gs650gl beginner trouble

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Only need a finger and a thumb on each hand, right?

[Steve]

Might need a second finger to pull on the levers.



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[Rob S.]

...First time is scary. After that, you may even look forward to doing it.

Are we talking about carb cleaning or serial killing?

[timebombprod]

valve cover gasket is #2 right?

[tom203]

Yes,#2 is the cover gasket. So your 1982 gs650 has that extra hold down bolt at camchain tunnel area just like in that pic?

[GSXR7ED]

Thanks for the recommendation, Rich.

I have thought about charging an arm and a leg, but that would make it REAL hard to ride, so I only charge a few digits.

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I can attest to pricing! I sent mine to Steve and paid an affordable price (for me). I bought the o-rings from Cycle-Orings and sent it all to the Steve. Good decision for me.

Ed

[timebombprod]

So your 1982 gs650 has that extra hold down bolt at camchain tunnel area just like in that pic?

im not sure i can check what are you referencing to, i dont know if mine is a model x or z any ways i can tell?

[tom203]

im not sure i can check what are you referencing to, i dont know if mine is a model x or z any ways i can tell?

Look carefully at that area...post pic and we will double check

[Steve]

im not sure i can check what are you referencing to, i dont know if mine is a model x or z any ways i can tell?

If you have an '81 bike, it should be an X. If you have an '82 bike, it should be a Z.

Go back to my post #12, note the reference in item #5 to verify your serial number. Suzuki changed the head and valve cover some time during the '82 model year, so it's not good enough to say that you need the newer gasket if you have an '82, because some of the early '82s in the production run still had the old parts. If you can't read your ENGINE serial number, at least look at the picture carefully. Note the area of the valve cover that projects forward. Looking at the gasket, it appears to have a bolt hole on the left side of the projection. That is for the newer engines. The older engines had 16 bolts that held the cover to the head, the newer ones had 17, with the extra one being the one shown in the picture.



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[timebombprod]

yeah its a newer one i have 17 bolts and the 17th bolt is to the right of the tachometer cable input on the engine if ur looking at the bike from the front if im correct, and the plate for the breather has 4 bolts, both of the gaskets are squeezing out from where they're placed. so i should order a gasket for the breather section too right

[timebombprod]

also id like to ad my bike did smoke a bit so would that mean my valve seals are probably done for, when it heated up the smoke was basically gone but smoke isnt good either way for these is it.

[Steve]

Breathe REAL DEEP before deciding to change the valve seals.

That involves taking the engine apart until it looks like this:



OK, not quite that far. You don't need to remove the stator or the starter.

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[timebombprod]

Breathe REAL DEEP before deciding to change the valve seals.

That involves taking the engine apart until it looks like this:



OK, not quite that far. You don't need to remove the stator or the starter.

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thanks for the image they seem fine to me now lmao

[GSXR7ED]

Too funny!

Thx guys!!!

Ed

[timebombprod]

I can attest to pricing! I sent mine to Steve and paid an affordable price (for me). I bought the o-rings from Cycle-Orings and sent it all to the Steve. Good decision for me.

Ed

yeah i spoke to steve about it and ill be sending them to him, feels good knowing its somebody alot of people on here can trust and hes been helping me with other issues over the days, honestly before this forum i was on oldschool suzuki and basically all that got done is people told me to clean the carbs, which they are right but its alot better being here on a model specific forum ive got to know plenty of things about my bike as soon as i joined.

thanks for the help guys and thanks for the recommendation rich lol