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  1. conwest

    Water pump leaking

    Geez, never thought of that....ahh... how many times did u replace the coolant over the intervening years before u had to add the second half of the bars? :o
  2. conwest

    Water pump leaking

    ............Griff, the rubber damper and it`s holder are actually the mating components of/for the mech. seal....they are all shipped together (3 pieces) when u order the mech. seal... at least, that is what ocurred in my case. Yes, u definitely replace the mech. seal, rubber damper and rubber...
  3. conwest

    Water pump leaking

    Quote from Rad.: completely new impeller at about $52, which includes the parts 2 through 5, I'd start fresh with a complete unit." .......Ah...I dunno there radman....me thinks u are jumping to conclusions here. The mechanical seal is imbedded in the housing (1)....only the...
  4. conwest

    Water pump leaking

    Griff...the mechanical seal is a bastard to remove....I pulled the waterpump from my `07 this spring after warranty was over. The damn thing started to weep after it`s first birthday and if there is anything I hate...it`s a coolant leak! Anyways, I kept all the other stuff except for O rings and...
  5. conwest

    Handlebar Rattle

    ...Kirrilian....any bets it`s not the steering stem making the rattle?! I`ve got a sawbuck that says the noise is coming from the front brakes...the pads are loose in their mounts by design...you`ll see. Also, the rotors often "clunk"...they can move in the vertical plane besides the...
  6. conwest

    Head Shake Gone

    ...hey Duezzer, don`t get too excited cuz it`s (the shake) coming back.
  7. conwest

    DESPERATELY NEED HELP in Seattle!

    QUOTE: What's up with the CDN dealers refusing to help? Is it because they can't get the warranty relief from Yamaha USA? "".......... We are all sorry to say, there is no cross border agreement between Yammi Canada and Yammi USA. It is always a problem...
  8. conwest

    broke down in N. H. top of Mt. Washington

    ...sounds to me like this should work Gadi...with yer key in the ignition while u "hotwire" the thing, the ECU will recognize the code and the bike should run. Good luck there Gadi....let us know how u make out with the bike AND the lawyer! :angry:
  9. conwest

    2004 FJR.....what do ya think?

    ...me thinks someone is going to get "burned". :assassin:
  10. conwest

    Another ticker. Oh goody gumdrops!!

    Quote: having had a 2005 ticker that was fixed I am still skeptical yours is a ticker with that low mileage....This wear takes many miles to occur and while possible, its unlikely it would happen by 7500 miles. " FJRMGM------ Not so. There have been many `03-`05s in N.A. that were getting...
  11. conwest

    Another ticker. Oh goody gumdrops!!

    ....well bergs, that is the shits! You might want to search for the "ticker poll" on this site in order to ressurect it from the bowels by updating it with your response. In the mean time, u will get much garbage about how just a very small number of units ( as in maybe 3-7% ) were affected...
  12. conwest

    HELP!! with oil

    U wanna great oil, for all temps, all year long?! Go with Castrol Syn. 5w40...good for Turbos, Diesels, gasoline, mocycles....u name it. You`ll never go back.
  13. conwest

    Cromeit heat fix

    ...yer `05 FJR is hot? How can that be? Just normal heat from a 1300 cc engine, according to some of the know-it-alls around here. Good luck with yer heat fix there Tim., cuz otherwise....you r gonna fry. :angry2:
  14. conwest

    Converting FJR from shaft drive to chain drive

    A person would have to have shit for brains to even consider conversion! :angry2:
  15. conwest

    posting

    bluedevil...some of these guys are just post whores...they really don`t contribute a great volume of value...just posts. I don`t understand it either. Maybe they live their lives vicariously thru this forum. Scary huh! :blink:
  16. conwest

    Ticker Fear

    ...please disregard this everyone....this man is on CRACK! Either that or, he is one helluva tick artist.
  17. conwest

    New 2005 small problems.

    Nice try there reef, yer heat is an ole story....yer just stir`n up sum shit around here. Do u work for Honda perhaps?!
  18. conwest

    battery charging

    If u figure out how to do that there bikesniffer (without blowing a fuse), let us all know will ya. In the meantime, learn how to take off the panel that covers the battery...it`s a sinch and BTW, why do u feel yer battery needs charging like u suggest. I don`t know about the others around here...
  19. conwest

    YamaLube

    Nice try there Jager., either one hell of a sick joke or, you really do not understand the inner workings of your machine! Quite frankly, I would be embarassed to bring up the equation that you did. :ph34r:
  20. conwest

    how many have had the tick

    don`t wanna see this get buried. :angry:
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