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That Red,, he's a smart cookie!!!

By the way,, on helping your buddy with his scoot - makes playing with this stuff a whole lot more fun when done with a good buddy!!

Hi Vlad, I am pretty much sure that the shift shaft is supported by a reamed hole in the stator cover (speaking from experience with a 1st Gen here - never worked on a 2nd Gen) and I dont believe there is a replaceable bushing or bearing that supports it.. Help me help you and answer this for me - if you are looking at the oil seal that needs replacing, did you have to remove the stator cover to get at it? If you did, take a peek at the passage thru the stator cover and see if you notice a bushing? Probably not.. If my hunch is correct, it will be necessary to replace the cover (big bucks) to stablize the shaft OR (and I have done this successfully) you could drill out that shaft passage, jump on a lathe and make a replacement bushing for that location OR (and I have done this successfully too) you can pick up some instant bushing making stuff (thinking the stuff I used was made by Loctite) - pick up a shoulder bolt with the same diameter as the O.D. of the shift shaft, clean the cover really well with brake cleaner and a small piece of emery cloth - wrap the bolt with wax paper - slide the wax paper covered bolt thru the shift shaft hole in the cover from the internal side so the bolt is sticking outside of the cover and the head is inside - put a smear of grease on the head of the bolt - enough to keep the Loctite bushing maker from leaking thru, lay the cover down and the bolt head and squirt the loctite in from the outer area, let it dry and pull the bolt out. That loctite is GOOD stuff - its actually not uncommon to use the stuff on actual spinning shafts in industry. With a little effort you should be able to pull the seal without removing the shift shaft (kind of a pain cause you gotta pull it from the clutch side). Drill a couple small holes in the seal and screw in a couple self tapping screws to pull on, slide it off the shaft and slide a new one on. All that said,,, let's let this answer set for while and see if one of these guru's comes along and corrects what I am thinking here... VERY POSSIBLE that what I am thinking is off base a little - not uncommon if that happens

Did you check and see if the plates were tight in the basket after you torqued it down? Almost sounds like you are missing a plate or something. If you got 1/32 of movement out of the pressure plate after tightening the spring bolts up that sounds adequate for clutch disengagement.. Also,, never worked on a single spring Yamaha but I have on some Harley's, the HD singles are concaved springs, any chance your putting the spring in upside down?

Statement!!

@MJ44,,,,,,,,, think Tooch found something that belong's to you.... Tooch,,, if this thread wasn't meant for Mary Jo YOU got a LOT of explaining to do :stirthepot::witch_brew: wonder how fast MJ was going to get that thang parked liked that:bowdown:

W0W ZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW IS THAT PURRRRDY!!!! Now THAT is some seriously GORGEOUS motorcycling happening there Sleeper,, WOW is that snazzy!! If I were the CEO of Mom Yam I would take the picture you stuck on here,, go running into our next board meeting and say ""look people,,, if those folks over at HMC keep this up we will never catch up - I want each of you to take a longgggg hard look at this color combination and try to "feel" what makes people who see something like this go - then I wanna see something similar using the 1700cc V-4 motor as a build platform - GOT IT PEOPLE? Now GO TO WORK!!!"" :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 Congrats Sleeper and happy touring on that GORGEOUS new Wing!!!

Hey Dave,,, NICE SCOOT BROTHER!! Just wanted to let you know that your ad is not actually in the classifieds - you might wanna double back, click on the "classifieds" icon on the top line at the top of this page and put it in there so it doesnt get "lost" in the Ebay/Craigs section.. Just an FYI in hopes of helping you with your sale.. She is a DANDY brother - lots and lots of miles of smiles left in that purdy scoot!!

Back toward the end of my dirt riding days I did a fair amount of single track night riding - talk about fun!! This was before the perfection of LED lighting and HID was state of art, all the rage and VERY expensive (700 dollars per light was not uncommon).. I know high output lighting coils (stator) and battery was required to keep those puppies glowing but MAN were they awesome!! I also know that current LED lighting has an advantage by demanding far less amperage than the HID's reguired back then. Personally, I would check the amp draw on those HID's brother and see just how much of a strain they are putting on the system and make my call from that perspective. Lower amp load means easier on the system and a cooler running scoot too.. If it's reasonable, I would keep em and enjoy them after getting them rewired to your liking...

SO GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU Z - Thank you for the update brother!! Right there with you my friend - THANKFULLY it all happened at the time of day that it did!!! So sorry to hear about the loss of your belongings and triple that about the loss of your pets - talk about heartbreaking!! Thank GOD you are all ok!!! Godspeed as you work thru it all, if there is anyway we can help PLEASE let us know!

I LOVE the way you think Yamagrl!!

GREAT to hear from you Z!! Been thinking of and praying for you folks, soooo glad to know you are all ok my friend!! Godspeed as you all progress thru the situation out there - sharing in your tears brother!!

