New member from France - Old BRUIN 350 to revive

[adr94]

Hey,

I am new to quads and I'd like to know more and be able to repair my BRUIN as much as I can.

I bought a cheap YAMAHA because I know there is parts on the market and they can be repaired. 

I hope I will learn a lot of things in this journey.

[Gwbarm]

Welcome! I think you are at the right place, lots of friendly people willing to help. I always like hearing about restoration projects. Good luck and keep us informed as to how its progressing.

[Mech]

Welcome along, this is a good site. I'm sure you will find it helpful.

Something to be aware of is that it's primarily an American site, and the models vary from country to country, so you need to make sure you are looking at the exact right model when reading the service manuals or ordering parts. This is particularly so with the electrical systems, carbs and body parts. Most of the mechanical parts are pretty standard.

The site has a good selection of service manuals but if it doesn't seem to have your model let us know and we can try to find one for the collection.

[adr94]

Thank you for the answer.

I will look for the manual in the download section. It will help me a lot with my repairs.

 

[adr94]

On 1/14/2024 at 7:48 PM, Mech said:

Welcome along, this is a good site. I'm sure you will find it helpful.

Something to be aware of is that it's primarily an American site, and the models vary from country to country, so you need to make sure you are looking at the exact right model when reading the service manuals or ordering parts. This is particularly so with the electrical systems, carbs and body parts. Most of the mechanical parts are pretty standard.

The site has a good selection of service manuals but if it doesn't seem to have your model let us know and we can try to find one for the collection.

Thank you for the warm welcome.

I found a "supplementary service manual" but not the "service manual". Do you think it is possible to find this pdf or maybe I have not looked at the right place.

[Mech]

If you tell us what year it is I might be able to find the main manual.

Did you read what the supplement is to ? It's possibly a supplement to cover some particular model, or some later year.

The bike's model will start off as YFM350 then there will be a suffix of two or three letters. If you have the suffix let us know that as well.

 

 

 

[Mech]

This is the manual the supplement is to.. If you are sure about the year, then that's what you need. If you give us the frame number or model designation I can check it for you.

 

 

[adr94]

22 hours ago, Mech said:

If you tell us what year it is I might be able to find the main manual.

Did you read what the supplement is to ? It's possibly a supplement to cover some particular model, or some later year.

The bike's model will start off as YFM350 then there will be a suffix of two or three letters. If you have the suffix let us know that as well.

 

 

 

Thank you for the answer.

The model is YFM350FAS 2WD it is a 2006 BRUIN.

[Mech]

The S on the end indicates it's a 2004 model. Are you sure that's the right suffix, and/or year ? It could also be BAS.. The B indicates 2WD,

Do you have a frame or engine number ?

You may be right about that designation, being as you are in Europe, the models do vary from place to place, but that  makes it all the more important to get the correct service manual.

Gw knows yamaha better than I do.. Perhaps he will have some insights.

[Mech]

If you look in the partzilla or babbits atv parts online it will show you all the models availiable with suffixes. If you browse through looking at various parts for various years you might be able to narrow it down to which exact model you have. Good parts to look at are body colours, carbs, cdi if you can get a number off it.. but just about anything can change.. handlebars even are sometimes higher or lower. 

Have a look at the suffixes. B indicates 2WD and F is for 4WD. S is for 2004, T is for 2005 and V is for 2006.

FAS is a 4WD 2004, and BAS is 2WD 2004. A 2006 would be FAV or BAV

Edited January 18, 2024 by Mech

[Mech]

A quick look in the parts shows that the headlight bulb changes between 2004 and 2006. The later appears to be a halogen bulb.

Edited January 18, 2024 by Mech

[Gwbarm]

The 10th digit of the Vin# indicates the year.

[Mech]

Good point Gw.

We really need the model designation too though, or an engine or frame number. The frame number will be on the lower left frame tube near the foot peg, and the model designation should hopefully be on a sticker on the top frame tube near the back of the tank I think they are.

[Gwbarm]

I know the 4th through the 8th digit tell specifics, but i never could figure out how to break their code, so i just used one of the online vin # searches to find the specifics, but a better option. would be to call or contact yamaha it would be more accurate.

[adr94]

It is the 2WD BRUIN, 2006 model so I guess it is a BAV.

I just cleaned the halogen.

I thought FAV was a generic term for BRUIN. Maybe not much change between 2004 an 2006. Any workshop manual would do, I guess.

[Mech]

The mechanical parts and procedures are all pretty much the same through model runs as far as working on them goes, but you do need the model designation or to know exactly what you have for ordering parts. The carbs and electricals in particular are very model/market/year specific.

So you are sure it's a 2006 ? You figured that from the vin number ?

And are you in America ? They have Europe, Canadian or American and Oceania versions. And if it's American it's possible it will be Californian or general. All things to consider when ordering parts or looking at the carbs or electrics.

[Mech]

I found a BAV owners manual which I've just put into the owner manuals section.. It'll appear after it's been approved.

There's not much helpful in it but it might be handy.

[Mech]

And it appears that there are only Europe and Ociania versions, so that narrows things down a lot.

The carbs change between 2005 and 2006. And the headlight bulb changes between 2004 1nd 2006, so take nothing for granted..