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Started by Mark Olson, February 16, 2009, 01:45:07 AM

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Mark Olson

I lost the damn choke knob screw disassembling my faring today .86 fj1200.
somebody's gotta know what size and thread it is. I really don't want to buy a whole new choke cable just to get a new one.

P.S.  Frank, the tach works fine. 
Mark O.
86 fj1200
sac ca.

                           " Get off your ass and Ride"

Bob

From the Yahoo FJ list archive...

2.5 x 6 mm. Look on the fiche for the FZ750 it's listed there and
is the same one as the FJ only you don't have to buy the entire cable.
Sewing machine shops should also have screws of this size.
Bob N.
'93 FJ
'17 V-Strom DL650
Whitby, ON

Mark Olson

Thanks Bob,

I thought I saw it mentioned before but my yahoo search pooped out and said try again later.
Mark O.
86 fj1200
sac ca.

                           " Get off your ass and Ride"

racerman_27410

Mark,

i dont know the screw size brother (sorry) but am glad the tach works.... it was off my parts 86 so i didnt know for sure that it did.



KOokaloo!


Frank

jvb_ca

Like Bob N. says FZ choke nob is the same, except writing is sideways, and is available for cheap from Yamaha.

Bob M.(boyitgobob) was good enough to send me a couple of screws last year. I am not sure were he ordered them from. Hit him up and I'm sure he could send you in the right direction. Now I have a stock looking choke knob, instead of the ring thingy hanging there.
Cheers..Jake
Cheers...Jake
86FJ1200
Ontario

FJmonkey

Here is a source if you can find 99 more friends that need the same screw.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#91290a101/=mwy4y

I might have a set screw from a few that I bought that will hold the knob on. Let me know and I will check my pile of stuff in the garage and shoot one off to you. I might even throw in the micro sized Allen wrench that turns the micro sized screw for free.
The glass is not half full, it was engineered with a 2X safety factor.

'86 Ambulance - Bent frame, cracked case, due for an overhaul
'89 Stormy Blue - Suits my Dark Side

Mark Olson

Problem solved, I scrounged a set screw out of a fan blade off a commercial refer.
strange source but what ya gonna do.
thanks for the replies.
Mark O.
86 fj1200
sac ca.

                           " Get off your ass and Ride"

tqmx1

And after all that you did not pick up my fairing to finish it off ??

Mark Olson

Quote from: tqmx1 on February 20, 2009, 12:53:01 PM
And after all that you did not pick up my fairing to finish it off ??

Kim,   

I have not finished reassembly yet as I am performing yearly maint as well.
your phone is gonna ring soon, I promise.
Mark O.
86 fj1200
sac ca.

                           " Get off your ass and Ride"

simi_ed

6-32 set screw works fine as well.  I ended up stripping the 6-32 and had to go to an 8-32.  I got both at the local Ace Hardware store for about 50ยข ea.
-- RKBA Regards,

Ed
===
Ed Thiele 
Simi Valley, CA -- I no longer have SoCal manners.
'89 FJ12C (Theft deterrent Silver/White)


- All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for
enough good men to do nothing.

- Edmund Burke

Mark Olson

Thanks ed,

I'll keep that in mind next time I loose one.
Mark O.
86 fj1200
sac ca.

                           " Get off your ass and Ride"