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Oil filter housing

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Does anybody know the part number for the complete oil filter housing on an 80 GS850, and what can I expect to pay? Just want to know if my bike is better off parting out or fixing.

All this for a broken off bolt in the upper right stem hole, and my impatience. Drilled through the side wall.
 
do you have a photo of the mistake. it just depenes on the who, what and ware of the drilled hole.

yes, it can be repaired but the cost of the repair is the thing. it could be as simple as welding the hole closed and redrilling and taping. the next choise is replacing the lower case haft.
 
Re: Oil filter housing

Take the cover to a welder. It is a very very simple thing to get a hole filled in.

Earl


riptide151 said:
Does anybody know the part number for the complete oil filter housing on an 80 GS850, and what can I expect to pay? Just want to know if my bike is better off parting out or fixing.

All this for a broken off bolt in the upper right stem hole, and my impatience. Drilled through the side wall.
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I'll probably take the welder route. The bottom gasket is leaking oil anyway, so I'll be able to kill two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, the Clymer manual I have doesn't have procedures to take the lower case half off. It looks like a weekend long P.I.T.A, but neccessary. At least I feel assured that the case isn't totalled. Hopefully the welder's union won't drain my wallet.

Thanks for all your help.
 
With regards to the lower case, is removing the engine required or is it a separate piece from the trany case? Hoping for the latter. Probably a dumb question, but the Clymer manual doesn't have a very good engine diagram.
 
You will need to drain the oil remove the exhausts, the carbs, the starter motor, and all the engine side covers (clutch, ignition, stator& countershaft) remove the clutch hub(and the plates that cross over the case halves behind the clutch hub). Remove the motor from the frame and remove all bolts from the top case(note the two under where the starter motor was) now turn the motor upside down 8O remove all the bottom bolts(again note there are two inside the sump) Provided you havent missed any bolts it is relatively easy to seperate the two halves ( I find a wide paint scrapper very helpful at this point)
Dink
 
I feel your pain riptide. My first 750 had this problem. I managed to jerry-rig a temporary fix to finish the season, but the cases should be replaced. If you decide to fix it, PM me. I've got an 850 motor with good cases. I don't need it & would be happy to sell it - Cheap.

Terry
 
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