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'79 GS1000E restoration question?

  • Thread starter Thread starter GaThumper
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Nessism said:
Upper engine case is painted gray/silver, side covers are polished and clear coated.

I'm redoing the engine side covers on my 550. Strip off the clear with paint stripper followed by sanding out the corrosion. Use wet dry sandpaper, progressively finer, until you are down to 600 grit. The original cases were not polished but rather have a "brushed" appearance - 600 is about right for the final finish. Yamaha clear eh? I've used VHT engine clear before but was not happy with the final appearance since it had a yellow cast to it.

Good luck. The bike looks great by the way. Don't forget to check the valves while you have the tank/carbs off. :-D
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Thanks for the reply! I didn't check the valves before I put it back together but now realize that I should have and will do that soon. Not too big of a deal to remove the seat and tank again. I bought a complete (with factory greese and garage smell) shop manual from Ebay and just got a valve shim tool off Ebay, too. Sad to say the valves have never been checked or adjusted since new in '79 with 12k miles!

I'll also inspect and clean all the wiring connections while I'm in there next time. I guess some good dielectric greese would be appropiate? Or just WD40?

Been waiting over a week now for the rear brake master cylinder kit from my local dealer, hope to get it before the weekend.

Thanks!
 
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