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1978 GS550ET top end inspect/rebuild

  • Thread starter Thread starter Nicholk
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Shims arrived and fitted. Gaps rechecked and a brief moment of panic as it seemed I'd got it all wrong.
Took a deep breath and then realised that 0.3-0.8 feeler gauges good...........0.03-0.08 gauges is very,very bad..!!
Result...all gaps fine and some very choice name calling to myself...!!

Now lots of cleaning up of the rest of the bike.....gonna take time as arthritis means work has to be short time before probs kick in.

Not looking forward to going through the wiring and connectors especially
 
0.3-0.8 feeler gauges good...........0.03-0.08 gauges is very,very bad..!!

Am I missing something here? I'm looking at the Suzuki service manual and it has 0.03mm- 0.08mm tappet clearance spec.

Anyways, great thread you have here! really valuable to have so many detailed photos!

Thanks for posting!
 
Now to the rebuild of the brakes.......managed to dismantle all but the front brake master cylinder.........well and truly seized and impossible to get out. Seems like it may be common from the posts where people have swapped it for a newer model.....Bandit. On to the re-assembly.

Brakes comp.jpg
 
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