Good informational Site

[HndaRdr400]

Check out YFZCentral.com

If you got a 04 yfz you should be interested in buying a decompression plug, could save you from buying a new bike.
Tons of good info.

[Les Davis]

Thanks for the heads up. Just picked up an '04 YFZ last week.

[Z400central]

Thx for the plug to my site :)

[Les Davis]

does anyone know where I can get this decompression plug? I keep trying to go to the link from the site but nothing????? HELP!!!

[jshtex]

There are usually decompression plugs on ebay. I got mine from www.thumpertalk.com in their online store. woodward specialties also has them I think.

Definatly something you want to get. I put ours on before we ever road the quad. I kept the stock one and sure enough I eventually ran into someone (at a race I might add) that needed one in a bad way.

[HndaRdr400]

yeah thumpertalk.com

[Les Davis]

Thanks for the links guys. Just got it ordered. Can't wait to install it.

[jshtex]

When you put the bolt back in on the side be easy, can't tell you how many "oh s@#$ I striped it now what" threads I have seen.

[Les Davis]

I was reading about 5lbs torque for the side bolt? Any tips on how to avoid striping the bolt. Sounds like you've got some experience with this one JSHTEX. THX

[SRH]

www.wrcracing.com "nate plug"

[jshtex]

Originally posted by Les Davis
I was reading about 5lbs torque for the side bolt? Any tips on how to avoid striping the bolt. Sounds like you've got some experience with this one JSHTEX. THX

Actually I was lucky, I had read enough (and seen someone else lose the stock plug) to know that I needed one. But I had no idea about the torque value for the bolt. It was only after I had sucessfully done ours that I started noticing threads about people who had stripped their bolts.

I skimmed thru the service manual looking for the bolt and its torque value, but I didn't even see the bolt. Could be because it doesn't do anything on the yfz, so they think there is no reason to remove it. Or... it could be that I just didn't see it.;)

I just wanted to warn you to be carefull, save you a trip to the autoparts store for a helicoil kit.

Good luck.

[Les Davis]

Thanks for the info JSHTEX. Got it ordered last night from ThumperTalk and it shipped out today. Hope to get it installed before the weekend. Thanks again for possibly saving my a*s before anything happened!!