Posted by sturd on March 30, 2009, 10:35 am
Howdy,
Last fall I got a call from Mikey asking if I was interested in owning
any of the IT175's in their west virginia fleet. At least one had
been
mine once and I'd expressed interest in having one again to vintage
cross country. He said bring $200 and come get the last one
left.
I brought it home without really looking at it beyond, yep,
it's all there. Been sitting 14 years or so but ran when parked.
On inspection when I got it home - this one was mine! Telltale
drilled holes in various places and shifter/bashplate/airbox mods.
So this weekend I finally started tearing into it. One issue I think
I'll have is that I don't know if parts are available for these long
damn rear shock absorbers. Yamaha doesn't show any on their
fiches. Anybody out there know of a shop that could rebuild this
and would have the parts?
On a side note, old crusty carbs are easily cleaned in an
ultrasonic cleaner with dilute simple green. Works wonders.
Make sure you have a decent ultrasonic device, it should blow
holes in aluminum foil in 10-15 seconds. Pansy chinese ones
don't work as good. My Chicago Power tools (Harbor Frieght)
chinese one works great and has a heater to warm the cleaning
solution.
Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.
Posted by Mark Olson on March 30, 2009, 10:50 am
sturd wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Last fall I got a call from Mikey asking if I was interested in owning
> any of the IT175's in their west virginia fleet. At least one had
> So this weekend I finally started tearing into it. One issue I think
> I'll have is that I don't know if parts are available for these long
> damn rear shock absorbers. Yamaha doesn't show any on their
> fiches. Anybody out there know of a shop that could rebuild this
> and would have the parts?
What year? I checked the Yamaha website and there are indeed shocks
listed for 1977 and 1980 IT175 models, I didn't bother checking all
years, though.
1977:
1 1W2-22210-00-00 REAR CUSHION ASS'Y
20 1W2-22401-00-00 DAMPER SUB ASS'Y M7-032
1980
1 3R6-22210-00-00 SHOCK ABSORBER ASS'Y, REAR
2 3R6-22401-00-00 DAMPER SUB ASS'Y
Posted by sturd on March 30, 2009, 11:00 am
Mark Olson says:
> What year? I checked the Yamaha website and there are indeed shocks
> listed for 1977 and 1980 IT175 models, I didn't bother checking all
> years, though.
I need rebuild parts, not a complete shock.
Regards,
Mike S.
Posted by David Kelly on March 30, 2009, 11:29 am
sturd wrote:
>
> On a side note, old crusty carbs are easily cleaned in an
> ultrasonic cleaner with dilute simple green. Works wonders.
> Make sure you have a decent ultrasonic device, it should blow
> holes in aluminum foil in 10-15 seconds. Pansy chinese ones
> don't work as good. My Chicago Power tools (Harbor Frieght)
> chinese one works great and has a heater to warm the cleaning
> solution.
HF shows two ultrasonic cleaners. Which do you have?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber305
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber •563
Or perhaps "blow holes in aluminum foil" suggests this model:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber –474
Posted by jayc on March 30, 2009, 12:11 pm
> Or perhaps "blow holes in aluminum foil" suggests this
model:http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber –474
Been a big run on those since the democrats got back in office.
JayC
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> Last fall I got a call from Mikey asking if I was interested in owning
> any of the IT175's in their west virginia fleet. At least one had
> So this weekend I finally started tearing into it. One issue I think
> I'll have is that I don't know if parts are available for these long
> damn rear shock absorbers. Yamaha doesn't show any on their
> fiches. Anybody out there know of a shop that could rebuild this
> and would have the parts?