Silver Cafe V

[Lucky]

finished changing the oil again (i say finished because i left the drain plug out when refilling it last time & wasted 2 new qts of oil!!  :'( )

ran it a few minuets & i THINK there is no more water in the oil..  i'll watch it closely & let you know.  if the oil stays clear, i'll drain it once more & refill with something good.

--Lucky

[Lucky]

I made new baffles to replace the missing baffles in the stock exhaust today, & the oil seems to be holding up..

details of the exhaust repair are on my blog:
http://xz550.spaces.live.com/

--Lucky

[YellowJacket!]

nice job!  Looks good Lucky.

David

[Rick G]

Thats interesting , one of my sets of MACs has 1 baffle stuck in place and befor the other rusts up I had thought of  converting it to a defuser type baffle , so I wont have to wrestle the cores out to repack them.
Thats another  defered project! ;D

[YellowJacket!]

Thats interesting , one of my sets of MACs has 1 baffle stuck in place and befor the other rusts up I had thought of  converting it to a defuser type baffle , so I wont have to wrestle the cores out to repack them.
Thats another  defered project! ;D

I'm glad I'm not the only one.  I'm still trying to figure how to get it out so I can add some packing.  I really think there is none at all and it's flowing too freely as I lose my top end power.  I may spray a little phosphoric acid on it and see what happens.

David

[Rick G]

Dave , on my first set I used a pair of  large channel locks to grip the bar and pulled and twisted  them out . I got them from Ron Ghetti,  so they were well cared for and not very old. (I think he has sensitive ears,lol) :D .  The second set were off of eBay and prolly came from a junk yard . I finally borrowed a slide hammer and after hoseing them with WD40, managed to get one out . My third set came from a former forum member in MN., DT,  who sold his V in favour of a Ducati. Having  no further use for them, sold them to me for shipping, as he had used the  front cylinder head pipe on a custom  exhaust he built .  I had destroyed my first set  in  a crash , and all that was left was the front head pipe!  A marrage made in heaven!! The third set  come out fairly easily , I suggest any one who has MACs to pull them every three months , and mayby leave them out all winter , as part of seasonal moth balling.

[YellowJacket!]

Thanks Rick.  I had asked this a few months back and got many suggestions for getting them out but lost track of the post.

Hey Lucky, You have a slide hammer????

David

[Lucky]

i don't think so, but i'll double check...

[Lucky]

I just ran out to start it before work & the oil is definatly better, i think it'll be fine now. 

It has developed a new problem though, it won't start if the signal fuse is in, but once running, if i put the fuse in it continues to run fine.  it has the stock fuse box, & i haven't really touched the electricals much, so i'll have to look into that one...

--Lucky

[Lucky]

can someone take a micrometer & tell me how deep the threads are for the horn cover bolts please?
mine are very shallow & i think i may need to clean/tap them out.  i'm off work tomorrow & want to grab the bolts & washers today while i'm at work.

Thanks, --Lucky

[Aelwulf]

Speaking of those, I posted a fair bit ago asking what was used to hold that on.  You have the size info for 'em?  Just bolts and washers I'm guessing to go under the plastic plug covers?

[h2olawyer]

Lucky -

The holes for the horn cover bolts go through to the tubes.  I just took a depth gauge to the ones on parts bike & came up with a bit over 1/2 inch.  Don't know how far the threads go in - I couldn't get to a good angle to see into the holes.

If you need a better measurement of the depth, I can go back out, measure again & write it down this time.

Tractor had plugged holes, too.  I took a tiny drill bit & got a hole in the gunk so I could use a length of copper house wiring to finish getting most of it out.  Then some WD-40 to clean the crap out of the threads, followed by a good blast of compressed air.  Then chased the threads with a tap.  Worked slick & took all of 30 minutes max for both sides.

Alewulf - there's a special shouldered bolt & washer you can order from Yamaha (at least they still had them last May).  2 bolts & 2 washers ran just under $10.  I'm sure you can make something from hardware available at ACE or other good hardware stores.  Maybe Lucky will post with his solution.

H₂O

[Lucky]

OK, SO I SHOULD BE GOOD WITH 1/2 - 3/4 " DEPTH (WHATEVER THAT IS IN mETRIC)  I DON'T HAVE COPVERS, BUT STAINLESS WILL LOOK FINE

SORRY ABT THE CAPS, I'M AT WORK, IT'S THE DEFAULT ON OUR PC'S & I DIDN'T LOOK UP TILL AFTER I TYPED THIS

--lUCKY

[Aelwulf]

Off the cuff I'd guess 16mm, give or take 2mm?

[h2olawyer]

A half inch gets you into contact with the fork tubes.  The Yamaha bolts use about 1/4 - 3/8 inch of the threads.

H₂O

[Tiger]

 :) If you are using hex head bolt's, you will need... 2 x M6x12mm and 2 x M6 flat washer's, to button the horn cover back on... ;)

                8).......TIGER....... 8)

[Rick G]

Dave , one thing I neglected to mention,  was that the slide hammer in question had a hook bent on the end , and I drilled a 1/4 inch hole at the end of the baffle to insert it into.   :)

[Lucky]

Dave, sorry, no slide hammer...  > :(

worked on Cafe V today, a little fix up & a bit of spit & polish:

opinions please on the last part...
http://xz550.spaces.live.com/default.aspx

--Lucky

[kwells]

looks good lucky...should do the trick...I'd prob leave the coolant tubes...but hey...that's ur choice...either way...would keep the yearly polishing to a min

[Lucky]

yeah the tubes & exhaust look pretty good after cleaning up, but i do eventually want to dump that 25lbsih of exhaust for Macs...