78 GS750 Rear Wheel Question

[ptakattack]

I've been restoring a 78 GS750 for the past year and finally got it up and running and thought it didn't need anything else. Since this is the first bike i've worked on I took it to the local bike shop for a safety inspection and they told me that the rear wheel spacing is off by a lot and they think that the wheel was from a different year or model bike.

I have no previous history on the bike but is there anyway to find out if the wheel is from a different bike? (I would post pictures, but I haven't picked up the bike yet. I'm picking it up later today)

I'm thinking the easiest fix for this is to find a wheel, axle and spacers from a 78 GS750 but I would like to get other peoples opinion first.

I checked ebay for it and didn't have any luck. If anyone here has an extra one, I would greatly appreciate it. I've already spent way too much on this bike and am not working since I'm in school over full time so I could only pay for shipping and i'd add a little bit extra, but right now I have very little money.

Thanks for all of the help,
Michael

[knowyourenemy66]

After you post pics, it will be pretty easy to tell if it's the correct wheel--I have 2 rear wheels, axle and spacers--Is your wheel spoked or a mag?

[Nessism]

Strange. Most of the Suzuki 18" and 17" wheels interchange other than spacer details and maybe wheel bearing ID differences on the 550 model. A photo would help, or go to a parts fishe like alpha-sports.com and have a look and compare to yours.

[ptakattack]

Here are some pics.













Do you think it would work just to get a new axle with the spacers?

Thanks for the help,
Mike

[SqDancerLynn1]

is the brake disk centered in the caliper ? Is the chain/ rear sprocket aligned with the front sprocket?

[ptakattack]

The guy at the shop said that the caliper was in the right spot but the rear sprocket and the front sprocket were not aligned.

[hampshirehog]

That spacer on the sprocket side doesn't look right to me. Is that a load of washers I can see packed in there? My guess is that someone has put the wrong hub spacer (or missed it altogether) in there. I reckon you're best pulling the wheel and checking what you've got against the parts diagram

[salty_monk]

That drive side spacer is definitely not stock... which way is it off?

Left or right viewed from the back?

That looks like a stock 78 wheel so you should be able to sort it out with an axle spacer set easy enough.

[ptakattack]

I'm glad to hear that I don't need a new wheel! They pulled the wheel off and they said one of the spacers looked like it was made.

Also, how do I check to make sure that everything is aligned? Do you just eyeball it or is there an actual method to check the alignment?

Thanks,
Mike

[ptakattack]

I checked ebay and found one.

Will this axle and spacers work for me?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...#ht_2461wt_808

[salty_monk]

That appears to be the complete assembly yes. Eyeball should be good enough, you're only checking against stock parts (which should be right anyway).

That spacer on the far left of the pic with the black lines around it is the one you are missing, it fits inside the seal on the sprocket hub on one side & against the swingarm on the other side.

Hopefully you don't have anything else funky going on such as the wrong swingarm or something.