armyofda12mnkeys Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 My mechanic said i needed a 'rocker cap' since it looked like broke up and previous guy just glued it back on somehow. Not sure what this is or where to get one. I have a 1978 XS400 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bznchris Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 find your bike in this list, go to CYLINDER HEAD - CYLINDER, and i *think* it's part number 25. need a second opinion though. http://www.nwvcp.com/pages/parts/viewbybrand/2/Yamaha.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armyofda12mnkeys Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 think my mechanic said it was 4 round things somewhere on the engine, and one of them was kinda broken off and almost ghettoly put back on, think the threads of it were bad so had trouble putting back on... not sure if that helps Think he may have called it a 'valve cap' too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bznchris Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 think my mechanic said it was 4 round things somewhere on the engine, and one of them was kinda broken off and almost ghettoly put back on, think the threads of it were bad so had trouble putting back on... not sure if that helps Think he may have called it a 'valve cap' too. then yep, it's the "plug" part 25. valve cap/rocker cap, whatever. hope it's just the threads on the cap, not the valve cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armyofda12mnkeys Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 then yep, it's the "plug" part 25. valve cap/rocker cap, whatever. hope it's just the threads on the cap, not the valve cover! awesome thanks... i also noticed the site you posted looked like the Yamaha Parts website... and saw they get their stuff from them... so i googled the part number... and saw some listings in Google Shopping area... and also ebay. Found another part i needed based on this search method that you helped me perfect haha... Btw this site that showed up in google shopping results also looks like Yamaha Parts storefront but is cheaper than the site you sent + Yamaha Parts. http://www.boats.net/parts/search/Yamaha/Motorcycle/1978/XS400E/CYLINDER HEAD CYLINDER/parts.html check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bznchris Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 nice find! i will say the guys at nwvcp.com have my loyalty for the time being at least. ordered a bunch of stuff from them and they were out of stock on a $28 headlight socket. they refunded the complete price of the new socket, but threw in a used one for free. cool guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted March 17, 2010 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2010 nice find! i will say the guys at nwvcp.com have my loyalty for the time being at least. ordered a bunch of stuff from them and they were out of stock on a $28 headlight socket. they refunded the complete price of the new socket, but threw in a used one for free. cool guys. there was a spread on them in the Classic bike mechanics last month, i think i used them a couple of times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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