'85 GS700e restoration

[soundsource]

hopefully you got the SS bolts to go along with the new O-rings.....

New goodies arrived this morning - Thank you Mr Barr!

[soundsource]

And more today! New Allen bolts for the cases... Tasty!

[jwhelan65]

And more today! New Allen bolts for the cases... Tasty!

Going to look great man!

[soundsource]

Going to look great man!

Thanks for the encouragement jwhelan! Keep it up! I only hope that the finished article can look something like as good as yours ended up...

Got some stuff done today, starting with using my new impact driver to remove the starter, which had some really stiff screws:



And then the stator, which again was pretty stiff - another excuse to use the new tool! How does this look?



Front



And back. Any obvious problems here?

[soundsource]

Then I took off all the remaining cables on the engine block (those that I could), then took of the oil lines and got stuck into cleaning the fins. I'm looking at painting the engine soon so this was a priority:



Cleaned on the right, still to go on the left. I gave the chain tensioner, intake ports and oil line surfaces a light sand to remove any sticky stuff.

Then I noticed the gouges where the bike had been dropped and decided to tackle them. This is how they looked:



and more:



So I got the sandpaper out and had a good session trying to level these out. I didn't want to take too much off so I levelled off as much as I could. This is the result:



It's by no means perfect but it looks a lot better. Do you think it will matter if I take more off the fins to really get all the marks out?

[soundsource]

Then it came to masking the sensitive holes that I don't want to get stuff in - I'll be cleaning this up, probably pressure-wash it as well so this is important. I'm going to try gaffer tape to begin with. If it doesn't work I'm sure I'll find something else... Any tips?



And then protect the front sprocket spindle:

[GateKeeper]

not sure what gaffer tape is, but I used aluminum foil tape, it stuck on really good, and being aluminum it didn't allow water/paint/degrease to penetrate through

just a thought

[soundsource]

not sure what gaffer tape is, but I used aluminum foil tape, it stuck on really good, and being aluminum it didn't allow water/paint/degrease to penetrate through

just a thought

And it's a good thought! I knew I'd read that somewhere. If this stuff (gaffer tape is a cloth tape we use in the film industry - like duct tape) doesn't work I'll use it. I think I'll get some anyway as I haven't taped off the exhaust manifold yet.

What do you think to the stator?




How does the stator look to you?

[GateKeeper]

visually it looks OK, but follow the stator papers and test it out....so you know for sure it's all good, it's the only way to know for certain...

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/stator_check.pdf

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[soundsource]

visually it looks OK, but follow the stator papers and test it out....so you know for sure it's all good, it's the only way to know for certain...

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/stator_check.pdf

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Bookmarked! Thank you Mr. GateKeeper... I'll check this out tomorrow

[soundsource]

And then a little bit of degreasing with the carb-cleaner.

From this:



To this:



I think that's ready for a blast with the pressure washer then another de-grease before I paint... Now to choose paint style/method...

[GateKeeper]

Bookmarked! Thank you Mr. GateKeeper... I'll check this out tomorrow

this is the entire site....

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/bikecliff/

lot of good stuff

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[GateKeeper]

you can take the gear position sensor off as well, check the O ring there to make sure it's OK and not cracked, watch for the little spring and little pin that is there as well you don't want to lose either of them.

I removed the sensor plugged the hole and then painted

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1633990&postcount=923

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[soundsource]

you can take the gear position sensor off as well, check the O ring there to make sure it's OK and not cracked, watch for the little spring and little pin that is there as well you don't want to lose either of them.

I removed the sensor plugged the hole and then painted

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1633990&postcount=923

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Nice tip GateKeeper.

While we're at it, this pin (see below) is loose and doesn't seem to mate with anything once it's past the seal. Is that normal?

[Billy Ricks]

Nice tip GateKeeper.

While we're at it, this pin (see below) is loose and doesn't seem to mate with anything once it's past the seal. Is that normal?

That's the clutch pushrod. It can be pulled out if you want to get it out of the way. Sanding the fins down enough to remove the scabs won't hurt. There's plenty of fin there. The stator looks like it's okay. Usually you'll see burned insulation on a bad one. Check for shorts and output though to verify. You can check for shorts as is. Just check for continuity between each wire and the core of the windings. If you get continuity on any of the legs you have a short.