drip,drip-drip,drip-drip-drip final drive leak update

[bigdee]

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

[officerbill]

Thanks for the info, I am about to the same job to the 850. Figured as long as the wheel was off for the new tire I might as well fix the little leaks along the way.
Bill

[bigdee]

your most welcome, most the work was taking the rear wheel off , cleaning the leaked gear lube, i removed two rear fender bolts to gain a little more room to aid in rear tire removal, take your time to do the prep work...........have at it

[850 Combat]

If you have the time for it, I'm sure any bearing house in your area could source the seal and O ring if you show it to them.


I have had good luck with they anyway.

[bwringer]

Awesome!

When I did this, I took the seal to bLowe's and rummaged around until I found a large PVC pipe connector of some sort that works perfectly as a seal driver (in conjunction with a rubber hammer, of course).