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    dropped a shim bucket now it doesn't turn freely

    If anyone has a spare shim bucket for a 550 (I think all shim buckets are the same for all GS motors, actually).

    I dropped one and it hit the concrete floor and seems to have gone out of shape. I managed to insert it but its not spinning easily in the head, even after I oiled it.
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    I've got a bunch 'o shim buckets for GS850 engines -- check the part numbers to make sure they're the same, then PM a mailing address and I'll pick out a nice one and send it to you.

    It's not worth charging -- just pass on the favor someday to someone else. :-D
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      #3
      bw, the parts are the same according to bikebandit. I've just PM'ed my address.
      greatly appreciate your help!!

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        #4
        ?

        Rock hard steel shouldnt have been worried about little old concrete. When you installed it was it spotless? Also after you installed with all the oil did you turn the engine over to squeeze the exess oil out from under the shim to get the right clearance.

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          Did you pray to the GS gods (Shaftium, Chainibus, Statorad, Iki Iki Rectifier, SeeVee, Vay-Eem and Pushi Starti) and offer a burnt offering of Sea Foam and knuckle skin before you started your work?

          If not, then you have angered the gods. You are spiritually unclean, and must remain outside of the campsite until sundown. Their ways are mysterious and their retribution swift.

          You must quell their anger, mortal, for they hold a grudge.
          Last edited by Guest; 04-15-2008, 05:19 PM. Reason: Forgot about Pushi Starti-- my old patron saint.

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            #6
            Originally posted by sharpy View Post
            Rock hard steel shouldnt have been worried about little old concrete. When you installed it was it spotless? Also after you installed with all the oil did you turn the engine over to squeeze the exess oil out from under the shim to get the right clearance.
            Yea, I did all that stuff. This was my third top end strip down. Actually the buckets are pretty thin steel. The tops are thick but the sides are thin. The wells which they slide into are pretty small tolerance too.

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              #7
              might want to check the tappet bores for scratches. maybe the bucket got a rough spot.

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