XN85 Intake and Turbo Removal
This article is part of one of many for doing other projects on your XN85.
First take off the rubber intake tube from turbo inlet to the air flow meter with a Phillips screw driver.
Then remove the plastic cover that hides your wiring and bolts to the air meter bracket.
Next use a Phillips screw driver to remove the back side of the rubber intake and then use a 10mm socket to remove the bracket from the frame for the air meter.
Now take your trusty 17mm open end box wrench and your favorite 14mm open end box wrench and break free the gas lines on both sides of the intake.
Use a 10mm open end box end wrench to loosen the throttle cable before trying to remove the intake hint hint.
Use a 7mm open end box end wrench to loosen the Choke Cable even though it has a flat head screw driver fitting you will not be able to use it as there is just to much in the way. It is best to take off the outer vacuum tube as it is just in the way to get any leverage!
Take your 10mm open end box end wrench and not a screw driver as it wont do and remove the two nuts that hold on the fuel rail.
Use your Phillips head screw driver to loosen the turbo rubber mount on the intake.
Now you can do this with both a 10mm socket and extension and an open end box end wrench to take off the top 4 bolts that hold the intake on.
The top was easy but the bottom will be much harder mostly on the right side of the bike where your rear break is incase you can't remember right from left. You will need two types of open end box end wrenches one is the regular flat one and the other is slightly bent. The hardest bolt will be on the right side over the cam chain adjuster, don't get mad just take your time as it will come out very slow.
Now remove the intake from the bike out the left side not the right as it wont go out that way. It will take a little wiggling and turning up and down but it will go. Make sure not to get it caught on the temperature sensor on the left side of the head as this peach sticks out and is prone to breaking easy.
Now use a 12mm socket with extension to remove both the oil feed lines from the turbo and engine.
Use a 12mm socket with long extension to remove two of the three bolts that hold the turbo mounting bracket to the engine.
Remove the turbo from either side of the bike and you should see a pretty empty frame with just a motor.