I just looked through my whole service manual and cannot seem to find out how to remove the belly pans on each side- Is it a easy job?
tyler440
Member
i would say it probably involves drilling out a bunch of rivets. they aren't really meant to me taken off but anything is possible
staggs65
Moderator
just a bunch of rivets
Simple 30 minute job. Punch and drill out the rivets and install the new one.
I took a quick look and it looks like I will need to get the replacement rivits from Yamaha or Partzilla, also is there a special rivit gun?
You'll probably want to buy a pneumatic riveter if you have an air compressor because there's a lot of rivets to put in and they're all 3/16 steel too.It's not that a conventional rivet gun wont do the job but it'll take longer,your arms and hands wont stand to pop too many of them steel rivets in a row before needing a break.
Oftracing.com sells Yamaha rivets at half the cost or less
No need for a pneumatic rivet gun unless u use a rivet gun a lot. I'd never go buy one just for this one job its not that bad. Get a buddy and you can trade off and on.
staggs65
Moderator
you can get rivets from both Ding and Crewchief47 here as well for a better price.
Yamahakid01
New member
I think most of the rivets on the belly are aluminum
super1c
Super Moderator
For the $34 for a air rivet gun at harbor freight you can't go wrong. I'll never hand pull a rivet again. Plus the gun gets the rivet way tighter then you can do by hand IMO.
And they are opening a HF 5 minutes from my house!!!!super1c said:
Do you have a PN for that Rivet gun?
Is this it or do I need the 1/4"
http://www.harborfreight.com/3-16-inch-air-hydraulic-riveter-93458.html
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super1c
Super Moderator
jay87lx said:
That's it. And I use my coupon you get in the mail. You don't need the big one. The only 1/4 rivets on the sled are the ones that mount the trailing arm bracket to the tunnel at the foot rest. You will not have to mess with that at all. I've been using mine for 2 years and still going strong.
Awesome, now I am just waiting on Ding to get back to me about the rivets
Air chissel works too if the panel is no good. Scratches the plastic some.
You mean to remove the old rivets? If so I would normally just drill them outJDViper said:
Snapped a few pics today, starting to clean it up- Took the PV's out, a bit dirty but no pull throughs- Overall a nice sled.
I took the pipes out and will polish them, I also took out the hauck can and will put a stock one back in
I took the pipes out and will polish them, I also took out the hauck can and will put a stock one back in
staggs65
Moderator
I use an air hydraulic riviter too. I dont care how little you use one well worth the investment. and like Super1c, you'll never get them as tight with a hand gun