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bigdee
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well I finally stopped the final drive leak on my 80 gs1000L, I decided to replace the seal that never goes bad (teehee) im glad this one lasted 30years as the seal was a bit pricey, part #09289-70001 it was bought thru local suzuki dealer for $35 plus tax $37.28 wow, this seal is huge as it measures nealy 4 inches across, pretty sraight forward repair , was going to buy the large o-ring also but it was NLA from dealer , I did the repair with final drive in place, I drilled a small hole in seal and used a small cheapo body man dent puller to remove it, all surfaces were cleaned , the seal surfaces were also looked at and some surface rust was removed with light 3-m scour pad, light grease applied to seal rubber and outside to ease install, I also made an installation tool using a small section of 3 1/2 inch sched 40 PVC pipe to drive new seal into place, it worked perfect as I did not need to damage this $35 dollar part , after installing new seal I used the Honda moly lube on the drive splines , as I did not replace the large o-ring I decided not to remove the drive gear lube as it was just serviced before the leak started , the fluid was like new , the original leak was not a gusher but still managed to drip on rear wheel(still very messy) and could become a saftey issue if left unchecked , if not making the bike look nasty to boot, I topped of the gear lube and all is well ............. once you get shafted you never go back to the chains
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