General Maintenance/Lubrication - Yamaha XT550J Service Manual

GENERAL MAINTENANCE/LUBRICATION
Initial Break-In Thereafter Every
No. Item Remarks
Type
l,oookm 5,oookm
4,oookm 8,oookm 16,oookm
(600mi)
(3,ooomi) (2,500mi) (5,ooomi) (10,ooomi)
or 1 month or 7 months
Or 6 months or 12months or 24 months
Warm-up engine
Yamalube 4-cycle
1 Engine oil oil or SAE 20W40 0 0 0
before draining
type SE motor oil
Replace filter
element and clean
2
Oil filter
down tube strainer
-
0 0 0
at initial 1,000 km
(600mi)
Wet type filter
Yamalube 2-cycle
3 Air filter must be washed
0 0 0
and damped with oil
oil or equivalent
Adjust free play.
4 Brake system Replace shoes if
-
0
0
0
necessary
5 Clutch Adjust free play
-
0
0 0
Yamaha chain and
6 Drive chain
Apply chain lube
cable lube or SAE Every 500 km (300 mil
thoroughly
10W30 motor oil
Control and Apply chain lube
Yamaha chain and
7
meter cable thoroughly
cable lube or SAE
0
0 0
10W30 motor oil
8
Rear arm Apply grease Lithium soap base
0 0
pivot shafts lightly grease
Brake pedal
Yamaha chain and
9
Apply chain lube
cable lube or SAE
0 0
shaft lightly
1 OW
130
motor oil
Side stand
Yamaha chain and
10 pivots
Apply chain lube
cable lube or SAE
0 0
and kick lightly
crank boss
10W30 motor oil
Drain completely;
Yamaha fork
11
Front fork
refill to oil10wt. or
0
oil
specification
equivalent
Check bearings
Steering
assembly for
Medium weight
12 bearing and
looseness; moder-
wheel bearing 0
0
Repack
ately repack every
races
16,000 km
grease
(10,ooomi)
Check bearings
13
Wheel for smooth rota-
0 0
-
bearings tion; replace if
necessary
Check specific
14 Battery
gravity; check
-
0 0
breather pipe for
proper operation
Brakel clutch Yamaha chain and
15 lever pivot
Apply chain lube
cable lube or SAE
shafts
lightly
10W30 motor oil
2-2