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If it's the seal leaking & it's easy to change it (& this one's not easy) then change it. You might want to try a bottle of "Bearin' Seal" in your oil. 12oz yellow plastic bottle is a Gunk product from most auto parts stores. The instructions caution you to not use it if you live in...

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Also---some have complained about the reflector being in the way of the caliper bolts & they are right. Just loosen (but don't remove) the reflector screw just enough to let the reflector move out of the way & it's cake...Later,,, De :rolleyes:

Good for you, Joe. Nothing like getting down to it & fixin something. Sherman, I did read both (glass plate, "Y" alignement). Kinda, sorta, looking down while riding (other that checking for alignment, I never almost look down) is good enough for me to see that it's tracking streight. I'm not...

Has it always buzzed or just after U changed something. I have read about this after adding frame sliders. Yammy rep came in and had them loosen all engine mounting bolts and then torque left side bolts first (like the good book say) & then torque right side bolts. Vibes gone!!! Who...

Good advise there. U might want to only loosen either the upper or lower clamp bolts(to keep the forks from sliding up in the clamps. Sometimes U can turn the bars all way against the stop & then bump the bars to twist the trees back into alignment. It'll be easy to realign & then ride it & do...

Yep, pix shows tape & cement, but I removed the tape & used only ABS cement as Warchild advised on my new ‘04. Generally, glue itself isn’t very strong but its adhesion is, so a thinner layer of glue is better that a thick one. Glue is made to stick stuff together, not to fill gaps. I also used...

"Alrighty then. This is my first post in this forum. And I actually have an opinion on this subject. Go figure. <SNIP>That's it. My opinion in it's entirety. Move along now. Nothing to see here. But thanks for looking. Brian" Glad to have you here, Brian. Opinions are what make the world...

"What is this "riding season" I keep reading on the forum? " Kinda, sorta, starts Jan 1 & ends Dec 31. The "middle" of the season would be July 1. Other questions??? Later,,, De :rolleyes:

Cupping? They are supposed to cup. As U said, "I beleive that is due to the tread being more or less parallel with the direction of travel. " Turning deforms the rubber next to the groove and causes the uneven wear. Still have the same traction & I sorta like the song they sing in a turn. Kinda...

My baby's has been slightly sticking and no way to easily lube it. The main return spring would mostly return it but after the master cylinder return spring reached the end of it's travel, the leaver would stick there at times. The brake pads were back to their retracted position but that last...

Yep, front wheel is installed after after removeing it from shipping crate, possiably by the wash bay guy (sorry, my bad as techs do it mostly). 1st I've heard of this but have read that front brake calipers (they have to be installed by dealer) have been loosely installed. Note-You don't have...

FJRFencer-----"never mind, mis read, tender on the new batt, not the old one." Had put new battery on Tender for a day before I installed it---After installing new battery I put old bad battery on Tender, just for the heck of it, and was supprised when green lite blinked only after a few hours...

O K, I took delivery of my'04 FJR in Sept '03 so I did buy a new battery, this summer, for whenever. Started fine, last Sat morning & 20 mi away (on Hotlanta Xway) I saw a flash from somewhere (I rarely look down) & felt a slight hiccup. A couple of miles later, a couple of flashes & more...

Well, I'll be darned---My flat Goldwing filter wrench does fit my '04 FJR Yammy filter. Why didn't someone tell me that 4 years ago? De <_<

Sorry, I don't have a copy but I do have the original side case instruction book. Mine's in 6 languages, & which language did you want? HeHe Later,,, De :rolleyes:

You asked----It's a T30 Security Torx head screw for the seat lock. Early in the morning but I guess I wanted to know also, so out to the garage to check it. If I remember right, the side case lock screws are T10 Security Torx screws & yes many of those have fallen out because they weren't...

Yep, G2 helped slightly on abrupt throttle on my '04. Few have gone back but most that have released center throttle spring, like me, like it. I used a piece of safety (w/loop in one end) to unhook the spring & then tied off the other end of the safety wire so I could put it back on if...

Don't you count on it. It may have changed, but the locks come in a package under the seat & the side cases are shipped separately. It's not Yamaha but the dealer who installs the locks & a lot of them don't read the side case instruction book ( you did get that instruction book also, didn't...

A long time ago (posted in '05) in a land far away :) Lessons learned from rear linkage lube. My ’04 FJR1300 is about 1 year old and has 9000 mi on it and I have ridden thru many rainstorms here in the Hotlanta area. After reading the many horror stories of rusted/non-greased parts, I bit the...