Very good videos! 👍 After searching for a long time I finally found my XT500. It will be a rolling project and your brilliant videos will be of great help!
Hi there Don, I'm doing a teardown of a xt500 myself and ur video has been a awesome point of reference, please explain how the fly wheel came off and I need to do that next
Google Kedo XT 500. nearly everything you need and reasonable prices. Obviously a bike good enough to set up a spares supply. Ive owned 6 XTs and one TT. Great bike. Had one new in 1976 .Waited in the early 70s for Yamaha to make them. Long production run and a fun bike.
Great videos, Don! Just a question, how do you keep track of all the parts when disassembling? I imagine it must be such a hard time putting it all back together when the parts are all over the table...
It gets tricky when it takes nearly a year to do the rebuild. A good workshop manual helps a lot, and photos. I also keep things in groups, like suspension, engine and frame etc.
Very good videos! 👍 After searching for a long time I finally found my XT500. It will be a rolling project and your brilliant videos will be of great help!
Hi there Don, I'm doing a teardown of a xt500 myself and ur video has been a awesome point of reference, please explain how the fly wheel came off and I need to do that next
Had to order an aftermarket Yamaha flywheel puller, there not expensive.
Didn't see you take the rotor off- that was the bit I needed!
Yes, i had to order a tool to remove the rotor. Just a very simple puller.
Google Kedo XT 500. nearly everything you need and reasonable prices. Obviously a bike good enough to set up a spares supply. Ive owned 6 XTs and one TT. Great bike. Had one new in 1976 .Waited in the early 70s for Yamaha to make them. Long production run and a fun bike.
That's a mighty lump of motor there young Don. Don't you just love big singles....?
So not going to talk us through the strip down ???
A 40 plus years old bike and you can still get new parts.
Great videos, Don! Just a question, how do you keep track of all the parts when disassembling? I imagine it must be such a hard time putting it all back together when the parts are all over the table...
It gets tricky when it takes nearly a year to do the rebuild.
A good workshop manual helps a lot, and photos.
I also keep things in groups, like suspension, engine and frame etc.
what is the diameter of the piston?
Old one 86.25mm new one 1st over size.
86.5
Hi, do you have a rebuild engine for sale?