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http://gtthunder.com/YFZ450/2006YFZ450.htm

Thanks a bunch. Hopefully everyone with an 06 yfz sees this. :ThumbsUp.gif

no problem thats what the sites for. ;D

wow thats interesting.  but why doesn't yamaha fix that?

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maybee because its an easy fix, im sure if one of those bolts vibrate loose and cause some serious damage they will recall it. :-\

yeah but if this is yamahas falt they would have a reacall you probabbly wont need a warranty.  and it wont last 6 months those bolts look like they would fall out very quickly.

i think this might make a good sticky in the the tech corner for when it falls off the front page here

yeah wait till you really start riding that raptor im sure their will be a recall on it soon.

but the raptor would have the same kind of thing in it right

its a totally different engine.

Why would they be loose, and who wants to pay that kind of money to just have to go home tear it down and basically rebuild it it from the floor up. Tighten every nut and bolt??? Thats a joke right.

i dont know how yamaha could have missed this but they did. i know i always check every bolt on my bike very often you never know what could vibrate loose. ???

After its had some ride time of course, but off the show room floor.Thats ridiculous. This is some excellent info. Personally id be sure to mention it the day i bought one, and stand there and watch em fix it. Can you say PREP FEES??. Fellas you are paying for the fact that this bike has been set up (prepped).

yamaha should fix this problem after all you have to pull the stater and the idle gear or something like that to tighten those screws.    :o

I went over my whole quad the day I brought it home. I even took out the swingarm bolt and disassembled the rear link to grease everything up really good. If you ever had to beat a stuck swingarm bolt out you can understand why I tore it a part. By looking at the picture om GT Thunders site it doesn't look that hard to get at.

well this is the first year that they have done fuel injection.  it will be interesting to see what yahama will do about this next year in the 2007's

Those are not hard to get to, the gear comes right out. Slides right back in. I accidently pulled it off because I thought it was my oil filter and when I pulled it off, I saw those two screws, but didnt know about that problem untill last night.

Opened it up today, WHOA!!! they were almost out. If you have a YFZ, look at them even if you dont have a 06.

Check all of the stator cover bolts at the same time. I rode my 06 for the first time for about 1/2 hour and when I was cleaning it up I noticed that it was missing 5 bolts out of the stator cover. I  then pulled off the starter gear cover to find the 2 bolts behind there loose as well.

I've had my bike for 2yrs now and ride it pretty hard. I've never checked those bolts but when I get my bike back I'll check them. If their loose at least then we'll know they won't come out.

on my new 06 i checked the bolts an hour after i bought the bike and the bolts were loose! with not one ride on it they were loose, but east to fix with a little medium hold locktite! ;)

Well I opened it up and the bolts were tight but needed some elbow-grease to make it from vibrating loose again I'll see if they get loose after a couple more rides :-\

Check your axle spikes were they lock into the sprocket there starting to chip off.I have 15 hours on mine. >:(

I check it out thanks man ;)

Mine did the same, but its just the outside. Dont worry. Unless you feel TONS of slippage, dont go shelling the money out for a after market one just yet.

just checked those bolts on my yfz today and they were tight, tryed to tighten them a little but wouldnt budge

i would suggest you take them out and lock tite them just to be safe! i did!

were yours loose when u took it apart?

After reading this post yesterday i called my friend who just bought an 06 last week. Today we took his apart and both bolts were loose. I just wanted to say good looking out guys. ;)

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what exactly is the point of that post?

thanks for the post i will get right on that!

Looking for a 2000 hounda foreman 450 4x4 book.

i have a leak on my YFZ450 and all my antifreeze keeps graining out i saw the hole wheres its coming out its right under the water pump idk what to do. :-\

You need to replace the impeller bearings and seals. Maybe even the impeller shaft if is is worn.