dgb3
XS400 Member
New to the site, been poking around the last few days trying to get some info and decided to become a member.
I've got an '82 Maxim 400. All original, low miles. I've had it for about 4 years now and have never had problems with it, until now.
I didn't get to ride much last year and it sat a lot although I did start it up every week. So I've got a few problems that I know what I need to do to fix but I'm kind of at a cross road because I kind of want to chop/bob this bike. So this will be a build thread/repair thread.
Anyways, so it ended up with a full tank of fuel in the engine with the oil. It's been drained and new filter put in, I have a new drain plug on order bc the old one broke the head off it was on so tight. I need to get the air box out to clean it and get all the fuel out that ended up in it. I have the bike tore down a bit but can seem to figure out how to get it out. The only thing I can think of is the engine has to get dropped to get it out, which is more then I want to do. Is there something I'm missing?
I've got an '82 Maxim 400. All original, low miles. I've had it for about 4 years now and have never had problems with it, until now.
I didn't get to ride much last year and it sat a lot although I did start it up every week. So I've got a few problems that I know what I need to do to fix but I'm kind of at a cross road because I kind of want to chop/bob this bike. So this will be a build thread/repair thread.
Anyways, so it ended up with a full tank of fuel in the engine with the oil. It's been drained and new filter put in, I have a new drain plug on order bc the old one broke the head off it was on so tight. I need to get the air box out to clean it and get all the fuel out that ended up in it. I have the bike tore down a bit but can seem to figure out how to get it out. The only thing I can think of is the engine has to get dropped to get it out, which is more then I want to do. Is there something I'm missing?