Viton Valve stem seals

[Guest]

Does anybody know of a good source for Viton Valve Stem Seals for an 83 850?
Any distributors on our poor Canadian dollar side?

Thanks

[Who Dat?]

Not sure if the seals are Viton, but Parts n More is a Canadian company.

I have made several purchases from them, no problems with the company or the products.

[one_civic]

Has anyone bought from Suzuki Performance Spares on ebay? They have a set listed, I cross referenced the p/n's over from a 78 750 head and an 83 850 head and their the same,

Can someone confirm for me here that the valve stem seals from an early 750 head and a later 850 head are the same?

Cheers

[hampshirehog]

Has anyone bought from Suzuki Performance Spares on ebay? They have a set listed, I cross referenced the p/n's over from a 78 750 head and an 83 850 head and their the same,

Can someone confirm for me here that the valve stem seals from an early 750 head and a later 850 head are the same?

Cheers

They're the same.

[Nessism]

I cross referenced the p/n's over from a 78 750 head and an 83 850 head and their the same,

I believe this is your answer.

[John Park]

I believe this is your answer.

Probably - I haven't checked the part numbers - the seals for a GS500 would also fit, and that should be a dealer part as they made them until 2009. I've had good luck with obscure motor parts from Suzuki Canada, so valve seals should be easy - if they fit. Plus, they should be fresh.

[one_civic]

I just wanted to make sure with some of the older / wiser members,

Does anyone know if Z1 enterprises has viton valve stem seals?

[tkent02]

What I'd like to know, is Viton the best material to make valve stem seals out of?

In this day of space age materials there is likely something a lot better.
What do modern motorcycle engines use? What do expensive cars which are expected to last many hundreds of thousands of miles use?

What do you professional engine builders on this forum use?

I got some on my 550/675 that felt like silicone, soft stretchy green things, but haven't run the engine yet so don't really know. They sure went on easy, snapped tightly into place by hand with no tools.

[zuzu]

Call them. Here is there number Phone: +1 (315) 926-5054

There web site is down for maintenance and an upgrade.

[GregT]

What I'd like to know, is Viton the best material to make valve stem seals out of?

In this day of space age materials there is likely something a lot better.
What do modern motorcycle engines use? What do expensive cars which are expected to last many hundreds of thousands of miles use?

What do you professional engine builders on this forum use?

I got some on my 550/675 that felt like silicone, soft stretchy green things, but haven't run the engine yet so don't really know. They sure went on easy, snapped tightly into place by hand with no tools.

I've only once seen those green seals. A customer with a street GS1000 had bought rings and valve stem seals off the internet...It smoked like grandma Clampett. Car rings and Vesrah stem seals went in and fixed that. Rings were allegedly NOS but were tired...The green seals were so low tension I didn't trust them.

I use vesrah seals frequently for road and race stuff. Always look at the seals to check the wiping edges are intact. There was a batch several years ago which got missed by quality control and were a problem.Not had any problems last 4 -5 years.

FWIW I use Z1 stem seals on the 8V race motors. They're a soft outer which if it gets hit by the retainer in a fit of overrevving, will hold together.They're also about .020in lower profile....

The modern motors use seals recognisably similar to what you've seen in all the GS's - just much smaller dia valve stems.

[sharpy]

I always use genuine seals and gaskets where i can. less hassle in the long term

[one_civic]

Thanks Guys

[Agemax]

i Use the VITON seals from SPS in my Gs1000, never had a problem with them. made by APE, the owner (Nick) swears by them and uses them in all their drag bikes so they must be pretty good!
(much cheaper than OEM as well!)

[Fjbj40]

I went to my local Suzuki dealer. Bought 2 10 packs of Vesrah seals, less than half price for the suzuki seals. These were for my 16 valve engine but they are the same price as the 8 valve engine seals.