'82 GS300L Restore & Timing Adjustment - Complete Noob

[Mekanix]

Bend the tabs back. Get an axle nut socket. 30mm i think. Put the bike in first and hold the back brake. Then try and loosen the nut. impact gun works better though.

[hjacobmiller]

Bend the tabs back. Get an axle nut socket. 30mm i think. Put the bike in first and hold the back brake. Then try and loosen the nut. impact gun works better though.

Ahh, the rear brake. That is what I forgot.

Is is OK to reuse the tabs? Just re-bend them back over?

[razor02097]

Is is OK to reuse the tabs? Just re-bend them back over?

That is what I did

[pete]

Ahh, the rear brake. That is what I forgot.

Is is OK to reuse the tabs? Just re-bend them back over?

As long as the washer is still reasonably solid yes.

A second person helps a lot with this too...

[hjacobmiller]

Cool - I'll have to go get the right sized socket. The chain and sprockets won't be here for a couple of days so I have plenty of time.

I think I'm going to start a new thread because now that it is running I am really thinking about starting to slowly make a custom project out of it. I want to ride it around while doing most of the stuff, so a complete strip down and rebuild will have to be postponed until cooler rainier weather.

After reading Pete's rebuild thread and seeing some of his tricks, I got inspired.

I'll post the new thread in here, but I think that this will be a slow process over the next year or so.

Update: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=195200

I can almost hear Pete and Mechanix cringing in anticipation of my questions....

See you in the other thread!

[pete]

Inspired by my thread? Cool

And don't worry, I don't think either of us are phased by the questions... we get to learn stuff too

See ya in the other thread...

[Gs katuchi]

Couple quick questions, I have an 82 gs300l and the engine is completely apart. I have all the parts to put it back together but I don't know a thing about how to set the timing. So any info on that would be highly appricated. Also the air box is missing so I bought some cone air filters on ebay, will those be fine?

[John Park]

Couple quick questions, I have an 82 gs300l and the engine is completely apart. I have all the parts to put it back together but I don't know a thing about how to set the timing. So any info on that would be highly appricated. Also the air box is missing so I bought some cone air filters on ebay, will those be fine?

Probably best to post something on the Twins forum. The engine is quite similar to the GSX400 which is sold everywhere BUT the US. There's a factory manual download available for that through the 'bike cliff' site here as I recall. It's basically a GSX400 engine with a smaller bore and shorter stroke and five speeds instead of six.

If you haven't 'built' a motorcycle engine before you'll be best to study up. There's also the question of why it was apart. So you need to do major amounts of reading on this site before you start. Just bolting all the bits back together isn't all there is to it. Setting the timing is the last thing to do and it's straightforward.

As to the air box, not running it will present major hurdles in getting the carbs rejetted, and there is no performance advantage to running without the air box. The best and cheapest way to solve the problem is to put the filters back on ebay and start looking for an air box.