Slippage?

[BassCliff]

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Hi Mr. spaytons,

There's a virtual GS850G par-tay over at my little website. Feel free to stop by. You might just need to use a little sand paper on those fibers. If the bike has sat a long time the springs could be a little out of spec. They're cheap. Use Rotella-T 15w40 diesel engine oil or similar. It's good stuff.

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[duaneage]

Get a set of clutch fibers, they are not that expensive. and new springs.
If you open it up and scrape gasket why not do it right?
If someone used "energy saving" car motor oil in the bike the fibers are going to be black and slick. That's why we advocate Rotella T and other diesel oils. They also have a little zinc and other metals car oil doesn't. Of course castrol makes a 4T motorcycle oil that's cheap and doesn't hurt the clutch.

[spaytons]

@BassCliff, Thanks for the welcome. Yes I've been to your site and downloaded the manual. Thanks a bunch for that. So let me get this straight, instead of 10W-40, use 15w40 for the engine oil? How about the 2nd gear box? I got the 90 in it.
@duaneage, ya I was thinking as long as I had it apart to go ahead and do the clutch too.
And thanks everyone for the assist. I never thought I'd be back in the saddle again. Its been 5 years since I sold the sporty. When the jeep crapped out and I couldn't find a car that got good mileage I found this bike. The wife insisted I buy it, told me I needed it. And she was right.

[spaytons]

Ok, just read the 'top 10' thread and that makes sense to me. Got castro 10/40 in it now. I'll get that changed out of there.

[Steve]

Guys, if you re-read his post, it ONLY HAS 10K on it.

Very hard to believe that it needs new parts.

Eric

Eric, if you re-read his post, it's ONLY 31 years old.

Springs take a "set" based on time, as well as use.

Six springs from Suzuki are what, $10?

I think it's closer to $20, but still cheap enough.

I think I can swing 10 for springs.

Don't forget another $10 for the gasket.

Any suggestion what I should look out for or do if I'm that far into it?

Just make sure everything is lined up when you put it back together.

If you start with the bike on the side stand, you won't even need to drain the oil before you start.

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[5150/gs]

@Basscliff, little website hahaha

[spaytons]

Thanks

Finally got those springs installed. Shes a screamer now and shoots down the highway. Big thanks to everyone for the help.

[hjfisk]

To all those who think just because it has no miles springs and fibers don't go bad, that is not true. The GS 500 street fighter that we spent all winter building only had 2000 miles on it and it was only 22 years old, we took the clutch apart and cleaned up everything and separated the discs as they were stuck from sitting and put it all back together. Got the bike running and tuned so it ran good and the clutch decided to give up ship about a week after the bike was put into daily service. So sitting does not help and low miles mean nothing

[7981GS]

hjfick, that is bad news as the '79 1000 that I brought back to life had sat for over 18 years and rides down the road just fine with 33,000+ showing on it.

Eric