Need 82 GS650 Signal Generator Cover Gasket

[txgs650]

Cannot find this gasket on drawings at bikebandit to purchase. Anyone know where to find

[Billy Ricks]

The signal generator cover shouldn't need a gasket, there's no oil behind it.

[txgs650]

It had a thin paper gasket on it. I guess I should just apply some silicone gasket and go on. The bike had been sitting in a barn since 88. I took the cover off to rotate the motor.

[Steve]

I found it.

It's in the Crankcase Cover section, #12, cost is $2.60.

Click here to see it.

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[txgs650]

Thanks. Did not notice the drawing was showing both sides.

[bwringer]

Don't put silicone on that, or anywhere else on your GS.

It's perfectly OK to run it with no gasket. The paper one maybe keeps out the rain a little better, but it's not essential at all.

[TheCafeKid]

Don't put silicone on that, or anywhere else on your GS.

It's perfectly OK to run it with no gasket. The paper one maybe keeps out the rain a little better, but it's not essential at all.

Agreed. Any bike that ive ever pulled the cover off of that still had one, ive never replaced. Never had a problem yet. I suppose it SHOULD have one, but again, unless you're ridding in a driving rain, or flood waters, you're good without it.

[Nessism]

Did some repair work on a '92 Kawasaki ZX6 recently and the signal generators were covered with oil. I paniced for a moment thinking the crankshaft seal had let go until I realized that the signal generators are exposed to engine oil - like the stator on our GS bikes.

Just my opinion but I'd get a gasket for that cover. The mechanical advance mechanism is not plated or anything so it's best to keep it dry the way Suzuki intended. If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.

[bwringer]

Just my opinion but I'd get a gasket for that cover. The mechanical advance mechanism is not plated or anything so it's best to keep it dry the way Suzuki intended. If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.

Good point -- I'm sort of used to the later type without the mechanical advance, but either way, it's still a good idea to keep moisture out. There's a drain hole at the bottom, and it obviously gets hot enough to help keep things dry, but you might as well do what you can to keep the water demons at bay.

[Suzuki_Don]

If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.

It could take a while then. Some of the minuets I have been to go for quite a long time, not as long as the opera though. (Sorry, Ed).

[Nessism]

It could take a while then. Some of the minuets I have been to go for quite a long time, not as long as the opera though. (Sorry, Ed).

I'm embarrassed by how poorly I spell. Sometimes I'm so far off that spell-check can't pick up the word. This one is a minor infraction in my long list.