Replacing speedo drive on 83 GS750E

[Skye]

Hi everyone,

Just ordered a used speedo drive gear off eBay for my 1983 Suzuki GS750E (hopefully it's the right one)

Wondering if I should attempt replacement myself or take it to the shop to be installed?

I'm pretty good at wrenching, I have a full toolbox from working on cars. No tools specific to motorbikes, though.

The other problem is I live in an apartment building so I'd have to do all the work in the back alley. I can probably grab a milk crate from somewhere to elevate the front, that would probably help. Nice and dangerous.

What generally would be the steps required?
Any gotchas or specialty tools I'd need to pull the front wheel and swap out the speedo drive gear?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Skye

 

[cowboyup3371]

If you have a wrench and/or socket set then you have what you need. You'll need metric tools but there's nothing special to take off the front wheel to replace that item

 

[CrawlingForward]

Yup, if you've got the tools to take off the axle, then you're all set. It just sort of slides onto the axles and slots into place with two tabs.

 

[Skye]

Great, thanks for the sanity check. I'll give it a go and report back in a few weeks!