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i just started rebuilding the engine for my DualSport/scrambler project and this is what I came up with for splitting the cases. I went to Ace and bought four 8mm extended nuts, screwed them partially on to the studs, screwed the longer case bolts in until they bottomed on the studs and tapped...

Response to Hovel; The only downside I can see is I couldn't find a Stateside source and have not dealt with buying anything from Europe since I got scammed on a plasma cutter many years ago. I believe Heiden is very reputable I just haven't worked with them directly.

Guys have been doing the mod/repair forever. I raced with a repaired oil strainer and never had an oil issue.

Yes, it is the sump strainer, the Yamaha Service Manual I have just calls it an oil strainer. I hadn't heard of any issues with the Mikes strainer and yes the mesh is a little more open but I was more worried about any added restriction from the perforated screen support, not so much now that I...

Not particularly important but I am going through a 1979 engine and will be replacing the Oil Strainer with a new strainer from MikesXS with the improved screen support. My question is should I just toss the old one or save it? Back in the day I repaired them, but I don't plan to do that. I can...

Thank you both. I kinda figured that was the answer I was going to get; I was just curious if there was some super cleaner out there. it always comes down to good old fashioned elbow grease. Nice job and great pictures by the way. I'm about 60% of that so far. I actually used pump diesel...

Ok, I finally retired and my first project is to build a Dual Purpose/Scrambler. I have a lot of parts collected over a lot of years and the first step is to get my "Shop" in order. This first question is. what do you use in your parts washer. When i was active many years ago I used Simple...

I'm game.

I've got a 98 Sporty and have not had any issues with the belt drive. Granted I leave new tires and belt alignment to people who know what they are doing. Yours does seem like an alignment issue. It might have something to do with you dragging a car, I don't know what stress that might put on...

Why wait, if you believe the friction plates are on their last leg and you have 5 months until you can ride again go ahead and replace them. You can get more familiar with the clutch workings at the same time and it gives you something to do over the winter moths. Just a thought.