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DJwiththeGS550L
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Hi, I'm new to these forums, or rather forums in general, but I figure I should give it a shot. I have an '80 GS550L motor on an E frame, same year, and I bought the beauty for 400 with 11k miles on it. She was ignored and garaged for years and I found it one day on CL and fell in love with it. A buddy of mine and I fixed some issues it came with like high idle and frozen rear caliper. However, about 2 months ago I took it on a group ride and the chain broke and got put back together with a spare master link that I had so I could get home but when I got back I tried to ride it somewhere one day and it slinked off the sprocket, bent my push rod, knocked my front sprocket loose and took out an oil seal. So we decided it's time to rebuild. I've got the oil seal that broke, plus a complete gasket set, new clutch plates and springs, and a few random other things I don't know what they're called but I know they're needed. We already took the motor out and took off the top end and I saw I need to clean the carbon buildup off the piston heads and I need to get new piston rings and possibly a cam chain? I'm not sure what all I need to get new for it if I'm splitting the case and I'm new to rebuilding engines but I have a clymer manual to follow and I felt I needed to have other helpful folks, like you guys, to answer in and help me get this beast running like new and/or better than new. If you follow this video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupYRRIM26o&t=29s you'll hear how it ran before we took her apart. Whomever had my bike before me thought it'd be a good idea to cut the exhaust pipes like 2 or 3 inches from where the collector connects the 2 to 1, so I didn't have those megaphones, I had warm feet. If anyone can help me out and tell me what I need to look for or how to go about fixing it or any helpful information at all about these motors, I'd very much appreciate it! I look forward to chatting with you all!
