Can anyone identify this spring? Gs750

[bwringer]

The spring might be a remnant of one of the springs Suzuki put over the fuel lines or brake lines to protect them.

[bwringer]

The spring might be a remnant of one of the springs Suzuki put over the fuel lines or brake lines to protect them.

This is the cam chain tensioner spring; that obviously ain't it:

[TeamDar]

The fuel and brake line springs are longer than this one. The pictured spring is not a piece of a longer spring, you can tell by the doubled up coils on both ends.

[Danb4563]

I think at this point it's pretty safe to assume that the spring was not supposed to be in there. The size, gauge, and level of rust on the spring ruled out any possibility that it was supposed to be in the motor, and since one of the POs rebuilt the motor I have to assume it was inadvertently dropped into the motor at that time. I'm going to look into the cost of welding the case, but I'll likely just source another case if the welding option is too expensive, after all this motor is only a 750, and it's a spare.

[Nessism]

I've never been inside a GS750 engine, but I can say there is no spring like that in a chain drive GS1000 engine.

[uk gs nut]

Could that spring be from the fuel filler cover on the tank ?. The one that lifts the flap when you turn the key, possibly fell off at sometime and was hiding on top of crankcase around the starter motor.

[TeamDar]

Nope, that spring is only about 3/4 inches long and has less coils. That was a good guess though.

[cjanderson_90]

Id have to say that it may be a fuel line protector. Thats the only thing can think of. Does it have roughly the same inside diameter as the fuel line?