Hi to all!
I have several questions as a newbie with ATV's.
My son recently traded for a Yamaha Breeze. It was pretty rough but runs pretty good.
After a couple of day's of riding, the rear swing arm broke at the front welds. I am about to tear it down and try to repair and fix it up some.
I would appriciate any recomendations for parts sources.
Do all the yamaha dealers really charge the list prices shown on there websites for parts? I mean $200 for a shock and $70 for chain seem high.
I will probably try to weld the rear arm (unless I can find a bike to salvage from) but will need to by the following:
Rear Shock, carburator Kit, Plug, Filters, Seat, Front Sprocket and Chain, Grips and Rear Brake Pads.
Where is the best place to shop for these parts?
If everything must come through a dealer at list price I should have just bought him a new bike[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Thats the way it goes....
He seems to be hooked on the 4 wheeler now so I have to get to work.
Thanks for any ideas or comments,
Rob

 

Go to the kids section of this site, This is an order.

 

Ya I have yet to find a site that has "discount" parts for Yamaha's. So if need allot of parts I think you will be screwed unless you can find another beat up unit or sometimes look on eBay for people selling parts. I found some places online to order parts but they all generally seem to have the same prices. At my Yamaha dealer, they give me 10% off because I bought a 4wheeler from them but that is only good for a year. I am sure some other people on here will have some better suggestions for you.

P.S.
Elidew go to the Not Helpful Section. This is an order.
Do not post mindless post, as they are a waste of my brain cells every time I read one of your posts. You have never even once posted anything remotely informative.

 

Thanks for the quick reply.
I have it all torn down and will start searching for various parts. Hopefully I will get it going within a couple of weeks so my son can quit asking whats next, how long etc... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Actually we had alot of fun taking it apart together, some real quality time and a chance for him to learn a little more mechanical stuff.
Of course im still learning to and im 42[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]
Thanks again,
Rob

 

Hi Rob,
Yes that is part of the fun. I too enjoy showing my son how to work on them too. It is something that will be very helpfull for them throughout there life. Good luck on your parts search and let us know how you make out.

Jim

 

Thanks for the encouragement.
After several days of hard labor we have the ATV back together and everything looks good. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
I could use some advice about getting this thing started as it is very, very cold natured.
I took the carburetor apart and cleaned it thoroughly and was hoping that this would make it easier to start. Although it was very dirty, it did not make it any easier to get started. I was careful to put all the adjustments back where they were except for the idle screw which I moved a little.
The best method seems to be to use full choke and run the starter over and over with little or no throttle and after 4 or 5 minutes it will begin to fire faintly and by then thumbing the throttle rapidly (but not very far at all) it will eventually kick off (after 4 or 5 minutes more) and with some fancy finger work keep going until it worms up. After it has wormed up for awhile it will the start fine for the rest of the day.
I am going to order and owners manual which will be useful I’m sure, but any ideas or suggestions to help us out before we end up burning up the starter motor would be really appreciated.
It seems to be getting plenty of gas as I see it in the intake. It kind of seems like if I could pull the choke out a little more it would help?
Thanks again!
Rob

 

Just wanted to say thanks to you guy's.
I found that the exhaust valve was loose but the intake valve was a little tight. After I loosened it up (I set both at about .005 clearance) the compression went from 50 to 65 psi all the way up to 120 to 160 psi!
Started right up first try. I was way impressed!
My son say's to say thanks also, and he also told me last night that he was going to miss having to work on the 4 wheeler every night.....
I am not kidding, he/we have been having fun.
He has also caught the tool buying bug, and now has in own welding hood (with red flames painted on it) and gloves and I predict there will be many more projects in our shop soon.
The only problem with the ATV is a hesitation in acceleration if you punch it fast, it dogs down. As long as you accelerate smooth it takes off quick.
Hopefully we can troubleshoot that after we get the service manual.
Thanks again, you guys are great!
Rob

 

Glad you got her running Rob. I'm sure you'll find oher projects to work on together if its anything like my house something is always breakin down. Yeah as to it boggin' down sounds like something in the jetting. Did you check the airfilter? Yeah I got the service manual for mine to and read thru it as its very interesting but since mine is new really haven't had to apply any of that knowledge yet.

 

Thanks for the suggestions,
I was just able to get back to working on the ATV tonight.
The air filter is brand new, however I checked the plug and it was black, almost wet looking. Since this would be a sign of too rich I removed the slide needle and moved the holding clip up one notch (there are 5 notches and it was on the 3rd) so the needle would set lower into the carb, thinking this would limit fuel.
After the move it became hard to start and ran rough no matter what I tried. I then moved the clip down one notch below the original middle position and it seemed better so I went ahead and moved it down to the bottom notch so that the needle is at it "highest" position. It runs and starts very good and I ended up adjusting the air screw all the way in and back out 1/4 turn which seems to be the best but I am not sure there is much difference between 1/4 and 3/4 out.
The hesitation is still there but much much less, just an abbreviated stall if you punch it fast before it will just start to bog down and then it takes off!
I would say it is 10 times better than what it was and I may try to tweak it a little more tomorrow to get an instant response. I may also try a little premium fuel?
We re-checked the plug and it was still very dark, but also dry as a bone and I will have to check it again as we did not really ride it enough to really test the plug. I am sure it will be more lean because it now smokes very very little if at all.
I had to leave the idle a little higher than what I thought it should be as the idle speed will still "drift" a little and acceleration is much better set fast than with a low idle.
I also think that the top end speed seems a little faster now.
Thanks again,
Rob

 

They all hesitate like that if you try to pin it and take off fast. I have an 04 Grizzly 125 (same machine, different plastic) that has done it since new. Dealer said it was normal as have several others who own them.