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

[pete]

Good luck! Wheel bearings are one of those little finishing up tasks I've yet to do. I have them sitting here waiting for front and rear wheels along with a new brake disc...

Some people seem to find them easy, others find them difficult... I'm hoping mine will come out easily as I don't want to use heat and destroy the paint job on the wheels

[Hoosier Daddy]

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!?

thanks!

Knock that sucker off to the side!
In better terms, if you put your drift in the first bearing, down through the spacer and can feel the lip of the next bearing raise up a little with your drift so you are at the bottom of the spacer, then hit your drift sideways. This moves the spacer just enough to get a edge of the bearing exposed to get a good first "whack" at it. From then on the spacer should be loose enough to lever over to get all the way around the bearings inner race evenly.
Also it helps to support the center hub on a block of wood. I don't know if you have an inflated tire on it, but that would absorb some of the shock... A wood block under the hub holds it solid but won't damage the rim center.

[Etcheberri]

@Hoosy

thanks for the info and tips.
i appreciate it, finally, i was scheduled with a friend for that part so i went on with that today.
i ll try removing wheel bearing on the other set of wheels just for the heck of it.

Hi everyone!

today i went to a friend of mine's garage,
so he could have a look at my wheel bearings and my lower steering bearing too.

first he checked the wheels, surprisingly he told me those bearings are in perfect shape and i would be dumb to remove them... as a matter of fact i felt they might be all right, but having no idea of how they where maintained and since when they are in there, i dunno, i wanted to change 'em!

they ll stay there for now then,

and good news, yet extracted that sucker for me.

Thanks Johnny

back home i started working on the rear wheel. about f'in time!

gave it a lil bath

started to clean/sand the bare metal zones.

gave a rough sanding on painted sides, made sure to remove every flaky paint,
just enough to have a flat surface and something easy for the paint to bite one!

after everything was masked, time for the fun part


as always, 2 light coats, and then as much thick ones as i think i ll need.

[Etcheberri]

removing the masking tape.
and some cheating when needed, scraping blade, and... a black marker :P
to go over some thin red paint lines i still had along the tapes...




just for fun

[Etcheberri]

that s all for today folks

[Flyboy]

Nice job on the wheel, keep up the good work, I painted my rear wheel yesterday as well, will unmask today and see how it came out.
Nice to see another update.

[Big T]

i will order gaskets and o-rings this week.
to clean i used :
simple-green + green sponge
soapy hot water + toothbrush
WD40, let sit.
Soapy water.
Repeat sequence until clean enough.

Evaporust for smal rusted parts if necessary.

i don t have the patience to let them sit in something for 2 days hehe.

You've been doing great cosmetic work, but what about the mechanical?

What did you dip your carbs in to clean out all the internals?

Did you disassemble those brake calipers and replace the rubber bits?

[Etcheberri]

You've been doing great cosmetic work, but what about the mechanical?

What did you dip your carbs in to clean out all the internals?

Did you disassemble those brake calipers and replace the rubber bits?

thanks,

i dip my carbs into pinesol after spraying them with carb cleaner, and dip every jets in a pot of carb cleaner, and used some thin wire to double check everything is clean.

these carbs were also not really bad when i first opened them, po did take care of them.

the calipers i have on that one are shot, especially the front ones, cylinder is rusted to death in its housing, i will use the calipers from my other bike, and of course i will replace every rubber bits.

[Etcheberri]

Wanted to do something more fun than cleaning/sanding the front wheel today


so i painted the T, and then went to take care of the seat



the seat after a good cleanup

and the attach of the strap before sanding was done


i used some duplicolor vinyl and fabric paint, works good.




i will look to find, or redo, the strap later on

[Etcheberri]

here s where some of my painted parts are waiting/curing


and just for fun

[Big T]

thanks,

i dip my carbs into pinesol after spraying them with carb cleaner, and dip every jets in a pot of carb cleaner, and used some thin wire to double check everything is clean.

these carbs were also not really bad when i first opened them, po did take care of them.

the calipers i have on that one are shot, especially the front ones, cylinder is rusted to death in its housing, i will use the calipers from my other bike, and of course i will replace every rubber bits.

Good to know, the carb thing wasn't quite clear (this my question) in your earlier post

And, can you come by my garage later?

I've got a few projects you could start on

[Flyboy]

Yeah, I got one you can finish too, , you gonna be riding shortly man, you moving right along there, I wish i could make progress like that.
That seat looks brand new.
Mate of mine had a little 750ES, I miss riding that bike, it had such nippy handling, was great fun to ride.

[SVSooke]

So what's up?Haven't heard from you in a while.

[Etcheberri]

Hey,

well, i have finished my other wheel, received all the parts needed to finish front suspensions, and steering bearings.

though i am pausing a little bit, i keep working on it a little here and there, soon i ll come back at it, probably at Christmas break

thanks for asking!

[gs scott]

I have to say, this is an amazing project - you have made incredible progress, and all of your work looks awesome! And to think, this will be your first bike. It's really impressive. Congratulations on fantastic work. You are going to love your first (and what could be your only) bike - these third generation 750's are just amazing engines and really fun bikes!

Again, congratulations on your progress so far, you are indeed, inspiring!