sx7001
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
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The night i picked up the GT I noticed the head lights were pointing too far up so I adjusted them down. I found this strange for a Yamaha to come like that. The head light pod was installed wrong at the dealer. There are 2 tabs that fit into the underside of the pod when installed properly. My pod sat on top of the tabs causing the lights to shoot high. Look in your manual,it shows how to install the pod assembly. If you can slip your fingers under the rubber seal between the air box lid and head light, the pod is installed wrong. Now the seal is tight on the lid. Also found the ski alignment way out, but thats a easy fix to. Pics of what it should look like.
Sounds like a first rate PDI................
Thanks, I will be checking mine as my headlights are shooting very high. ===SRXSRULE===
welterracer
TY 4 Stroke God
Mine was PERFECT!! But then again i made a huge deal out of my sled being put together... so much that they forced me to get the sled out of the shop as they were worried it would get scratched and i wouldnt pay for it..
When i picke up my sled they even had it covered so it didnt get dusty!
When i picke up my sled they even had it covered so it didnt get dusty!
welterracer
TY 4 Stroke God
what ive learned is if you are too nice to your dealer they might take advantage of you... even by accident.. but if you give them a hard time... they will do anything to make you happy
impalapower
TY 4 Stroke God
welterracer said:
Gosh, I'd hope you wouldn't pay for a scratched sled, I know I wouldn't.
BA APEX
Expert
Re: CHECK YOUR HEAD LIGHT POD
Mine was on top of the tabs also. don't think they spent a lot of time in the assembly process. :shock:sx7001 said:
For what it's worth, I think the service departments are learning on the fly how to piece these sleds together....
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I have seen a few of these set up that way from different dealers...it happens, Dont get hung up on it talk to your dealers maybe its something that they are not seeing and it will help the next consumer that picks theirs up.
Mr. Sled is right....as usual!
Mine came assembled perfectly. I have had a couple of conversations with them though as to how to take things apart correctly....which led me to post that they are learning too. The service mgr did relate a humorous story to me though. His technicians were at a seminar last week and Yamaha showed them a video that it would take less than 3 minutes to change out your spark plugs! We BOTH laughed hysterically....
greenmntpass
Expert
To be honest , my dealer came right out told me that tthey are learning as we are on these new sleds. He's at the Yamaha workshop for mechanics today. He said he's going to share all info with me when he gets back. When asked a question he didn't know the aswer to, he told me he didn't know. I feel thats pretty fare.
ReX
TY 4 Stroke God
My buddies Apex ER has the headlight assembled wrong too. Seems to be a common error.
APEX 21
Expert
My Apex ER is installed wrong too, no biggie. Thanks for the info. That would have sucked if I had to fix it while the snow was flying
Fergie
Expert
Mine was good, Thanks Troycity garage in N.Y. also found out you will need an allen wrench to get the airbox off the carbs ? why the phillips screws worked fine
I can see how this happens. It's pretty trickey to get that headlight back on the right way. Don't get me wrong - I love my RTX - but I'm surprised at how difficult it is to get some of panels, lights, etc.. back on the right way. I predict there will be some changes in that regard for 07.
