Exhaust Valve Guide Replacement

[HOV]

I have seen quite a few threads on bringing in bikes to have them fixed at the dealer, but if mine ever goes ticker on me, I'm going to be faced with doing it myself. I bought the bike used, it didn't have the extended warranty, and I couldn't buy one.

So I've been mentally preparing myself to do the job should it ever come up (I think there may be a little ticking now but I'm just going to keep riding until it gets really bad).

The plan is to pull the heads, buy a set of '06 valve guides, new valves, and head bolts, and find a machine shop to put them in.

Has anyone done this job themselves? I'm a mechanic of moderate skill, having done most everything on a bike except for engine internals kind of stuff. I wanted to start this thread to be a repository of information for anyone else who was faced with doing it themselves.

I tried finding exhaust valve guides on the Ron Ayers microfiche, but for some reason it only had the intake valve guides listed. Any ideas why?

Parts list:

'06 exhaust valve guides when they become available

new head bolts

What else?

 

[markjenn]

Things may change, but so far, Yamaha is fixing tickers regardless of warranty status.

- Mark

 

[radman]

Things may change, but so far, Yamaha is fixing tickers regardless of warranty status.
- Mark

+1

Mostly heard of it offshore, but I believe a few have been done stateside. Worth pursuing in any case.

 

[Longrider]

On my repair order parts list the Valve Guides were named Intake Valve Guides. Maybe the same guides are used for both. See the part numbers on my Another 04 Ticker subject.

Longrider

 

[trimmantom]

My ticker was recently fixed and the mechanic told me that the new guides that went back in were the same as the intakes.

 

[T120TT]

make sure to get the '06 valve stem oil seals.