I am an idiot, hope I didn't screw it up too bad

[Hellgate]

I thought you had to disconnect the coolant hose to get the clutch cover off? Look here:

Here's what the service manual says:

Or maybe it's one of those things where YAMAHA goes...
"You gotta take off the radiator cap to change the rear tire? Just so we can charge more for hours of service?"

It's your call. The oil pan sounds like a good idea too. The question is: will the plastic from that funnel float on oil or not?

I'm not even sure how to respond to that one. I think I'll rotate my vavle caps this morning.

 

[Fred]

My suggestion. Drain the engine oil.

With the drain plug still removed, get a gallon can of WD-40 from home depot and pour it into the oil filler cap. It should run through the engine and out the the drain, hopefully sweeping along any plastic bits.

Then let the bike sit for about an hour to let as much of the WD-40 drain out as possible.

Fill with clean oil and take it for a test ride.

 

[FZ1inNH]

What wrightme said... drop the pan, clean everything, reassemble and refill with a new filter. :thumbup:

 

[Nelly]

I thought you had to disconnect the coolant hose to get the clutch cover off? Look here:

Here's what the service manual says:

Or maybe it's one of those things where YAMAHA goes...
"You gotta take off the radiator cap to change the rear tire? Just so we can charge more for hours of service?"

It's your call. The oil pan sounds like a good idea too. The question is: will the plastic from that funnel float on oil or not?

How about taking a piece of your broken funnel and puttin it in to the oil to see if it floats or sinks. This will give you a better idea of where it may of ended up. I would defo drain and strain first ti see what comes out before cracking the engine. Is it possible to also use a flush? this will be less dense an hopefully remove any additional debris.

Nelly

 

[Nelly]

I'm not even sure how to respond to that one. I think I'll rotate my vavle caps this morning.

Looking at the manual pictures makes it look like a b'stard of a job (in relative terms that you only want to remove a cover). If that were the case Elm I reckon that when I change my clutch I will also be adding a longer coolant hose so I won't have it disconnect it next time.
Actually thinking about it. If the hose does need to be disconnected coolant loss will be minimal as it is easy to crimp shut and then plug. I would then just top off the coolant that I lost.

Nelly

 

[HavBlue]

Yeah my only worry would be the pick up screen getting clogged.

Say you get just all sorts of crazy, remove a few bolts and drop the oil pan. Clean the pickup screen, clean the oil pan, and just go whole hog and strain the oil as well.

Then there would be no lagging doubts in your mind. You would know its right and be done with it, never to leave the funnel in the bike again.

I love it and there's no doubts after this one....

Awesome Idea and pretty easy too. Being a bit crazy I would have the pan chromed while I was there too. Mines only polished out now and chrome would be so much better.

 

[OneTrack]

My concern here would be where the oil galleries are, and how large/small the galleries are. Where does the oil go from the clutch assembly area? If it drains directly into the oil pan, then the oil pump pickup filter should catch the funnel bits. Whether or not the pump filter catches the plastic pieces or not is moot...it they clog the oil pump pickup filter, you'll starve the engine of oil. Even if this happens for a few seconds at high rpm, your engine will grenade.
As suggested above, drop the oil pan and see what's in there.
I would NOT use WD-40 to flush the engine, btw....I would use a proper flushing oil. WD-40 may do funny things to certain internal components of your motor.