INDEED TOOCH - that has that certain "Chopper" appeal to it doesn't it:178:!! I LOVE IT!! That thing would be a RIOT at that Oberlin MD - after dusting off all the tents and bikes a guy could easily putt over the pond and go pond monster hunting without the worries of getting nipped by one .. I can see LOTS of other uses for it, seeding and fertilizing the lawn would be a breeze - just toss a good mix into the blades,,,, snow blowing would no longer be a dreaded chore, even cleaning gutters would be a BLAST!! What a COOL contraption!!:cool10::guitarist 2:

WOW ZZZZZZZZZZ WOW WOW WOW ZZZ WOW WOW WOW - NOW THAT PUPPY IS ONE GORGEOUS MOTORCYCLE!!!!!:dancefool::dancefool::dancefool::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Catch my breath here,, WOW,,, someone REALLY went all out on that sweetheart - just beautiful!! Looks like a brand new bike with all the fixins - man is that purdy:178:!!!! You sure know how to pick em Boss:happy34:!! Would love to meet the previous owner of that scoot and shake his hand - definitely our kinda folk - was he by any chance a member here Don? Personally, I LOVE the looks of that seat, definitely has a classy eye catching appeal to it - dont believe I have ever seen one like that - gotta admit though, it doesn't look as comfy as some of these "pillow top" seats I have seen around - would that be the Corbin type Don? What is that little LED looking strip below the cruise on/off switch - the one with the little numbers stamped below it Chief? :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 my brother on the fantastic find,, as usual - you done good Bossman!!!:thumbsup: PS,, this is my FAVORITE picture of you and your new scoot followed by a song that popped into my head when I first looked at it!!

Those blinker light bulbs/sockets are probably single wires unlike most tail/brake light bulbs (1157's). If they are, I have used small single wire lights like that for tail/brake light applications by wiring in a pull switch and a resistor. All I did was picked up a little higher wattage bulb then the original one, put the resistor inline with with the running light circuit and brought the brightness of the bulb back to normal, then I ran a wire off the running light circuit ahead of the resistor and down thru the pull switch and up to the other side of the resistor so when the switch was made the current flow was going around the resistor instead of thru it and VOOWALA = BRAKE LIGHT at a cost of about $1 for a resistor and a few bucks for the switch.. I am sure the same thing could be done fairly easily to do what your talking of. In your case you may have to add a diode in to keep current from back flowing in the blinker system.. Now lets see if any of our electrical engineer genius types join in here and smack me for even suggesting such a thing

Anybody heard from the Boss? Getting a little concerned here!

Or, thanks for the compliment on the Chops. Sounds like your Dad and mine were brothers or something.. Seems like my father was shaking his head and saying "what are doing to that poor thing now" most of my growing up years.. What year was your TS250 Or? I still have a 1975 sitting in the basement - aint rode it in years but was really fun old scoot.. I also bought a brand new one in 1974 that I purchased a "git kit" for from Suzuki. That "kit" was amazing - for $130 bucks I got a TM Carb, air boz, jug/head/piston and pipe. WOW did that liven things up.. Oh those good ole days brother!! Mine looks like this,,, only minus the blinkers.... http://www.newoldbike.co.uk/images/Featured_Bikes/Suzuki/TS/12_1975_Suzuki_TS250/1975%20suzuki%20ts250%202.jpg

And NO islands between here and there to get marooned on with a couple of Crazy Canuckians either ---- eh!!!

Swear on my Man Card,, it was SNOWING here this morning!!!

Totally get your point brother!! Only problem is, around here people tend to miss 2 gallons of starter fluid when ya syphon it,, 1/2 a cup or so and they never catch on:missingtooth: NICE FIRE and PLENTY of room for a tent,,, exactly where did you say your "campground" is located ?

Your being naughty again DanL ... Speaking of being naughty and back to the subject at hand,, I cant help but wonder if the Boss is missing the heat off the rear jug from his Road Glide about now What would he do without us brother? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T5W-xJWuPE

NICE!!!!! :thumbsup: A man could cook a WHOLE BUNCH OF ALL BEEF HOT DOGS ON THAT PUPPY!!:dancefool: I like your choice of fire starting fluid sitting there on the blocks too!! 1/2 cup of that stuff, hide behind the block wall and toss a match over the other side and WOOF - instant camp fire!!

That was my guess too,, a controller for those add on under the tank lights that flicker and flash... I would!!!:dancefool::clap2: But only if I was using Jeff's finger just in case the switch was wire to the secondary sides of the ignition coils:Laugh:

After giving Tip a LOVING hug, I would calmly walk into the garage, give Tweeks a hug too and,, then in the quietness of the garage I would .. I would then pull the little green New Testament from Tweeks tank bag and read 1st Corinthians Chapter 13 - The Love Chapter,, then I would calmly walk back into the house and say: Tip,,, is there a particular reason why your thinking like that? Then if Tip said something like: Puc, I just dont feel safe on a bike anymore - its just something inside me.. I would then walk back to garage, a little,, gaze over allll the memory stickers that adorn Tweeks pretty fiberglass - I would calmly read all the names of people we had met along lifes travels together and then it would occur to me - we did allllll that together and realize that we could do the same thing in a pretty little convertible.. Then I would walk back in the house and start my typical negotiations (you can find instructions for doing so in your copy of our Man's Club Manual). I would then tell Tip that the last thing I would want for her is to feel unsafe and that it's a big part of my job to protect her and make sure her feelings are protected. We would discuss types of convertibles and have an agreement between us that if we did it - we would get something that we would enjoy together. :lightbulb:At the conclusion of said negotiations I would add a byline, something along the line of getting another smaller bike that I could putter with during the times I just need to putter.. Something along the lines of one of the newer V-Maxes, an R1, another old Harley or even a 42 Indian Chief - MAN'S GOTTA DO WHAT A MAN'S GOTTA DO

Sounds of things ya better make it that 100 octane stuff brother!!