sledfreak547
New member
im just wondering on how to install a rear heat exchanger on an 02 yamaha viper 700 can i get any directions on how to install one?
remove your seat,
remove your bumper cover/hose covers
drain down your coolant a little,
lift the sled up in the air
pull your hoses from the cross over tube
drill out rivets to cross over tube
drill out rivets on the rear panel where it rivets below the cross over tube, just one side is fine
drop tube down through this side and twist out of the other
put cooler up in hole the same way
make note of where the air bleed bolt is on the cooler. some will line up, some will not. Many of the first coolers were srx coolers, and some coolers are drilled for the factory hole. If yours does not line up with the factory hole, mark where it needs to be and drill a 3/4in hole so you can get a socket down on the bolt
remove the bolt and grind a flat on one side and clean the threads up. This will help on the bleeding. you wont have to remove the bolt when bleeding, the air will travel up the flat side of the bolt.
Now rivet it back together
if you feel you will be doing heavy tail landings with long studs, you will want to get some rear guards to install at the same time.
Now let the sled back down
crack the filler
ad fluid if it can take any
back the bolt out until fluid comes out around the bolt
then tighten
make sure and fill again
secure cap
lift the sled back up
shack back and forth
drop back down
remove cap
loosen bolt till fluid comes out
tighten
repeat till you only get fluid, not bubbles
put your seat back on
remove your bumper cover/hose covers
drain down your coolant a little,
lift the sled up in the air
pull your hoses from the cross over tube
drill out rivets to cross over tube
drill out rivets on the rear panel where it rivets below the cross over tube, just one side is fine
drop tube down through this side and twist out of the other
put cooler up in hole the same way
make note of where the air bleed bolt is on the cooler. some will line up, some will not. Many of the first coolers were srx coolers, and some coolers are drilled for the factory hole. If yours does not line up with the factory hole, mark where it needs to be and drill a 3/4in hole so you can get a socket down on the bolt
remove the bolt and grind a flat on one side and clean the threads up. This will help on the bleeding. you wont have to remove the bolt when bleeding, the air will travel up the flat side of the bolt.
Now rivet it back together
if you feel you will be doing heavy tail landings with long studs, you will want to get some rear guards to install at the same time.
Now let the sled back down
crack the filler
ad fluid if it can take any
back the bolt out until fluid comes out around the bolt
then tighten
make sure and fill again
secure cap
lift the sled back up
shack back and forth
drop back down
remove cap
loosen bolt till fluid comes out
tighten
repeat till you only get fluid, not bubbles
put your seat back on
Devilin AblueDress!
New member
remove the bolt and grind a flat on one side and clean the threads up. This will help on the bleeding. you wont have to remove the bolt when bleeding, the air will travel up the flat side of the bolt.Damn good idea right there! Do you go all the way up to the head/shoulder of bolt or stop just short of it with the "flat spot"
leave a thread or two to make sure you don't mess up the flat on the head. It is the same idea the oil bleeder uses on the oil pump, though they have a machined slot.