Gear Oil Dipstick

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Gear Oil Dipstick
by Doug Heinen

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The Official Yamaha (TM) stick is put together as follows. The short end is for measuring REAR drive, and the long end is for measuring the MIDDLE drive. The two horizontal lines at each end indicate the low and and high range for oil.

       REAR   __

             /__\             ___

             |__|        ___     \   A=24mm / 15/16"

             |  |           \    |

             |  |           A    B   B=26mm / 1-1/32"

        _____|  |_____   ___/ ___/

       /              \

      |<--- 11/16" --->|

       \_____    _____/  ___  ___

             |  |           \    \

             |  |           |    |

             |  |           |    |   C=66mm / 2-19/32"

             |  |           C    D

             |  |           |    |   D=69mm / 2-23/32"

             |  |           |    |

             |__|        ___/    |

             |__|             ___/

             \__/

    MIDDLE

             |--|

             1/4"

             6mm

Hope this helps, best I could do with ASCII Draw.

Note added 7/30/02
by sixtysix

The original dipstick is still available and less than $5.00 at your local Yamaha dealer.....Part number for the gage is:
2H7-2815A-00-00 (Gauge, oil level)

photo added 8/12/02 by Mike Hart
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Here is a photo of a dipstick available from Mike Farnworth's site under 'Goodies':