GS 750 es : Let s bring it back to life!

[Etcheberri]

hi Gatekeeper,

welcome here,
I ll follow your rebuild with interest!
do not forget to present yourself and open your rebuild thread (if not done already )

[Etcheberri]

Hello fellas!

here s what i did today,
won t be much more than that this week end though, but well! progress!

Started to clean the tank, its inside is full of redish varnish thing, can scrape it with a screwdriver.



wanted to try that first.
with a dozen of bolts and things, shook it up for quite some time, let it sit, repeat.



didn t really removed the varnish, but cleaned the whole thing a bit.
too bad, i ll have to use something stronger then... i ll buy a repair tank kit, want some epoxy liner at the end.


then, took care of the stand.

always the same process.
wire-brush, cleaning, sanding, rinsing, painting

meanwhile, i took care of the upper T, too.



i ll need a good drive, or the proper tool, to remove that sucka!


here are the results, not totally dried yet though.
and in bad lighting condition.

[Etcheberri]

kept going with the front shocks a bit.
here s what i used for the circlip, works well, and i do not have the proper tool for these, yet!



was wondering,
do i REALLY need to unscrew that bolt and separate everything?
because all that piece seems to slide perfectly, no weird noises, no scratches.


cleaned couple of other things after that and called it a day.
Not much energy today!
and i feel a bit bad about it

[SVSooke]

The question is how old are the seals?Really want to have to do them later?For the $20 or so I'd go for the peace of mind.

[Flyboy]

Nice going, you are making progress nice and quickly, good work.
Don't worry too much about not getting much done today, sometimes a person just isn't in the mood, its normal.

Better then to just step away from the bike for a few days, regroup and tackle it with renewed energy when you feel in the mood again, otherwise you will end up doing a half assed job and it will haunt you later every time you see it. Relax, chill, take a day off from the spanners.
But nice work, keep it up.

[Etcheberri]

thanks guys.

The question is how old are the seals?Really want to have to do them later?For the $20 or so I'd go for the peace of mind.

well i plan to change the seals for sure.
the thing is, i do not have something long enough to hold that bottom bolt's tube from the inside

how do you do that ?

[cowboyup3371]

thanks guys.



well i plan to change the seals for sure.
the thing is, i do not have something long enough to hold that bottom bolt's tube from the inside

how do you do that ?

Do a search on a fork tool; the threads you find will show you how to make it. I think it's also in Basscliff's instructions. I just bought mine the other day and all you need is a 2foot section of 1/2" threaded rod and four nuts.

[Etcheberri]

Nice going, you are making progress nice and quickly, good work.
Don't worry too much about not getting much done today, sometimes a person just isn't in the mood, its normal.

Better then to just step away from the bike for a few days, regroup and tackle it with renewed energy when you feel in the mood again, otherwise you will end up doing a half assed job and it will haunt you later every time you see it. Relax, chill, take a day off from the spanners.
But nice work, keep it up.

yeah you are right,
better not do a sloppy job when i do not feel like it.

after all, that restoration is a pleasure, not work.

[Flyboy]

Check out my fork tol on page 13 of my build thread, just like he said, a length of threded rod and 4 or even 2 19mm nuts

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=162366&page=13

And yeah, you really do want to strip it and clean it up in there, you won't believe the gunge that comes out.

My 30 year old fork oil

[hampshirehog]

My 30 year old fork oil

At least you had some left in there.......

[Etcheberri]

Check out my fork tol on page 13 of my build thread, just like he said, a length of threded rod and 4 or even 2 19mm nuts

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=162366&page=13

And yeah, you really do want to strip it and clean it up in there, you won't believe the gunge that comes out.

My 30 year old fork oil

true!
i forgot u had nice pictures of the process.

by the way, where did you buy your seals and circlips?

[Flyboy]

I got my seals localy from a bike shop up the road from me, and the circlips from a buddy of mines bearing shop, but you can pick up the circlips from any bearing supply store, and the good folk here should be able to point you in the right direction for seals on your side of the pond, I would guess there is probably not more than a buck or two diffirence in price wether you get them from E Bay or Z1 or the likes, so I guess your favorite parts supplier.
I prefer the proper circlips to the little wire retainers Suzuki used.

[Etcheberri]

hello fellas,

sry no pictures today!
i promise i ll have some more next time

I received my quick disconnect male/female spades connectors, ones with platic protection and all, so i redid the whole harness with these.

started to clean a bit my wheels, tried some things (chisel, you know like a ''Burin'' and concrete anchor bolts ) to remove the blind wheel bearings... jeez nothing seems to work, i guess i ll ask a friend to help me on that one,
one that would have the tool hum.

Same goes with that ******* race steering bearing, it won t budge, i tried hard with chisels and all, nothing... grrrr

Right now my goal is to finish the wheels, shocks and break lines, so that way i ll start to see the baby getting back together, it s depressing to have everything in parts everywhere!

aaaaand, i need more money! i am stuck right now, i ll have to wait a bit,
good news though, it s my birthday this month and the whole family asked for my wish list (which is not something we usually do, in our family) , and well, you guessed it : only PARTS! are on that list (and tools )

they re great, that s pretty cool, lov'em.


hey i know i should start parting out the other bike (mostly to try getting some money back, if it s doable), but for some reason i can t do it, i think i need to see my project in a rolling frame state before even thinking of that

anyway, sorry for the ''no pics day'', camera problem.

peace!

[Flyboy]

Hey Etcheberri, good to see another update on your project.
Don't sweat it too much, these little speed bumps in the road are all part of the game, gets your creative juices flowing.
The wheel bearings are easy, long drift through the center of the bearing up against the inside of the bearing on the opposite side, one big hammer an just bliksem it out, they not too tight in there.
Now the outer races of the steering head bearings, they are a whole different kind of fun altogether, as you have found out.
The easy way, if you have one, is to just cut the race in half with a dremel, I had to do that to get my swing arm bearings out because you can't get them from the back.
Or have a look at my build thread, right in the begining somewhere, I explained how I got mine out (before I had a dremel) by fashioning a crude, but effective tool, as I remember, I used one of the long engine mounting bolts.

[Etcheberri]

hi Flyboy,

thanks for the tips,

i actually tried with a drift, but there s not much surface to make contact with, because of the inner tube spacer thing.
maybe i do it wrong!?

as for the steering, maybe i ll cut it off indeed, or i ll try your description of a tool
might be fun.

thanks!