1978 GS1000E hardware kit - any ideas

[philosopheriam]

Folks,

I have a 1978 GS1000E and I would like to replace a majority of the fasteners.

I know that a few companies make stainless engine bolt kits, however, does anyone have a kit for all of the frame/fork/etc hardware?

Just curious...

[SVSooke]

Not that I've seen.Would be pretty expensive and you know what we are like

[tkent02]

Spend some time at your local metric hardware supplier. They have most everything.

[Steve]

Be careful about putting stainless bolts in high-stress areas, they are not the proper item to use.

They will be great for holding the covers on the engine and things like that, but not for engine mounts.

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[GSX1000E]

Sorry that they are all dirty but all of my bikes get ridden and I don't spend all day on a keyboard talking about them. These are not stock photos. I just took them.
(Three different bikes here and none of them have the stock HP)















I keep all of these SS fasteners in stock and no, they are not cheap. Most are made in Germany.

[Agemax]

Stainless bolts are perfectly acceptable as engine mounts. There are enough of them to prevent any significant stress on any of them.
Inox fasteners in the UK used to do a complete bike replacement kit for the GS, but I'm not sure if they do anymore. They do engine kits and specialize in motorcycles so they will have all you need. I buy all my s/s fasteners from them

[Turtleface]

Check out McMaster-Carr. I bought my carb hardware from them, it's pretty cheap if you buy larger quantities. I think 10 bucks or so for packages of 50, vs 2-5 dollars per bolt at Ace. I ended up with enough to send a fee kits out to fellow GSers for a song.

[philosopheriam]

I actually live 30min away from McMaster Carr and I work near there, too...

It's much more cost effective to go through McMaster or Fastenal - the only reason I was hoping there was a kit was so I didn;t have to buy bolts peacemeal - I was hoping to get everything in one shot.

I am currently converting the engine over to all stainless socket cap screws and the chassis bolts will be zinc-plated flange head metric 10.9 fasteners.

[steveb922]

I know that there are varying opinions about where it is suitable to use stainless fasteners, and I'd like to save that question for another day. But I would like to put the question another way round.

Where, on a 30 year old bike, should you never use stainless fasteners, and why?