Finally got around to doing some much needed maintenance I have been putting off. A buddy came over and we put in a Graves CCT and the new style clutch basket into my 2013 at 42000 miles. We also did the swing arm lube. The cct was pretty easy. Following the many on line instructions after the install, we turned over the engine by hand several times to get rid of the extra slack. This reduced the mental stress of the first start up. Especially since I didn't the have the rocker cover off. We had a little bit of extra room with the clutch assembly out of the bile, but that part was not necessary for the cct at all. When we started the bike up, it was without any bad noises coming from the top end. a very good sign.
When we took the clutch plates out we marked their location down an a paper bag and put them back in the same position we took them out of. The new clutch housing makes it seem like a whole new bike. No vibration in between 3 and 4k rpm. It also seems to rev up faster. I only went around the block so the real test will come when I get my forks back from being upgraded.
The swing arm was a little more complicated. To start, I have the ALTRider skid plate, and one of the bolts they use for the back cross bracket, has a captured nut right at the cat/exhaust pipe brace connection. Come to fine out, Yamaha welded the retainer tab for the nut only on the bottom to allow it to slide back and forth a bit. So when I tried to take the bolt out the nut just spun. It would have helped to have 3 miniature hands. With over 42000 miles, starting the lube, I was expecting the worst. There was some corrosion on the thru bolts for the shock linkage triangle connection. All of the bushing were in excellent condition. There was still grease in the bearings, even after all of these years and use. There was no extra play in any of the bearings or shafts. The tip of the day is not to remove the bracket that is covering the swing arm pivot bolt nut on the left side by the u-joint. There was no way that we were going to get those 2 little screws out, let alone put them back in. Getting back to the AltRider skid plate bracket, the bolt that went thru the lower back rh engine case mounting point was pretty rusted. I cleaned that up the best I could and gave it a liberal coating of anti seize going back in. Maybe next time around, I'll replace it with a SS bolt.
The last item to do after I get my forks back, is to bleed the brakes/clutch and cycle the ABS pump, and bleed again. Outside of a new rear tire, and possibly a new rear shock, that will be it for the maintenance this year.