Yamaha serviceability

[cat hunter]

My chum bought a new AC Turbo sled and he asked dealer about buying extra spark plugs and was told that it was a 4 hr. job to change them!!! And to think us Yamaha guys have problems!!!

 

[yamahas]

Vector LTX GT. It is the best sled I've owned so far. But, after years of service access issues I'm at the end of my rope. I could go on and on. Have to take panels off to get to coolant reserveroir? It's not so bad in my heated garage with thousands of $ in tools great lighting etc. Try it on the trail at minus 10. When I go shopping for a new sled this spring service access will be a top priorty. I can't beleive the JAP engineers can't come up with a better way. By the way I have communicated by concerns to Yamaha.

Where is the battery located? I thought my phazer was a pain to get to stuff, but i guess not lol

 

[woolyviper]

i've had 3 yamaha sleds and my son has had 2, all four strokes never changed a battery in any of them. don't even remember charging them. kinda makes me curious where some of the battery issues i keep reading about come from.

 

[yamahahaapex]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

 

[yamahas]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

You guys gota take the airbox off to the to the battery?

 

[yamahahaapex]

Taking off the headlight pod makes it easier. then the airbox, its stuffed way down in the bottom of the engine compartment. Cant remember on my old phazer where the battery was. Where is yours? Like I said not a big job at all just putting that box on is where a guy has to be careful, Ive seen a couple melted boots believe it or not.

 

[yamahas]

mine is right on the right side, take off 4 allen quarter turn screws and its right there along the with the oil tank and coolant tank. How often do you really need to get to the battery anyways, other than to add an accessory or end of the season?

 

[pat the rat]

i'm on my 3rd 4s sled with 48 000 km combined and i've never charged a battery in any of them

 

[billymx815]

I agree that the easiest of repairs or maintenance procedures are not owner friendly but I do give credit to Yami for making such reliable sleds.
I think with the new technology comes machines that are harder for the average JOE to maintain.
Heck, you should try doing a tune-up on my new Dodge pick-up LOL

 

[Irv]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

You guys gota take the airbox off to the to the battery?

Installed a heated shield not long ago and went directly to the battery.

When I first tackled this job I couldn't believe the stuff I had to take off to get to it, but I knew doing mtce on these sleds was going to be more difficult compared with my 95 XLT so it was not a big surprise.

The first time I took my time as I was a tad nervous of breaking something or doing something wrong but the second time around I think it didn't take me any longer that about 15 minutes?

I took off the windy, dash, air-box cover, air box and a couple other things. Not too bad of a job other than it being a bit time consuming and tedious.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

Hardest part of the job is when those handy dandy little nutclips fall off of your headlight assembly and fall down in the black hole that is the chassis/engine assembly!

Good luck finding those puppies when you drop one..ask me how I know!

 

[pat the rat]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

You guys gota take the airbox off to the to the battery?

Installed a heated shield not long ago and went directly to the battery.

When I first tackled this job I couldn't believe the stuff I had to take off to get to it, but I knew doing mtce on these sleds was going to be more difficult compared with my 95 XLT so it was not a big surprise.

The first time I took my time as I was a tad nervous of breaking something or doing something wrong but the second time around I think it didn't take me any longer that about 15 minutes?

I took off the windy, dash, air-box cover, air box and a couple other things. Not too bad of a job other than it being a bit time consuming and tedious.

all you had to do is go to the 2 terminals where you can boost the sled,nothing to take apart and much easier to repair if a wire breaks

 

[Irv]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

You guys gota take the airbox off to the to the battery?

Installed a heated shield not long ago and went directly to the battery.

When I first tackled this job I couldn't believe the stuff I had to take off to get to it, but I knew doing mtce on these sleds was going to be more difficult compared with my 95 XLT so it was not a big surprise.

The first time I took my time as I was a tad nervous of breaking something or doing something wrong but the second time around I think it didn't take me any longer that about 15 minutes?

I took off the windy, dash, air-box cover, air box and a couple other things. Not too bad of a job other than it being a bit time consuming and tedious.

all you had to do is go to the 2 terminals where you can boost the sled,nothing to take apart and much easier to repair if a wire breaks

Sure, now ya tell me LOL.

I put a post in the electrical section and nobody mentioned that?
To be honest, I am not sure I would have wanted to cut into the protective covering anyways?

 

[Irv]

Hardest part of the job is when those handy dandy little nutclips fall off of your headlight assembly and fall down in the black hole that is the chassis/engine assembly!

Good luck finding those puppies when you drop one..ask me how I know!

I got lucky with 2 that fell off, both landed in a place where a long magnetic pick-up tool could reach them.
When I re-installed them I made sure to squeeze them together tighter so it wouldn't happen again.

 

[pat the rat]

Getting the battery out in an apex is easy, hardest part is seating the rubber mounts on the throttle bodies when you put the airbox on

You guys gota take the airbox off to the to the battery?

Installed a heated shield not long ago and went directly to the battery.

When I first tackled this job I couldn't believe the stuff I had to take off to get to it, but I knew doing mtce on these sleds was going to be more difficult compared with my 95 XLT so it was not a big surprise.

The first time I took my time as I was a tad nervous of breaking something or doing something wrong but the second time around I think it didn't take me any longer that about 15 minutes?

I took off the windy, dash, air-box cover, air box and a couple other things. Not too bad of a job other than it being a bit time consuming and tedious.

all you had to do is go to the 2 terminals where you can boost the sled,nothing to take apart and much easier to repair if a wire breaks

Sure, now ya tell me LOL.

I put a post in the electrical section and nobody mentioned that?
To be honest, I am not sure I would have wanted to cut into the protective covering anyways?

no cutting needed,just slide rubber ends off,connect wire with a small bolt and cover back up,i did tape it for extra protection,no issues at all