I have known some of them for about 12 years now. This year it occurred to me that some of those present seemed to look older than when I first met them. I wonder what is bringing this on. Is it a new fad that I should get into or is it that they are fed up looking like they had for so long that now they feel a need for a change? Well,,, whatever, I'll let them go at it.

Or try: https://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-NOS-XVZ1200-1300-RZ350-FZ600-FJ600-COVER-THRUST-2-26H-22129-00-00-37-/282716140385 Or maybe just make one from a plastic bottle cap with a rubber insert. There is little to no pressure on these so it's not like they will be under stress and crack I don't think.

You could try to contact Dustyroads, (member here), he has an 85 all torn apart and wanted to leave it in my driveway

I like it, leave it! If you are worried about the paint being of the wrong quality wait a few days and the spray with an automotive clear coat.

You mentioned that you had 2 vacuum ports, but you didn't say what you did with them. Did you plug them? They can't remain open, or be connected to an open source. As Cowpuc mentioned, you also need some sort of vacuum to the ignition advance. Any of these issues will have it running crappy and make for hard starting.

That video doesn't prove much, other than it wasn't running well. He had stalling and starting issues as well and needed the choke to start it properly. He also had problems getting it to idle. Watching the video, I would suggest that the primary circuit was running a bit lean. Don't have any idea what your problem might be though, although it could be traced to the same issue. Try using a bit of restriction on the breather by taping off half of it and see what develops. Maybe post a video of your problem as well.

I may stand corrected, but the 4 bolts holding the covers in place are shoulder bolts and the shoulder prevent a feller from over tightening the covers. The torque applied only deals with the tightness of the bolt in the hole, so bring them nice and snug and you'll be a bug in a rug.

The real reason for this comes from south of the border, they got their timing all mixed up. They sent us awesome riding weather for 3 days and then when it was time, they shut the heater off. Well I guess that makes it easier for Flyinfool and his whitewasher.

Nope!!! dun thinking altogether. When I was young and in my prime I would have done this for just a good time But now that I'm getting older and smarter I would say that this is a non-starter.

I happen to like these posts, not that there is anything wrong with the others, it's just that these 2 said what I might of said if I had thought of it first.

I would suggest you slow down a bit and give them birdies time to cross, after all, don't they have the right of way? Glad to hear you're ok and the F4 stood up!

The answer to your question will depend on the forecast of the weather a little closer to the date. So far it's been off once and then back on again. Looks like there is a good possibility of either rain or sunshine, could be nice and warm or it could be horribly cold. Guess it's a waiting game. Will probably wait until at least Thursday to finalize.

ALl done bro. Just added your paragraph to the original thread.

Freebird, Marcarl and/or to anyone else who can help with this... Couple months ago, before heading out on our emergency call to go see our new grandson,,, I ripped Tweeksis apart to install a new U-Joint.. Not wanting to pay the big $$ to Mom Yam, I ordered off the cross reference found here: https://www.venturerider.org/forum/s...ross-Reference I could not find a supplier of the TRW 20128 (Datsun?) so I went with the Spicer 5-1500x,, that one came in and had no lock ring grooves but had the top clips = my 1st Gens have to use the lower clips = reordered the Moog (Precision) 392. I knew the 392's were greasable thru the caps but figured I would grease it - pull the zerk and plug the hole if I had to. Found out that the 392's and the 5-1500x (I see Spicer does make the 5-1500 with lower clips,, looks like I just got the top clipped ones by chance) are lower clip groove ground at 1.496 inches of yoke space (see "G1" on spec sheet found here: https://www.northerndrivetrain.com/p...I-5-1500X.html ).. 1.496 inch = 38mm and our/my 1st Gen yokes require 40mm clip to clip space.. I ended up shimming out to 40mm with washers on top of the cap journals to make the 392 work (took my calipers down to ACE hardware and purchased 4 - 1mm thick x 10mm in diameter stainless flat washers @10 cents each and used them as shims inside of the caps and on top of the journals).. Thankfully the cap diameters on both the 5-1500's and the 392's do spec exactly the same as the OEM! I have replaced many U-Joints thru the years and the "feel" of the finished product was good after pressing in the caps with the vice and have now got a few miles on Tweeks with this make shift u-joint in place.. The 392 was an 8 dollar part shipped to my door and, being a person who LOVES the challenge of making things work that normally would not work - I would do it all again the same way I did BUT = it might not be a bad idea for the clubs sake to have some form of a disclaimer placed in that tech article so if one of these lop eared varmints gets stranded and needs a quick fix,,, they will know what they are up against.. Originally posted by Cowpuc.

That is a neat lookin trailer, all you need now is a small horse.

That fitting is there to keep water out of the shaft tube. If there wasn't something there it would be a hole and therefore there would be a potential for moisture to get into the tube. Just to put a plug in the hole would make it look like somebody made an error, but by putting a grease fitting there it looks like something important. As time went on and input costs were more deeply considered, some pencil pusher decided that was a place to save some cash, so the hole was eliminated, so saving hundreds of dollars by not having to make the hole, thread the hole and the cost of the fitting. They were also able to eliminate 2 jobs at the front desk because of the decline in phone calls regarding the fitting that went nowhere. Nobody ever owned up to the design error, so it was recorded as a mistake instead, and the world lived happily ever after.

Now that is a grand idea! Who thought of that?

Glad you got it fixed, nothing worse than going out for a ride and not being sure if things will hold together for ya.

Good stuff all the way, bet this one will feel different than the 'old' one though.

Congrats Scott, and Miss Tippy. Now you really should be ashamed of yourself,,,,, not having any pictures!!!!

So first off, you have my condolences!!! Yep! you're thinking that now you'll have time to do some pleasure things, like riding, seadoing, skiing, swimming, going to the movies, camping................ well we'll see how that works out, keep us posted. But I think you're going to find out that you got more done when you were working. As far as the Bum is concerned, come over here first, then you'll be properly trained to do a perfect job for him.