Oil cooler plate

[Colin]

Hi All, I have a gs1100g with an oil cooler and I've just recently taken off the adaptor plate which also holds the oil pressure switch and have found that the seal in the middle has split . I can not find a reference to this in any parts list anywhere, question is, is this a Suzuki part or an aftermarket part . Any info in replacing this seal or from who I can get one from or who makes this adaptor would be of great help.
Thanks Colin.

[Nessism]

That’s an aftermarket part. Made by Lockhart I believe. Not sure what to suggest regarding finding a replacement.

[focus frenzy]

looks like a standard generic rubber washer. hardware store may be your best bet. a leak there will not hurt anything but will bypass the cooler.
if you are going to run a cooler you need to run the 750 oil pump gears to compensate for the resistance of pumping to and through the cooler.

[Colin]

The seal is a special made one with a recess in it to so it seals around the outside as well as the inside of the port.

[posplayr]

Might Help

Basscliff has a nice write up where he made a brass neck using a file and a drill press. Basically the drill press is a single ended lathe.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4yyoylmvj3r

He took a standard brass fitting and machined it to the proper OD and height to fit below the block and the cover.

U might be able to do something similar or machine a part out of something like Delrin. With brass at least it is soft and no concern of melting.

Pos

[rustybronco]

It's also not a Kerker cooler adaptor. http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...t=pict2256.jpg
How about this... find a capplug http://www.caplugs.com/images/t25.pdf that will fit over the post, somewhere around 1/16" thick and make a hole in the center of it for the oil to flow through it. then if needed put a square cut neoprene o-ring between the post and the capplug, so it will fit tight against the bottom.

***edit*** small neoprene valve stem seal?

[BassCliff]

Hi Mr. Colin,

Let's hope you don't have to replace the entire assembly. I've collected some information from Mr. Nessism and others regarding this component.

Oil Cooler Adapter Tutorial
(by Mr. Nessism)

I cant' help you with the seal. But the above information may help you decide what to do. Best of luck.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[rcp]

Any luck finding a source for the seal? I've got the same oil cooler adapter, but no seal at all.

Thanks,
Richard

[rcp]

Hi Colin,

I may have a solution for you. A metal crush washer, Suzuki part #09168-14004. See here for the details.



- Richard