Making It Easier to Install Carbs on GS550 Motors

[Radtad]

Thank you so much I have been rebuilding my GS550 and have been dreading putting the carbs back on. You have saved me Thanks again

[Suzuki_Don]

Thank you so much I have been rebuilding my GS550 and have been dreading putting the carbs back on. You have saved me Thanks again

So pleased it could be of help to you. Even after discovering this easier way to put the carbs on a 550 motor I was struggling to get them in place. The carb stubs just would not push into the rubber boots. After some choice words I discovered that when I had fitted the new rubber boots I had temporarily tightened the small clamps on them that hold the carbs in place. And this was just enough to close the boots up a bit and prevent the carb stubs from entering the boots.

Loosened the clamps and the carbs slipped right into place. I looked around for someone to blame, but I was the only one there, so the DUNCE sticker gets stuck on my back.

[cormz211]

i am so glad i read this....took my carbs off about a week ago out of curiosity mostly and been thinking about how much a pain in the butt it was going to be putting them back on my gs 550..... saved me one huge headache.. and the pics made it so i know exactly what to do

[EnglishEddy]

Someone tell Clymer to re-write their manual and put this fella's method in for carb servicing.

[lonerider00]

I'm SO glad for this!!! When I first bought my '80 550ET, I got down to taking the carbs off and on in about 20 minutes... fast forward 2 years, a wreck and rebuilt later, I needed to go through them again... took 20 min to get off, and 3 hours to get back on!!! The thing still doesn't run quite right and I'm thinking about taking them off again to fit one of those oil cooler adapter plates that I read about in another thread and maybe a temperature gauge... this trick looks like it will save me a ton of time, headache, and $ in new wrenches (because I got mad and threw the one that was in my hand across the street (jk), not to mention my neighbors' ears (from hearing me shouting expletives)

[surviverguy]

silicon spray lube into the boots helps things slide into place also....

[lonerider00]

silicon spray lube into the boots helps things slide into place also....

I usually just use wd40 on the boots