82 850GL Resto...here we go

[mcloud]

Nice work !!!!

[pete]

We missed it, but barely. Tornadoes all around us. Watched some pretty crazy clouds come through our area today. It's never good when Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel and Reed Timmer from Storm Chasers is in your neck of the woods.

Pete I know hurricanes all to well. I grew up in Northwest Florida and have been through my fair share.

I hate tornadoes.

Tomorrow I will reclaim the garage as Suzuki land.

I did manage to soak some bolts in Simple Green today. Does that count?

Mate any work even remotely related counts

And I should've said cyclones not hurricanes... no idea where I got that from... very glad it missed you though!

[Good Times]

Spent yesterday polishing the remaining cases and sorting the Z1 stainless bolt kit. Polishing took most of the day but I am happy with the results.

Today I got the head cover installed with the new Real Gasket. Still exchanging the breather gasket for the right one with Real Gasket. Used thread sealer on all of those bolts and torqued them down 1/2 turn past finger tight. Almost started a riot in the 4 Cylinder Engine Forum in the process. Hah!

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=188982

That's one of the reasons I love this site.

All new OEM gaskets on the cases. Oil pan, clutch cover, points cover, stator cover, and starter cover. New filter on the cam chain tensioner as well. New o-ring for the filler cap and the oil filter cover.

The only hiccup I had was after installing the stator cover looking down and seeing the starter and starter gear. Off it came and back on again.

I used ample anti-seize on all stainless bolts minus the head cover bolts. Put the new oil filter in and snapped a few pictures to prove all that I have said.











Moving on to the frame next.

[GateKeeper]

Marvelous, just Marvelous......

A thing of beauty...

[Good Times]

Forgot....I also installed a new Rick's Motorsports stator with new stator screws in the case.

Just keeping a record of everything for posterity's sake.

[SVSooke]

That is one pretty motor.Not as patient at the polish wheels as you.

[brslk]

Very nice work. That engine has never looked better!

Bruce.

[downsy]

Nice !!!!!!

[speedorchid]

Where did you get your polishing compound? And can you take a pict of your tools that you used to polish the case...wow looks sooooo Amazing!!! did you ever fix the tach leak you were talking about....I have the same gucky grease problem in the front of my GS1000L. Thanks so much for all the picts...soooooo helpful, you have no idea how much I've learned jsut from looking at them. thx

[pete]

Wow that's nice... good work!

[Sci85]

Amazing transformation GT. Almost worth putting on a pedastal in the living room haha.

[Good Times]

Where did you get your polishing compound? And can you take a pict of your tools that you used to polish the case...wow looks sooooo Amazing!!! did you ever fix the tach leak you were talking about....I have the same gucky grease problem in the front of my GS1000L. Thanks so much for all the picts...soooooo helpful, you have no idea how much I've learned jsut from looking at them. thx

Thanks for all the feedback guys. It felt really good to take the motor off the jack, put it to the side and cover it up for later. That was a lot of work, but I loved every minute of it.

Speedorchid, I bought all of my polishing stuff at Lowe's. I bought a $20 Task Force 12,000 rpm angle grinder on sale. Two of the 4 inch yellow polishing wheels for the grinder. I also got the Porter Cable Polishing bars. I used numbers 3 (brown), 4 (white) and 5 (green). After sanding this is what I used to polish the cases.

I'm glad that you are learning from my process. I am learning with every step as well.

Today was pretty cool. After getting the motor put aside, the "shop" reorganized and cleaned I started taking down the front end of the bike. The best part of the night was the kids hanging out and talking. My son said, "Dad, have I helped you with the bike?" I told him that he had. Every time I needed a hand he was there to help out. He then said, "Well, I've just really like hanging out and talking with you in the garage while you're working on it." This was the best part of the night and the reason I am taking my time on this resto.

All the parts off.


One more day and I'll have it down to the frame. Then it's off to powdercoat.

[Good Times]

did you ever fix the tach leak you were talking about....I have the same gucky grease problem in the front of my GS1000L.

Yes, I did fix the tach drive. I replaced the oil band and oil seal on the tach drive. Well....we will see if I fixed it. If it continues to leak then I will need to replace the gear itself. It looked ok when I took it apart. We will see.

[brslk]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. It felt really good to take the motor off the jack, put it to the side and cover it up for later. That was a lot of work, but I loved every minute of it.

Speedorchid, I bought all of my polishing stuff at Lowe's. I bought a $20 Task Force 12,000 rpm angle grinder on sale. Two of the 4 inch yellow polishing wheels for the grinder. I also got the Porter Cable Polishing bars. I used numbers 3 (brown), 4 (white) and 5 (green). After sanding this is what I used to polish the cases.

I'm glad that you are learning from my process. I am learning with every step as well.

Today was pretty cool. After getting the motor put aside, the "shop" reorganized and cleaned I started taking down the front end of the bike. The best part of the night was the kids hanging out and talking. My son said, "Dad, have I helped you with the bike?" I told him that he had. Every time I needed a hand he was there to help out. He then said, "Well, I've just really like hanging out and talking with you in the garage while you're working on it." This was the best part of the night and the reason I am taking my time on this resto.

All the parts off.


One more day and I'll have it down to the frame. Then it's off to powdercoat.

That's awesome.

[bbjumper]

Tach drive

Whatever it takes regarding the kids, I, like you get a tremendous amount of enjoyment and joy with my boys doing man cave stuff. I replaced all of the seals and o-rings on my tach drive, you may need an additional o-ring under the cable, mine did, I think it's a 16X1.5 mm.