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Airhead

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  1. hone the barrel and fit new rings, at such low mileage the bore and piston will hardly be worn at all, my 175 has done 40000 miles and is only on the 2nd oversize piston
  2. Hi Jim yeah removing the oil lines can be a bit of a pain theg grip the serrated spigots quite well, no amount of pulling then will do the job! You will have to slide back any metal clips warm the end of the lines some to make the pipe more pliable, then push the lines off the spigots , dont forget if you have oil in your tank you will need to drain it either before of after the biggest pipe is removed All a bit of a pain really, I wouldnt bother...just tie the blighter up out of the way and you can leave the feed pipe connected but you'll hace to disconnect the output pipe though, take care you dont lose the washer that goes onto the tacho drive gear shaft it always falls off and remember to re-fit it after youve done see the bootlace around the exhaust bracket you'll need a torque wrench to torque up the basket nut and you should fit a new tab washer, they come partly re-bent so are easy to get hold of with some sliding jaw gland type pliers...easy you will need to slacken both crank nut and basket nut together if you haven got a basket holding tool, I understand that the usual way is to stuff a bunch of rags between the pinions to lock them, although I have always used a tool myself, dont forget to replace the little 'o' ring on the crankshaft...under the collar
  3. Be good to see you there Dave...when are you planning to turn up?
  4. Airhead replied to NathanH's post in a topic in Projects
    looks like this is going to be a cracking job
  5. Airhead replied to Dmac's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings Dmac and yeah it would be nice to follow a project thread we dont see many YDS3 on here
  6. dunno but how many ring connectors are there what colour wires are there what are the id marks adjacent to the screw connections do the id marks bear any relation to wire colour see my signature line
  7. Airhead replied to FlyZanzibar's post in a topic in The Bar
    thats the root of your problem, its goog practice to replace the chain and sprockets together. Running a new chain on old sprockets will shorten the life of the new chain
  8. Airhead replied to FlyZanzibar's post in a topic in The Bar
    why not change the sprockets then?
  9. Airhead replied to Goff's post in a topic in FAQs
    yes richard just copy and paste the photobucket browser link into your topic
  10. by all means run on whatever oil you like but leave the shimming as it should be you cannot adjust the pump output Jim
  11. Airhead replied to FlyZanzibar's post in a topic in The Bar
    Tis
  12. Airhead replied to TheBoltons's post in a topic in Yamaha Workshop
    looks ok to me but the best bet is to hone the barrel and fit new rings
  13. Airhead replied to Uhe-95's post in a topic in The Bar
    R&G do a tail tidy for your bike uhe http://www.rg-racing.com/browseType/Tail_Tidies/Yamaha/DT125X/LP0055BK.aspx
  14. Airhead replied to Uhe-95's post in a topic in New Members Welcome Area
    Greetings and uhe
  15. yeah inside and outside spokes are a different angle...why were they all the same?
  16. Airhead replied to jim*jimbo's post in a topic in The Bar
    yeah TYtrials will give you good advice for sure
  17. Greetings Jim and welcome, yeah i'd be pissed off to about the insurance on the little TY!...Surely a mistake
  18. Nice work
  19. Airhead replied to Migthy Mule's post in a topic in Dual Sport, Offroad Bikes
    yes thats a standard mk1 airbox and looks the same as a 175's, If its holding water it looks like you have it sealed up ok
  20. yes I didnt realise it could also be an issue with the bottom bearing! that one should sit flush down on the bottom yoke, sure freeze the stem and warm the bearing for that one
  21. Airhead replied to Paulwhite's post in a topic in General
    mines a large white with blue detail Steve...Thanks
  22. no thats not right Sam, that top bearing is sitting way too high it doesnt look to be seated to me make sure there are no burrs stopping the fixed race from seating. Place the bearing in the deep freezer for an hour before fitting Warm the top of the headstock up before fitting the chilled bearing work quickly and try to re-fit Dont use your new yoke to try to pull it down, use a long bolt 16mm diameter or some screwed rod if possible, keep the strain away from that fine thread on the yoke stem
  23. Greetings Em-J and
  24. Airhead replied to Migthy Mule's post in a topic in Dual Sport, Offroad Bikes
    i didnt realise there wrere differences between the 125 and 175 airboxes, I must say that your picture did look a little unfafiliar at the left hand side (air intake)? but the picture wasnt clear enough to see properly I'm away on holiday at the moment this week and next but I think I have a spare airbox at work