81 gs550t shim sizes and clearances

**the_journeyman** · 10-15-2007, 01:02 PM

Have you checked a service manual? Most should give it. If you need to measure what shims you have, a dial caliper can give you a pretty accurate measurment. I don't have a manual for a 550, so that's all the help I can be of ~

JM

**donkris** · 10-15-2007, 01:20 PM

Do not have a service manual. Haven't been able to find one

**the_journeyman** · 10-15-2007, 01:43 PM

Surely someone on here can chime in with that info, I know there's a service manual or two floating around some members' garages ~

JM

**Nessism** · 10-15-2007, 02:05 PM

Clearance and adjustment process is the same for all 8 valve GS engines...

Search function is a wonderful thing!

GS850 valve adjustment - The GSResources Forums

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=113341

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**Suzuki_Don** · 10-15-2007, 04:48 PM

I have a soft copy of the GS550 original Suzuki Factory workshop manual. PM me if you would like and I'll see if I can send it to you. I think it is fairly large.

Cheers

Don

**DimitriT** · 10-15-2007, 05:47 PM

Have at it (5 Mbps from Verizon FiOS is a wonderful thing):

http://www.appledor.net/~jtsillas/sharedpics/Suzuki_GS550_Repair_Manual.pdf

BTW, the section you are looking for is like page 80 or so.

**donkris** · 10-16-2007, 09:31 PM

Thanks everybody, we have the info now. All of the valves were way too tight. We found shims at our local Suzuki dealer. Got 6 shims for 20 bucks. Not too bad. Now on to my petcock issues! Thanks DimitriT, I use the same service, great for big downloads.

81 gs550t shim sizes and clearances

81 gs550t shim sizes and clearances

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