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  • Poncho
    • Feb 2026
    #1

    Rear drum brake woes

    So ive been trying to get mew brake shoes for my 79 gs425 and after several purchases and returns, i thought i finally fpund a set of ebc 609 that matched the set i removed from the bike. I slapped them on and go to put them on the wheel hub and it seems to be the exact same size and wont go in. Anybody encounter this issur before or havr any insight. Thanks for any help
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    • Rich82GS750TZ
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      • Jun 2018
      • 5585
      • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip
      #2
      Hard to say what’s available in Europe. I looked up your bike on partsoutlaw.com, a Good US parts site. There were 3 different models of GS 425 for ‘79 (in the US) with two different brake shoe part numbers, both showing no price so assume not available as OEM. I punched one of them into ebay (again US) and got a bunch of listings. Maybe another European would know. Maybe Grimly.
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        • Poncho
          #3
          Thanks for the reply man, and i live in the us near chicago, and as far as the model i have itsbthe plain old gs425, not the e or l model. I have found the part number 54410-11020 on babbitts and ive ordered it from ebay and other places and they never match the ones o pulled off. The ebc 609 matched and fit the plate but wont go into the hub.

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            • Rich82GS750TZ
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              • Jun 2018
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              • Mifflinburg, PA / Land of Tar & Chip
              #4
              Haha. Oh man do I feel dumb. Of course IL Illinois. Not Italy.
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                • Grimly
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                  #5
                  Originally posted by Rich82GS750TZ
                  Haha. Oh man do I feel dumb. Of course IL Illinois. Not Italy.
                  Hah. I was wondering if you were thinking of Elgin, near Inverness.
                  Dave
                  '79 GS850GN '80 GS850GT
                  Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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                    • Poncho
                      #6
                      Yep thats the one

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                        • Baatfam
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                          • Jul 2006
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                          #7
                          Welcome, man. I moved from Carol Stream, IL to Knoxville 3.5 years ago.

                          Can't help you with the brake problem.

                          Except this.
                          Are you sure of the bike's year?
                          Are you sure the rear wheel is stock?
                          IME, Suzuki part numbers generally work.
                          Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
                          '83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB

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                            • zuluwiz
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                              • May 2017
                              • 308
                              • the Buckeye State
                              #8
                              Try switching the shoes front to back or top to bottom. Sometimes brakes shoes are particular about which way they go in.
                              Expecting the Spanish Inquisition
                              1981 GS850G: the Ratzuki
                              1981 GS1100E

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                                • Gorminrider
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                                  • Aug 2012
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                                  • British Columbia, Canada
                                  #9
                                  Check your part number. The part number from CMSNL is 6441011301. according to them, these shoes fit 125 motorcycle varieties. If you have the star-pattern cast wheel, I'd bet my brake shoes would fit, whatever the wheel diameter...

                                  Suzuki GS425 1979 (N) USA (E03) REAR WHEEL (GS425EN) - buy original REAR WHEEL (GS425EN) spares online
                                  https://www.cmsnl.com/suzuki-gs425-1979-n-usa-e03_model16012/partslist/BLCK0040.html
                                  ✓ access the REAR WHEEL (GS425EN) schematic ✓ find Suzuki REAR WHEEL (GS425EN) spares easily ✓ OEM parts online available

                                  6441011301: SHOE,BRAKE Suzuki - buy the 64410-11301 at CMSNL
                                  https://www.cmsnl.com/products/shoe-brake_6441011301/
                                  ✓ Get the SHOE,BRAKE ✓ Manufacturer Part Number: 64410-11301 ✓ Genuine Suzuki part
                                  Last edited by Gorminrider; 08-16-2020, 10:30 AM.

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