Consumable Items Listing

• YamaBond.
• Plenty of clean shop rags.
• Small, new, sealable, baggies (or equiv) for temporary storage. Quantity: 10 to 20 or so.
• Large, sealable, freezer bags for small assemblies like oil-pump, shift-shafts, etc. Quantity: 5 or so.
• Plastic shopping bags or garbage bags for larger assemblies like crank and connecting-rods, generator, transmission assembly, starter, carburetor, etc. Quantity: 5 or so.
• Blue painters' masking tape (my tool of choice for covering holes for safety while assembling. Also good for labeling parts, and leaving yourself notes). Quantity: 1 roll. Available at hardware, and home improvement stores, etc.
• Wire-ties. Quantity: 4 to 6. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores.
• Motor oil: Non-Energy conserving. No friction modifiers. 4+ quarts. I use 10W40 for break-in.
• Transfer case gear oil. 0.42 quart. SAE80API, GL-4, Hypoid Gear Oil. Available at Yamaha dealers. I use Mobile-One full Synthetic 75W-90, hypoid gear oil, but other gear oils in this range will work as well.
• Assembly Lube. 1 tube. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores.
• Anti-Seize. 1 tube. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores.
• Blue (non-permanent) thread-lock liquid. 1 tube. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores.
• Red (permanent) thread-lock liquid. 1 tube. Optional. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores. Only needed if performing the Starter Spin Fix. See details in the Fixing the Starter Spin Problem article in this website.
• High-heat gasket maker (like Versa-Chem high temp red RTV silicone). 1 tube. Optional. Available at most auto parts and home improvement stores.
• Gasket removal liquid (like Versa-Chem Gasket Remover spray), for cleaning off the old gasket remnants. Available at most auto parts, and home improvement stores. Alternatively, you could use a sharp scraper if you’re extremely careful--not recommended.
• Xylene (to thin Yamaha Bond for valve cover gaskets). Quantity: 1 quart. Optional. Available from most hardware, and home improvement stores.
• Paint thinner or other cleaning solvent. Quantity: 1 or 2 quarts. Available from most hardware, and home improvement stores.
• Pipe cleaners, for cleaning bearings and oil journals in crankcases. Available from most art supply and craft stores. Quantity: 10 to 20 or so.
• Latex or nitrile gloves, recommended. Available from most hardware, home improvement, and tool stores. Quantity: 10 to 50 pairs, depending on how much work you do.