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thanks good to know i dont plan on taking the conrod bearings or any thing like that apart all seems pretty sound on the bottom end

so i got that jet and installed thanks jeff but new problem now every thing worked great tell i destroyed a cam chain :( one bolt came loose on the cam so needless to say it was a mess so all said and done orderd new cam chain for 100 from local shop (hully gully) and then orderd full gasket...

lmao is that road kill ha ha ha

ok so figured i would give you a heads up jeff0133 just received the jet and washer thanks again and i will get back to you on monday with results supposed to rain tell sunday night so cant try it tell monday

ya my 84 maxim carbs r a huge pain to pull

sounds to me like possible coil problem once the coils start to warm up from the heat of the engine rising the coils shit the bed if i was u i would ohm read both coils well cold then ohm read both coils when the bike warms up and shuts off that should tell u if it is a coil problem u could...

i would love to have a 117.5 i was gonna go to hully gully and order one but if u got one i could steal i would love you for ever :P if u have one of thoughs washers that go in between the carb and the jet i would send u 21 virgins lol

any tuning help would be awsome i have be trying to tune this bike for a while it allways gets the best of me ... whats the easyest way to tune the carbs i am pretty sure im close i just cant dial it in another thing i checked the jets idle left and right are 45 and left high speed is 127.5 the...

not sure if they are extended or not they were the same size as what was in it when i bought it soot black that means it is rich right?

would like to bring this thread back to life im having a similer issue when riding my bike seems very sluggish between 4500 and about 7000 once i hit 7000 it is like a rocket ship checked plugs they seem brownish with a tiny bit of white LEFT PLUG RIGHT PLUG

so is 125 gonna be really lean then? stock airbox and semi stock pipes i think the ones currently are around 133L and 125R or somthin like that

figured i would ask becouse my local yamaha dealer is saying it is 125L 115R and the manual says 127.5L 117.5R

i got a 1984 yamaha maxim xs400 trying to figure out what stock carb jets are becouse bike is running rich i have set the carb wot needle to leanest setting and it is still a little rich so i was just wondering if any one knows the stock jets i cant seem to find a hole lot about this bike

well im glad you got er fixed thanks for letting us know what the fix was

nice buddy good to hear man so my next question was it spark timing or cam timing