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1980 GS450 clutch pushrod oil leak. FIXED

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Just wanted to start off with saying hey to everyone on here (my first post) and how great of a forum this is for all GS riders. Lots of info! Anyways, back to the oil leak. I recently picked up a 1980 Suzuki GS 450L, prior owner had it for 20 years and it has less than 11k miles on it. I picked it up cheap knowing it had some issues. The carbs were a little dirty and it had a pretty good oil leak coming from the clutch pushrod seal. I found a little info on here, but no definitive fix besides using the screw idea. So I thought I'd share my how to. Apparently they had two different seals for the pushrod, one being pressed in from the backside, and one from the front. I was unlucky enough to have the one pressed in from the back. So instead of using the screw idea I slowly drilled multiple holes and cut it away from the pushrod then twisted the lip out of the groove in the block casing. Hopefully that all made sense? 20150821_163604.jpg
 
I had grind down the hold down bracket to fit properly. It worked and I've been leak free since the repair.20150821_165748.jpg
 
Here are the part numbers I used just in case someone else may need them.20150821_182037.jpg
 
Thanks, GSRider!
Pix appreciated and I'll save them in my stache against the day it does....Mine's not leaking yet, but it seems to be pretty common problem so I bought the seal when I did the gearshift seal
 
You're welcome! I forgot to mention I had to grind down the hold down bracket on the top left corner as it was rubbing the block a little and wouldn't lay flat on the seal. Yeah, from all the reading I have done it seems like a pretty common thing for sure.
 
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