For sleds it's usually the first digits that denote the model year and then the middle number is the part.

These are all throttle cables. Notice only the begining is different. Do you also see where a 1998 part number is still the same in 2001. Yamaha cut and paste parts.

All of these parts are interchangable, if that addresses your question. I find most often if the middle number is the same it will work.

8CH-26311-00-00<1998 SX-700>
8CH-26311-00-00<1998 Mountain Max-700>
8ED-26311-00-00 < 2001 SXR-700>
8CR-26311-00-00 <1998 SX-600>

 

For sleds it's usually the first digits that denote the model year and then the middle number is the part.

These are all throttle cables. Notice only the begining is different. Do you also see where a 1998 part number is still the same in 2001. Yamaha cut and paste parts.

All of these parts are interchangable, if that addresses your question. I find most often if the middle number is the same it will work.

8CH-26311-00-00<1998 SX-700>
8CH-26311-00-00<1998 Mountain Max-700>
8ED-26311-00-00 < 2001 SXR-700>
8CR-26311-00-00 <1998 SX-600>[/b]

Excellent type of reply I was searching for,, this clearly shows how the prefix of 3 digits denotes how or what sled/bike/atv the particular number was designed for, yet the middle 5 digi's denote the part being a throttle cable

Now, lets take a CDI for instance,, p/n 8CR-85540-40-00 vs p/n 8CA-85540-00 (hypothetically), same 5 middle digits, DIFFERENT prefixes of origin,, this guy says that because the middle 5 digits are the same (identifying a CDI box) that they will work on either sled,,, now correct me if i'm wrong (which i'm sure i'm not), but the WHOLE REASON there is a different prefix to identify WHICH model it originated from is because of such inentities as different timing curves or wire harness hookups, also possibly digital CDI (85540) vs 85510 (non-digital I believe) with different 3 digit prefixes of I.D.,,,, :dunno: Am I wrong???,,



22 yrs of selling yamaha parts along w.honda/kawasaki/suzuki also have their way of identifying their own models also, and always there is some type of difference (no matter how subtle) to why each requires its own part I.D. designation


Thank you NY_SXR700 for validating my belief/knowledge of this system :div20: :beerchug:

 

Yamaha is one of the few I haven't had the chance to work with, but a lot of this comes down to how good your parts guy is. The good ones are few and far between. But maybe I just expect a lot after being a parts guy myself for going on 15 years. (13 in the powersports business and two in heavy equipment)

 

Yamaha is one of the few I haven't had the chance to work with, but a lot of this comes down to how good your parts guy is. The good ones are few and far between. But maybe I just expect a lot after being a parts guy myself for going on 15 years. (13 in the powersports business and two in heavy equipment)[/b]

:div20: the issue here is that I am the parts guy,, and he is a drunken old tech that thinks he is right because he owns and bench races yamahas at the local bars that he knows it all :lol2:,,, truth be told, if he spent as much time wrenching as he does driving to the local tim hortons for coffee and b-s'ing w/others, he'd get more accomplished around here :smilielol:

 

All of these parts are interchangable, if that addresses your question. I find most often if the middle number is the same it will work.

8CH-26311-00-00<1998 SX-700>
8CH-26311-00-00<1998 Mountain Max-700>
8ED-26311-00-00 < 2001 SXR-700>
8CR-26311-00-00 <1998 SX-600>[/b]

Those cables quoted above may WORK for different applications, but I assure you they are different cables. Probably slightly different lengths, they all three have different retail prices, too. Every throttle cable for every Yamaha snowmobile has the same 5 numbers in the middle- 26311. Those numbers mean nothing as far as what it fits or interchanges with, they simply denote that the part in question is a throttle cable.Yamaha calls these three numbers the "Basic Code Number"
82M-26311-00-00 fits a 1998 Phazer.
8X6-26311-00-00 fits a 1995 V-Max
810-26311-00-00 is for a 1972 GP643
And I'm sure you know none of these three examples will work on any of the sleds you gave as examples.
Jerry

 

now correct me if i'm wrong (which i'm sure i'm not), but the WHOLE REASON there is a different prefix to identify WHICH model it originated from is because of such inentities as different timing curves or wire harness hookups, also possibly digital CDI (85540) vs 85510 (non-digital I believe) with different 3 digit prefixes of I.D.,,,, :dunno: Am I wrong???,,[/b]

In a word, no.
It's all about the prefix.
Yamaha calls the prefix (XXX) the " Model Code Number". Every model in each Yamaha product line is assigned a model number to identify that particular model. All component parts are given the model code number relating to the model on which they were FIRST used. For instance, a 1998 Phazer cable is part number 82M-26311-00-00. The prefix 82M tells us that this cable was first used on the 1991 Exciter 2. The prefix is your only source of part number interchange in the Yamaha part number system.
Jerry

 

Thanks Jerry,, when you wanna' start selling ''ringside tickets'' :lol2:

 

Those cables quoted above may WORK for different applications, but I assure you they are different cables. Probably slightly different lengths, they all three have different retail prices, too. Every throttle cable for every Yamaha snowmobile has the same 5 numbers in the middle- 26311. Those numbers mean nothing as far as what it fits or interchanges with, they simply denote that the part in question is a throttle cable.Yamaha calls these three numbers the "Basic Code Number"
82M-26311-00-00 fits a 1998 Phazer.
8X6-26311-00-00 fits a 1995 V-Max
810-26311-00-00 is for a 1972 GP643
And I'm sure you know none of these three examples will work on any of the sleds you gave as examples.
Jerry[/b]

Great point Jerry. Yamaha is funny about part numbers for sure. Some parts depending on what they are are the same but often more than not just because the middle number is the same that doesnt mean they are the same because they usually arent or like you said are somewhat or way diffferent.