How much gear oil for a 81 gs1000L

[Guest]

Just wondering how much gear oil for gear case and final drive
Thanks, Bob

[Dogma]

With the bike on the center stand, fill the final drive up to the bottom edge of the fill plug hole.

For the secondary drive, find the screw on the side, a few inches to the rear of the fill port. Remove this screw and fill the secondary drive until oil starts coming out this hole. Go slowly when you get close, because it takes forever to drain back down after overfilling.

All this is explained in the service manuals you can find on Bass Cliff's site. You can probably find the capacities too, so you can look up how much you need to buy.

[Steve]

And here I was, trying to figure out where he found a GS1000L TWIN.

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[Rob S.]

Just wondering how much gear oil for gear case and final drive
Thanks, Bob

I thought the GS1000L was a chain drive?

[Redman]

Just wondering how much gear oil for gear case and final drive
Thanks, Bob

If you are asking "how do know if full?"... that has been answered.

If you are asking how much to buy: A quart will do. (or at least it was on my 650G that needed gear oil in rear drive and gear case.)

Maybe get more response in other sections (there are not any shaft drive twin GSes).

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[Redman]

80 1000G owners manual on BassCliif Site

http://www.mtsac.edu/~cliff/storage/gs/GS1000G_Owners_Manual_80.pdf

gear case
350ml 12 OZ

final drive
280ml 10 OZ

(I rounded off some)

oh, wait. you said 1000L

or is it 1000GL

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[Steve]

I thought the GS1000L was a chain drive?

Yes, it is, but the shaft-driven GLs just add to the confusion by not putting the "G" on the side cover.

To the best of my knowledge, none of the GLs have the "G" on the side cover. I know for a fact that my wife's 850 and my son's 650 don't.





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[850 Combat]

Yes, it is, but the shaft-driven GLs just add to the confusion by not putting the "G" on the side cover.

To the best of my knowledge, none of the GLs have the "G" on the side cover.

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How do you know its a GL then?

[Reconnoiter]

Thanks to all, I put 350cc in the gearbox (front of shaft) and I put 300cc in the rear (rear of shaft). It is actually classified as a gl, but does only have the L after the 1000.

[Steve]

How do you know its a GL then?

If it's shaft-driven, it's a "G".

If it's shaft-driven and has a peanut tank, leading axle forks, stepped seat and chrome fenders, it's a "GL".



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[Steve]

Maybe get more response in other sections (there are not any shaft drive twin GSes).

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Au contraire, monsieur Redman.







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[Mekanix]

And here I was, trying to figure out where he found a GS1000L TWIN.

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Soon, Steve , sooon