Service work on a 1998 V Max 500 XT comes back to two numbers: VX500XTB on the sled and LIT-12618-SM-00 on the manual.
Rather than a yearly book, Yamaha published this one for 1997 through 2001 and for a long list of machines beside the 500 XT, among them the SX 500R, SX 600R, SX 700R, V Max 500, the 500 XTC and its electric-start, reverse and Deluxe variants, V Max 600, 600 SX, 600 XT, 600 XTC, 600 XTC (Elec. Start), 600 XTR (Elec. Start + Reverse), V Max 700, 700 SX, VENTURE 500 and VENTURE 600.
When a table shows several values, the model code is the key. Keep VX500XTB in mind and the inspection limits, torque settings, wiring diagrams and fault-finding charts read cleanly.
