79 Gs1000en rebuild is underway

[Suzuki mad]

Cool. What did you use to paint them with? Did you put a primer underneath?

Do you have colour scheme in your head or a look that your trying for?

Suzuki mad

[dwfranke1]

i used duplicolor spray on bed liner, it is a texured paint but not as thick as rinoliner, and before anyone starts snikering it looks better then you might think, and requires almost no prep, all i did was sand off the stickers and rough up the finish alittle, this stuff sticks to anything, i painted a klr650 with this stuff and its great, im going to do the whole frame with it, the tank and plastic will be gloss black, not going full stealth mode, which is what the klr looked like

[dwfranke1]

next question i need an answer for is swingarm bearings, are they still available thru suzuki? if not does anyone know the exact size for a 79 gs1000e, allballs sells caged and uncaged needle bearings but im not sure what size i need, i dont have a micrometer to measure and removing the old one destroyed them beyond being mesurable
thanks

[first timer]

contact z1 enterprises they can get you the right bearings.

[dwfranke1]

super cool found them in about 2 minutes and i have a new favorites page i think

[drhach]

I would also recommend bikebandit.com. They have great pictures that come in handy as a reference and they sell OEM parts.

[dwfranke1]

here is the next set of pics the swingarm

[Big T]

DW,

Nice work, but can you post up some decent pics?

Those thumbnails don't show much, post the full size pics

[dwfranke1]

here is a photobucket link to some better pics
thanks

http://s592.photobucket.com/albums/tt3/dwfranke1/

[dwfranke1]

i need help, what is the best degreaser to use to get chain lube off the frame, that is some tuff stuff, all i have found that works is kerosene, any suggestions?

[Nessism]

i need help, what is the best degreaser to use to get chain lube off the frame, that is some tuff stuff, all i have found that works is kerosene, any suggestions?

Nothing wrong with kerosene other than it stinks. Common Gunk spray degreaser works well and rinses with water.

[hampshirehog]

I use Jizer - same as Gunk I think.
And when I haven't got any of that I use the wife's washing machine liquid - for washing clothes (but she treatens to poison my lunch when she finds out.....)

[Big T]

here is a photobucket link to some better pics
thanks
http://s592.photobucket.com/albums/tt3/dwfranke1/

Well, now that you have photobucket, just copy the IMG code and paste




Nice big photos that we don't have to wait for

[dwfranke1]

heres a new one from today

[dwfranke1]

and thanks i forgot about gunk even though i use on automobiles all the time, tomorrow maybe paint the frame day