1982 Yamaha XT550 Service and Repair Manual

LIT-11616-03-00 is a single-year manual. Yamaha wrote it for the 1982 XT550 alone, model code XT550J, and it is not shared with any other model or year in the line.

A dedicated volume reads differently from a multi-year one. There are no branching notes telling you which paragraph applies to your bike; every torque figure, clearance and setting on the page is for the machine in front of you. The manual takes the XT550 through engine and chassis disassembly, inspection against printed wear limits, reassembly in sequence, carburation, ignition and the electrical system with its wiring diagram.

Before ordering, check XT550J against your frame label. Owners occasionally find a neighbouring year's code there, and the 1983 bike uses a different factory manual, so the code is the fitment check worth two minutes.