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Good work, great video! I own a 2000 XVS 1100 and I have heard of this nut coming loose but didn't really know where it was. Now you have shown me, I'll get in there and locktite the thing together. I like the way you approached this, no fear, when you got frustrated, you walked away for a bit.

Just a FYI... just wired a 2023 T66 and the harness plug is under the drivers left side bottom trim panel just below drivers arm rest. You have to pull the seat on SJC models.

Your TAP is bottoming out and that's what's breaking it you're not deep enough

Broken transmission output shaft? And here I thought Japanese bikes were immune to this kind of engineering insanity?? Now After seeing this: I'd rather change a belt drive belt on a Harley big twin...(remove the entire primary side). Or change out the twincam (spring loaded) cam chain tensioners every couple of years.... Oh and the rear wheel spinning slightly with engine running is not unusual. the oil forms a "visvcous coupling" (the oil will drag the clutch disks around while in the air).

My childhood 😢😢😢

WOW what a moron,

that a nice mower ware did you get it

Buy a new phone

Any update on this?

Did a similar fix on my Bulldog 1100 ( same engine ) This was 7 years ago. Still good.

That's called POWER!

Was 100% the same problem with mine. I had to cut the wire loom apart and found a black, red and white wire broken. The yellow wire almost broken. Thank you!!!!

Wow this is 10 years ago. How many hours did you end up with on it? Still going strong?

Is this the single or twin cylinder? I have one available local in great shape everywhere 625 hours for 1450. Is it worth anywhere near that? Think it’s a 97 as well. In great shape

Going to try this when I get home. Quad was working fine One day, the next it was completely dead. Bought a new solenoid, which I have not put in yet, first, I’m going to check fuse box, and then your ignition fix.

Well I broke the shaft in my 2005 a couple of days ago. A heads up. They call for servicing the swing arm lube at every 20k to 25k. So I did and though I'd never have to drop the swing arm again.... WRONG. When I had the swing arm out for lube I drilled and tapped and installed 3 zerk fittings. And an additional one in the head tube. This should be standard instead of a $1500 maintenance cost at the shop. I drilled and tapped using the grease method suggested in this thread. Worked great.

How can I still play this???

2k to have shop do this? Priceless! 😂

Law suit!!! Class action in order!

Be careful when drilling. Stick to 25mm max. At about 30mm you’ll drill thru. 😂. Trust me! 😢

Hope this works for 176x cause my God they have been some stupid ass videos

Muchas gracias por tu ayuda me compre una igual a la tuya con el mismo problema y tu video me a aclarado muchas cosas ,me parece que tu propuesta es muy buena y no creo que sea peor que cambiar todas las piezas y desarmar el motor , reparare mi yamaha v- star 1100 de la misma forma que tu reparaste la tuya creo que es una muy buena opcion , si el trabajo se hace bien no deberian haber problemas , muchas gracias de nuevo por tu valiosa ayuda .

need to know why deck is at an angle under my gt225. hitting left front wheel and right rear. 42 inch deck ,will accept a 54 inch.

too bad sound wont working

THIS IS WHAT LEAD ME TO FIX MY BIKE Thank you so much I thought it was everything else because the bike worked off and on. The ignition switch wiring was bent making the no crank issue, moved the bad wire by hand and turned the key and it worked. Will be cutting out the bad wire and replacing the ignition switch for a permanent fix.

Thank you you save me a lot of time!!

This just happened to me. Thanks for the tutorial.

Good operator exelent

damn i have the switch head and the plug in the back but now power going to the switch :( all fuses are good that i can find no idea why mine is dead.

Dose that have down pressure?

Hi is a G series s185 pre wired also from bobcat for adding a switch and beacon also? Also wondering what name or brand light and size you put on this machine…14” length? Thank you!

An easy way to drill the hole centered and straight, is to use a simple jig made on a lathe or 3d printer with a small hole on one end for the drill bit and a larger hole at the other end to slip over the shaft end.

Thank you for this. I am very skeptical about shaft drives anyway. The newer bigger V Stars have a belt drive so that will be that. I've seen these replacement shaft drive units online for $800. Your warning saved me from buying anything that might suffer the issue. Thanks.

Can you please show all the video because it only shows half the job , thanks

Your advice on the fusing is completely wrong. Your fuse should be at your feed from wherever it comes from.

You probably figured out where that bolt goes by now, but it looks to be the one on the rear part of the air filter housing

Thank you my friend for the information it is so valuable. I own a Yamaha 2002 1100 with 15000 miles on it. Didin’t knew about this isue until I saw your video wich is great. With that on mind I will look on my shaft to see how it is praying God the nut still in place other way be a tremendous job. So thanks again for the time you invested on put this video for us, well done!!Cheers from Orange County California👋👋

Thanks, I have difficulty doing deck.

Thank you for this . Before I bought the ridiculously priced Harley I decided to try a used cruiser first . I noticed a few of these star 1100 for good prices and low miles in my area . I was actually in the process of buying one when I saw your Video . Did some more research and found that this was a widespread problem . Well long story short I’m still looking . Thank you thank you

Thankfully the question I had about this process you covered. Thanks

I have a 2006 1100 custom and mine just happened my bolt came loose in my transission

Is there a way you could make a video showing the arms under this model tractor that raise and lower the deck?? Also what year is this 325 would be helpful too??

Most shaft fractures of this type are caused by over-torquing the nut. Not saying owner did that, it could have been over-torqued at any point from setup to now.

Cannot believe after two decades of this bike, and not one video on you tube on how to check the nut, or how to tighten the nut to avoid having this happen. Is this even a common issue. Trying to find literally any info on how to even check this is like a needle in a haystack. Just bought the same bike, and zero online info on it.

So there is nothing we can do basically for preventative maintenance other than take the whole thing out? I’m not quite sure what we can watch for, unless I’m missing something.

Do you have the Yamaha email address ? I'd like to talk to Yamaha because I have the same problem and my bike has just 13000.

I have the same problem. My bike is 2005 and she has 13000 miles. Impossible Yamaha says never saw it.

How do I check the nut? Where is the video where it shows the nut.

Cannot hear you with vol at 100% no less.

Do you have a video on how to take the deck off?