Throttle Shaft Seals!

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  • ColinClayton
    • Feb 2026
    #1

    Throttle Shaft Seals!

    I have searched basskliffs website for info about this carb, and others with a similar setup, and still cannot find out how to properly remove this cover! It is a Mikuni dual barrel carb for an 83 550.
    Carb.jpg
    Tags: 550, seals, shaft, throttle
    • BigD_83
      Forum Sage
      Past Site Supporter
      • May 2011
      • 4872
      • Vancouver
      #2
      Pretty sure it is not meant to be removed. You'd have to drill and pull it...
      '83 GS650G
      '83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)

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        • ColinClayton
          #3
          Never mind it just pulls right off.

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            • BigD_83
              Forum Sage
              Past Site Supporter
              • May 2011
              • 4872
              • Vancouver
              #4
              Originally posted by ColinClayton
              Never mind it just pulls right off.
              Did it deform at all when you removed it?
              '83 GS650G
              '83 GS550es (didn't like the colours in the 80's, but they've grown on me)

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                • ColinClayton
                  #5
                  Only a little where I wedged the flat head.
                  Throttle Covers.jpg

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                    • JTGS850GL
                      Forum Guru
                      Past Site Supporter
                      • Aug 2013
                      • 9735
                      • GA
                      #6
                      Those are basically dust shields. Not critical that they seal completely. They can be pretty deformed as long as the shaft turns freely.
                      http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/811/douMvs.jpg
                      1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
                      1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
                      1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)

                      Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.;)

                      JTGS850GL aka Julius

                      GS Resource Greetings

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                        • 60ratrod
                          #7
                          That'll clean up with some filing

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