Confirm Oil drain GS650G

[Guest]

Hi again. Can someone confirm this is correct?

As far as I understand it, you have to drain both the engine and the intermidiate gear oil (two separate drain plugs) and this is shared oil from the engine.. and after refilling the engine, you have to run the bike gently in gear to get some of that engine oil back into the intermidiate gear area before riding away? There's no fill plug for the intermediate gear area that I can see.

The oil that drained out of the engine was a heck of a lot newer/cleaner than I expected. The bike was last run 2 yrs ago.. and unknown how long it has been sitting before that..

The Suzuki Oil filters were cheaper at the local dealer than what I could find online.. now that was surprising.

Cheers

[tkent02]

Yes, two drains, one fill. Put some oil in, run it, then adjust the level in the window. Sorry I can't remember how many quarts, three point something maybe?

[tom203]

.....three point something maybe?

Good recall, it's about 3.2 quarts! As crankcase fills up, oil just leaks into secondary drive cavity- leave on kickstand and even more shows up.

[Seaking]

Thanks gents. tis better to ask and be safe than walking through the bush blindly..

Cheers

[tkent02]

Did you find a Suzuki service manual yet?

[Seaking]

Did you find a Suzuki service manual yet?

Yes I did, thanks.. downloaded from BassCliff site, I believe.. The manual leaves a lot to be desired though, I've found several instances where they assume you already know how this or that comes off the bike without telling you how it comes off, or installed.. or it bounces around a lot.. I learned to read the whole section through before doing anything.. and ask questions if my grasp of it isn't solid.

Most of you gentlemen probably wouldn't notice this due to many years of experience you have with these bikes or older bikes in general, some things were done slightly different back then..

Carbs for example.. explains nicely how to service them, to put it back on the bike and do some tuning, then jumps in right away on adjustments made while the carbs are off the bike again.. not very linear in reading procedures. I'm getting used to how it's laid out though.. Still trying to find where the swing arm removal section is located.. probably in the electrical section.. tis all good and still fun.

Cheers

[tom203]

Swingarm removal ?? how many miles on this bike?

Have you see this site- good for parts layout, but too pricey. ebay is your friend for these old bikes

http://www.alpha-sports.com/spst/1982%20GS650G/41.htm?q=suzuki-parts

[Seaking]

The bike has 16,000 miles on the clock, but it's a rusty beast. Was looking to take the swing arm off for repainting and greasing up the bearings. There's no play in it and feels to have good movement on the bearings (as far as I can tell).. Suggest I should leave it on there?

Cheers

[BigD_83]

I think that (swingarm) falls into the "aint broke" category at this point, but heck, if you are mechanically able to, and not in a hurry to put the bike on the road, why not? Of course, if you are trying to beat winter and get in a couple of rides, you're behind the 8-ball.

[tkent02]

I haven't seen loose swingarm bearings on a shafty, they last a long time. I wouldn't bother unless it was loose or crunchy.

Not a shaft drive expert, though. Mine weren't broke, so all I ever did was lube the splines.

My 650g had a lot more miles than that, my 1100g had 90,000 miles, both the swingarms were good s new. Have had a few other shaftys on a fix and flip basis, they were all fine.

[Seaking]

Ok, it ain't broke so nuttin to fix! Best to leave it alone Winter crunch not a worry, two other bikes to ride whilst this one is being worked on.

I did notice the coil spring clamp that holds the back of the shaft boot onto the shaft has rotten through and fell apart in too many pieces to count..

Looks like a black zip tie might hold that in place in it's stead?

Cheers