Kurt
Thinking back about 5 years the thing that sent me down the road of endless
mods was a problem with the small end of the
connecting rods on my bike.Mr. Max does not like to go into the red part of
the tach at all (not to say that you did that originally) sounds like a
factory problem.Is the problem with the gear rounded dogs?if so have the
dealer pay special attention to the number 2 shift fork (maybe bent) its
cheap to replace now (I've also been there).The rods are one of the weak
points in the motor I currently run Carrillo's and they are bushed with
bronze,with the stock rods the wrist pin bore of rod is not bushed so the
bearing is ductile iron the same material as the rod itself and if what I'm
assuming at this point
is correct your rods have an elongated hole at that bearing.In any event
what the dealer is probably thinking is that you missed a shift rounded the
dogs on second and messed up the rods which is probably not the case but
thats how they think.
Gary
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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: Noise in the motor
> Well, about two months ago I asked for help about a knock in my 2000 Max.
> Some people told to blow it up while still under warranty! The dealer I
> bought it from said drive it until it breaks! I went to another dealer
after
> the Mad Max shootout.(THE NOISE WAS THERE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE RACE.)
They
> called me today and said you have two bad connecting rods and second gear
is
> bad the bike only has 1500 miles on it and IM not an animal. I do the
> occasional wheelie and burnout but what the hell. The dealer asked me to
pay
> for the gear because Yamaha would see that as my fault for the connecting
> rods do to excessive wear. He told me if he tells Yamaha about second gear
> they wont fix the motor I don't get how the gear is bad after 1500 miles
just
> my luck I guess! Has anyone else had bad connecting rods?
>
> Kurt
> 2000 VEE~MAX
> VMOA #1159
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