GS850G airbox gaskets

[Maynerd]

The aibox gaskets on my 1980 GS850G are old and distorted and are nearly impossible to put back on after I remove them. The one is actually broken in half and causes water to leak into the airbox. I called my local dealer to see if they were still available. He couldn't even find any mention of an airbox gasket at all. I looked and there isn't a part number on them. I called Suzuki and they said there is no mention of a gasket on their micro-fische parts guide. How can this be? It would be one thing if they said they were no longer available, but to not even mention them seems very odd. Does anybody know where I might find a set of these or know if they are called something else? I tried the search feature and found some ideas how to make gaskets, but I would rather get the right gaskets if possible. Somebody out there must have run into this before. Please help a confused fellow GS'er.

[rustybronco]

dear confused, i doubt they are available they probably were only part of the covers, thats why they may not show them. use sticky foam tape (i did) or what has been suggested.. a mouse pad cut to fit and glued on. now your name should be un-confused.

[bwringer]

Nope, you can't get 'em.

Everyone just makes their own with self-adhesive weatherstripping. I can't remember whether I used 3/8 or 1/2 inch thick.

Just to be extra-special, I used that nasty yellow weatherstripping cement to join the corners. It all holds up surprisingly well -- I've only had to re-do mine once in eight years.

[Maynerd]

Thanks guys. I will have to take a ride to Home Depot and get some weather stripping tape I guess. One question though. Do you guys just go around the outside of the opening or do you go across the center piece too. Thanks again.

[mark]

I've gone with the mouse pad idea, if your careful you can get both your gaskets out of one pad. Seems to work perfectly. Also use piece of 3/4'' weather stripping across the center. So far, so good.

The weather stripping around the box works good too.

[rustybronco]

around the opening with foam tape

[Suzuki mad]

Taking that you mean airbox to carb gaskets the GS1000's were an integral part of the airbox so you couldn't replace them.

On the GS1100ES these are seperate. I'm not sure what size the carbs are or the length that you need but it could be another way of replacing them if it was too bad. These things cost about £9 each here in the UK.

Suzuki mad
1981 GS1000E
1983 GSX1100ESD