Yamaha RT2

[Mark Austin]

Yeah Firko, you do drive one of those...
But its not brand new, its not a Range Rover, you're not a blonde bimbo, and you don't double park outside my house with the motor running for hours at a time !! 

Cheers,
Mark.

[Mark Austin]

Hi lads,

I think we have found the problem with the clutch. I have restored everything back to standard now, with a replacement clutch basket (thanks Graeme).
It now appears that the clutch actuator (no 21 shown below with the big red arrow!) is broken. It sits inside the left side engine sprocket cover. Does anyone have an old spare that may work? A DT1, DT2, DT3, RT1, RT2 or RT3 would work.



Cheers,
Mark.


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[Freakshow]

214-16340-00 fits alot of bikes should still be available on the shelf as Part # = 214-16340-00-00

Part Description = PUSH LEVER ASSEMBLY
Model Count = 21
DT1 1968 250 DT1 Dual Purpose
DT1B 1969 250 DT1 Dual Purpose
DT1C 1970 250 DT1 Dual Purpose
DT1C-MX 1970 250 DT1MX Dual Purpose
DT1E 1971 250 DT1 Dual Purpose
DT1MX 1971 250 DT1MX Dual Purpose
DT1S 1969 250 DT1S Dual Purpose
DT2 1973 250 DT2 Dual Purpose
DT2MX 1972 250 DT2MX Dual Purpose
DT3 1973 250 DT3 Dual Purpose
RT1 1970 360 RT1 Off-Road
RT1B 1971 360 RT1 Off-Road
RT1M 1970 360 RT1M Off-Road
RT1MX 1971 360 RT1MX Off-Road
RT2 1973 360 RT2 Off-Road
RT2MX 1972 360 RT2MX Off-Road
RT3 1973 360 RT3 Off-Road
YZ250A 1974 250 YZ250 Competition Motocross
YZ250B 1975 250 YZ250 Competition Motocross
YZ360A 1974 360 YZ360 Competition Motocross
YZ360B 1975 360 YZ360 Competition Motocross

[vandy010]

Hey Mark,
they can be a pain them things!
a while back i watched a NOS one on ebay in the states, it started out at around $2 and by the time the auction finished it closed for a gob smacking US$200 odd.
bewildered by this i told my yammie parts guy who proceeded to tap'dy tap'dy on his keyboard and said, "theres about 5 in the states right now for around $36.50 if ya want one".
go figure!
he also reckons the XS1 and XS2 share a very similar design and can be made fit but couldn't remember the exact details.
mine works ok but the clutch on these things i think will always be heavy.
cheers.

[vandy010]

lets see what this one goes for?
and then check your yammie parts guy...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-DT1-RT1-DT2-RT2-RT3-YZ360-Push-Lever-NEW-NOS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35581QQihZ009QQitemZ190178900645QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[Rossvickicampbell]

and guess what - I need one for my YZ so if I find a source I shall let you know.  NW Vintage cycle parts list them on Ebay but not their web site and have a $75-$80 reserve on them.  Yamatopdog dont list them. They have a plastic worm drive that cracks on them so of course they get bought up over the years!!!

regards

Rossco

[firko]

When I was racing my DT1 back in the rearly 90's I broke one so I went to Penrith Motorcycle wreckers and bought up every good one they had and ended up with about five for about 5 bucks each. I then tucked them away in a nice safe place, ready for the future. Now I'm building two RT1 engines and setting up to eventually rebuild the DT1 do you think I can find 'em? No way. You watch. I'll go and spend dumb money buying one off NW or someone and then find the hidden stash. Happens far too often.

[mx250]

I'll go and spend dumb money buying one off NW or someone and then find the hidden stash. Happens far too often.

You should whinge  . Feel for me; My stash is in the garage, in a garden shed, in the spare room, under the house and a few important things like a restored tank is on the book shelf in the computer room with me ("but it Modern Art dear!!" ). And then I have stuff at my brother's, Bathurst (acres), and at the inlaws, Cessnock. And I have secret places within secret places and places I'm too scared to look (guilt  ).

And Freaky wonders why I can't find an MX250 motor for him   

[YZ360A]

This part 214-16340-00-00 is the achillies heel of old yamaha's with the type of set up.
I have had quite a few go on me over the years and they allways seem to bring good dollars on ebay.
I say buy them whilst you can.
You can do a conversion with a XS750 I think and the nylon worm is oposite to the yz, dt set up. The male part is metal and the female is a nylon set up.
I know a few guy's are doing this on YZ A's and B's in victoria due to the lack of this part. They have been moulding there own nylon part that inserts into the clutch mech and sprocket cover.

Has any body seen the prices the YZ  A and B sprocket covers go for on ebay. $$$$$$$ especially NOS .

Adam

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[Freakshow]

What about the arms ? if it dont need to be NOS use the pivot arms, a lot of guys piss of the stock one in the US and us the lever arm n because as sure as during that last lap the thread will pull out and youll be stuffed.  Some guy sell them on Ebay some times, but they are easy to make if you know people its a length of flat with a pivot. 



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[vandy010]

i don't quite get it freaky,
hows it work? got any pics of it mounted to a bike?

[YZ360A]

Here we go.


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[YZ360A]

And again,
 

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[Freakshow]

i don't quite get it freaky,
hows it work? got any pics of it mounted to a bike?

  Thanks to YZ 360 for the photo as its hard to explain, picture thousand words and all that.

They work really well and seem to be bullet proof, but then again they dont look Nos, but then again they look works - Up to you if want the real deal or you want one that will work for another 33 years ?  these ones are out of Aircraft ally but they could be made out of any thing you like really, and thus priced accordingly.

At least its a viable option for you .

[vandy010]

that looks like it could be my kinda thing.
thanks for the heads up fella's!
now i know what to do with it, i can probably fab one up at work.
cheers!