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Hey does anyone know what I should torque my sparkplugs at? It's a 1982 yamaha maxim 400. And also does anyone know what they should be gapped at? I can just use the old sparks as a guide until I figure it out if no one knows.

thanks for looking

Gaps might be printed somewhere on the bike itself. Under the seat of my '86 Yamaha Radian, it has that information, I believe.

As for spark plug torque, put a tiny bit of anti-seize on the threads and tighten them down via the instructions on the plug packaging. It varies by the sealing washer used, but it's usually 1/4 to 1/2 turn after it's snug (I usually say snug is about 1/8 turn past handtight).

heres the ngk website.

it might help!

http://www.ngksparkplugs.com/apps/motor ... 0&country=

thanks a lot, that package actually says its a full 1/2 turn given the washers it came with. I look around for the gap. I put them in and it fired right up! Man I was so pumped, after 9 years it purrs!!!!!

After a while (10-15 minutes) it seems to get bogged down and just dies. When I pulled the plugs they were BLACK. I am guessing the float needs to be adjusted and I need to lean out the carb. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do either of those. I'll look around here though, I'm sure there is some information somewhere.

thanks again!

if u need more specific help goto

http://www.xjowners.com

or there is cd that has everythinh about xj's

http://members.tripod.com/dave_jack/id47.htm#xjcd

u got any pocs o'the bike?

I really need to get one now that it's put back together. I got the tank in the mail last week and couldn't wait so I put it all back together. To see if it would run. Now I need to take some pictures.

The tank looks worse on the outside than the one I had but no rust on the inside. I may be repainting the tank this winter if I can get the balls to do it.