caliper bolt misalignment

[mro]

Part Numbers

Can get here >>> http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/parts/home.aspx

Do not need to log on, just go to catalog/parts.


mro

[service writer]

solved...for now

I called the dealer, and got no help except a phone number for YAMAHA customer service. 1-800-962-7926. Quite helpful. I asked the parts specialist to get a set in her hands...uhh a set of brake pads that is Over the phone description confirmed they are the wrong ones I was sold. I called the dealer back and got them ordered. They asked me if I opened the package on the wrong ones......UHHH YEAH!!! Anyways, thanks for the help. Great forum!
Paul

[service writer]

update

The YAMAHA pads number has been superceded to:
4w1w004609. They eliminated the pin and spring retainer.

EBC brakes got back to me via email, they also confirmed by description the wrong pads. The ones I bought were FA41 , I should have got FA61. Catalog doesn't show this however

Still waiting on the pads

I'm off to do some research on leaking carbs from older posts. IF not too much trouble, there is a post about complete rebuild and would like to find it. I have seen references to it but haven't stumbled across it . If anyone can put up a link that would be helpful.

I can't imagine working on this animal if I only had to rely on the dealer

[trbig]

Partsnmore.com has the pads and includes the pin and spring clip for $16. It also has the float needles you will need for your leaking carbs at $4 each (X$). They have a minimum 35 dollar order though. You may just have some trash letting the valve not seat though.


Tod

[fredintoon]

Remember when bikes had chains?

Hi SR,
you had to replace chain & sprockets both
or things wore out real quick. Betcha it's the same with float needles. Replace the needles & seats as a set. The small extra investment will pad your order above the $35 minimum and work better too.

[service writer]

I had ordered the yamaha pads through the dealer mostly because I didn't want to have grief returning the wrong ones. In hindsight, I should have just got them through partsnmore. I didn't expect the carb situation...silly me.

[Jerry]

EBC brakes got back to me via email, they also confirmed by description the wrong pads. The ones I bought were FA41 , I should have got FA61. Catalog doesn't show this however

The EBC catalog does show the FA41 as the rear set for an XJ. Is EBC saying this is incorrect?

EBC catalog. Look at page 29, near the top. XS11s are listed on the same page.

I've run a couple sets of EBC both front and back on the XJ, don't remember having a problem with EBC pad fitment, pretty sure the last ones I put on back were FA41s, but it has been a couple years....

[service writer]

I think the pads are packaged wrong.
I'll update when I'm positive.

[Axel]

not a XJ ?

Looks to me like the bike is not a XJ but a XS . These are not like my calipers or like Tod's pictures. If XJ pads (wedge shaped) are mistakingly mounted on the XS caliper maybe the bolt would not be where its intended .

[service writer]

She's an XJ. The old pads bevel matchs Tod's.

Here is the email from Jon Wright @ EBC:

Thank you for sending the photos of the pads, I have checked the o/epart no 4W1 W0046 00 and no longer have an o/e sample but have orderedone to double check, but looking at the picture you sent the FA 41 padshould have a thin finish at the top of the pad and taper down to athick finish on the bottom - this is with the pin at the back of thecaliper as you fit the pads or material side facing you thin at the top/ thick at the bottom and the pin hole on the left- if you go to thewebsite www.ebcbrakes.com and click onto the USA catalogue and go topage 85 in the pad buyers guide there is a drawing to scale of the pad -the pad with the taper going thick top thin bottom is FA 61, Hope thisinformation has helped you, Thank you Jon Wright



Matching up what I bought, http://www.ebcbrakes.com/Assets/2007usamc.pdf

The pads match the FA61. But were labeled FA41.

They better have been packaged wrong or I'll be back to square 1. Actually, a step behind that.

[Axel]

Drugs

I guess I was on drugs . My caliper is like that .

[trbig]

I guess I was on drugs . My caliper is like that

Like what?? With a really rusty caliper piston and mud all over everything??


Tod

[service writer]

IS a BS34 a BS34 is a BS34?

I want to order carb rebuild kits. What I don't know is (aside from a million other things), that a mikuni BS34 is the same. That is if I order parts for any BS34, are they the same regardless of year/make model etc?

Is there a particular model to look for that will fit my bike?
(...not the schwin)
I haven't been able to find an xj1100j kit listing.

If anyone is interested in a road trip and stopping in for my pig roast on the 11th of August, let me know, and I'll send directions.





Still haven't got the pads yet.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Writer,

The later carbs are BS34III's, but you'll want to look for kits for the 80-81 series carbs, with push in float needle valve seats vs. screw in, an O-ring for it, and viton rubber tipped float needles vs solid metal. The main jets are smaller ranges, 110-120 vs. the 137.5+ of the earlier styles, and you don't need the pilot jet tower rubber caps, leave them OFF. The gaskets are the same for all years, but you'll want to inspect the old ones closely to make sure all of the punched out holes are the same, may need to actually add a hole for proper venting of the enrichener portion!

Kits from Carbkitscapital come with the slide needles as well, but unless yours show signs of Xsive wear, you probably won't need to replace them, as well as the jets.

So....usually all you need in a kit is the gasket, seat, o-ring,float needle, and can get them for $12.00 from MikesXS or Partsnmore,
don't have the model# handy, but you can see the parts in their photos to match the above description!
Glad to be of "service"
T.C.

[fredintoon]

And another thing

Hi SW,
what TC sez, plus:-
the rubber plugs in the kit that you MUST NOT fit up the slow running jet holes because (it's a multi-use kit) on your carbs they block off the fuel supply to those jets can still serve a useful purpose. The idle mixture adjuster screws in the top front of your carbs were EPA mandated to be sealed at the factory. You have to remove that seal to take the needles out for cleaning. Once the seals are gone those screws are a dirt trap. The rubber plugs fit the holes to make ideal removable dirt seals.