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Hey guys. I'm working on tearing my bike down for a couple of reasons.

1. I like to know how stuff works and it would be fun
2. I want to paint my engine/frame
3. Bike is inside for the winter...why not!

I have never pulled something like this apart so I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find a step by step process for dismantle. I've already gotten a little ways on it. At this point I need to pull out the gas tank but there is still some gas left in there and I don't know how to get it out. I think I'll just siphon the gas out to minimize any mess. Let me know if you can help.

syvmn wrote:Hey guys. I'm working on tearing my bike down for a couple of reasons.

1. I like to know how stuff works and it would be fun
2. I want to paint my engine/frame
3. Bike is inside for the winter...why not!

I have never pulled something like this apart so I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find a step by step process for dismantle. I've already gotten a little ways on it. At this point I need to pull out the gas tank but there is still some gas left in there and I don't know how to get it out. I think I'll just siphon the gas out to minimize any mess. Let me know if you can help.

Get yourself a Clymer manual and / or download the factory manual (it's nice having a book you could flip open). Take LOTS and LOTS of pics and notes. Most importantly - TAKE YOUR TIME! If you have questions about something in particular that your pics and notes (or the manuals for that matter) don't show - ask here. I did the same thing you're doing at the end of last year with my 600 and had a blast doing it. I also learned a BOAT LOAD. It was a bit frustrating from time to time but totally worth it in the end. With the exception of the innards of the motor / tranny, I know that bike inside and out. I'm now building a 400 for the track from the ground up (bought EVERYTHING in pieces - frame and all). This time around, I'll start digging a bit more into the motor / tranny (clutch actually), So I'm looking forward to cutting my teeth on some of the more involved stuff

Good luck!
Brandon

+1 on everything brandon said. I'm in the exact same boat you are only I'm a month ahead of you. I have the Haynes manual and I downloaded and printed yamaha manual at work. I'm completely disassembled and waiting to get the frame powder coated. I'm not yet brave enough to open the engine or transmission-they work fine! I started this process to replace the sprockets and chain and work on the plastics but said F-it!!!! this suckers coming completely apart. I just hope it all goes back together as smoothly

Good luck!!!

I'll have to look for those manuals. All I want is the engine out, not the engine apart.

You can buy a haynes/clymer manual on just about any bike parts website. They have much better pics than the yamaha one I downloaded from here. I personally prefer to have them both. I follow the factory one then I look at the pics in the Haynes. I don't blame you for not taking the engine apart either. I'm not going to try it!!! I believe you can find the factory manual in the garage section of this website. I wouldn't worry about printing the section on engine disassembly. My God, that section alone is about half the manual!

I can't seem to find the link to the factory manual. Can anyone shoot it to me quick.

syvmn wrote:I can't seem to find the link to the factory manual. Can anyone shoot it to me quick.

Here it is over on the Archives:

http://www.fzrarchives.com/ipb/index.ph ... opic=36296

If you DO decide to get either the Haynes or Clymer manual, just know that the Haynes has MUCH better pics (the Clymer pics are kind of dark). However, the Clymer is devoted solely to the 600 (Haynes covers 600, 750, and 1000).

I looked at the factory manual and the picture really suck. I would like to get my hands on the haynes or clymer manuals but theyre going for around $30 on ebay. Anyone have one sitting around they would let me borrow for the winter...or at least a few months?
I'll pay shipping both ways.

Thanks

Tim