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1983 GSX250S Build

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Awesome!! You do realise you managed to do all this without sharing a single pic don't you? Slacker...
 
I do have one pic of the head and barrel off, will that do? lol

Taking it for a run this afternoon... CANT WAIT!!!!! Trying to go to sleep last night i was like a Kid on Christmas Eve!! Haha
 
Ok i took it for a small run this morning and something doesnt sound right...... Sounds abit like valves but sounds abit raspy too....
 
Well i found the problem... One of the nuts that go on the valve adjusters has come clean off, luckily the adjuster itself was still in the hole but only just!

I dont know if i have overlooked it when i did the valves as i cant see the nut stripping, I'll have to dump the new oil and try a magnet in the sump plug hole or at worst drop the sump.... DOH!
 
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Well i pulled the sump off ( what a messy bloody job that is! ) But no nut to be found, i searched around for abit with my magnet but couldnt find anything, i'd say in the rush to get it going i've put the nut down to do something else and forgotten about it.. which is abit odd because i'm sure i double checked they were all there and tight...

Anyway are they a special type of nut? Or just a high tensile?
 
Not sure on the nut but... wow what a PITA! Are you sure it's still not floating around in there at all? That would scare the bejesus out of me if I didn't know where it was...
 
i searched from the top and bottom and cant find it, the last thing i want is it coming loose from inside the engine and locking the whole thing up doing 80kph, i am not pulling the whole thing apart to find it, i remember that i had taken the nuts off to turn the tappet as it made it easier, if i put the nut on i would of wound it down a fair distance so as it didnt come off and fall into the engine, i only rode it probably 1.5km and i dunno if that would be enough to unwind the nut, if anything it would of unwound the whole nut and tappet as one.... i think i've left it off by mistake... i would say the nuts are high tensile will try and get one tomorrow.
 
Cool, let's hope you're right! High tensile would probably be right given what it is... will be nice to see it all done and dusted again :)
 
the whole bike looks like complete crap at the moment, side covers are hanging up from when i painted them about 2 months ago, the engine looks crap and needs a paint and so does the frame, abit sad looking.
 
Heres your pic's Pete lol

IMGP2320.jpg

IMGP2321.jpg
 
I had the same thing happen to my GSX. The tappet adjuster nut has yet to be found. It's likely caught in the same mystery spot mine is. I've ridden mine about 2000km at least since i lost and replaced mine, with no ill effects (touchwood).
 
what type of nut did you replace it with mike? i think my best bet is going to the local bolt and bearing store.
 
I went to suzuki and got a replacement. Same sized thread, but different sized nut. went from being about an 8mm to a 9mm. just check the suzuki parts reference. Part #13 on this page

Note from that page
1284349210
(12843-27A00) NUT
Note: this part is superseded by 1284327A00.
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I'll take a guess that it'll be a stock locknut sized used across a fair few models
 
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I'd personally just get the gen-u-wine part. Engine internals are components that you don't want to cock about with.

[edit]Also you need to make sure you nip the thing tight, i've found a lot of open ended spanners don't do a good enough job due to the restricted space inside the top of the engine so you need to find an open ended one with a narrow point on the tangs of the socket (the pointy bits) or just find a socket that'll fit. An 8mm ring will have a tight fit, and a 9mm an even tighter one. So whichever yours is (8 or 9) the new part will be the other, i suspect likely a 9mm, but don't quote me on it.[/edit]
 
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Thought i would hit up the local motorcycle mechanics who had a spare one he gave me, They have given me advice and tips before and now i'm back on the road, about to take it for a spin hopefully with no problems, touch wood, cross fingers etc etc
 
Woodsy said:
Thought i would hit up the local motorcycle mechanics who had a spare one he gave me, They have given me advice and tips before and now i'm back on the road, about to take it for a spin hopefully with no problems, touch wood, cross fingers etc etc
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Hmmmm... that was posted at 12:30pm today and it's now 8:11pm... that means either it was successful and you haven't gotten off it except to refuel or... I don't wanna think :rolleyes:

So come on, how'd it go?
 
Feels very good but wouldnt idle, i checked the plugs and they were really badly coated in carbon, so i gave it less fuel and it now idles.. so hopefully all is good from now on. Might go for a ride in the morning as i'm having the last 2 wisdom teeth out tomorrow afternoon. Think i'm going to make a cafe styled seat for it as well. I'm now thinking maybe to dress it up as an old race bike thats been dragged out of the shed given some fuel and ridden....
 
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Good stuff! Glad to see it's running :D

Do the ride in the morning for sure if you're gonna be laid up with the teeth again.

Be interesting too see what you can do with it, not sure I'm getting quite what you mean though...
 
I'm not sure i know what i mean... lol

I want it tidy enough so that i dont have to be embarrassed when i ride it.
 
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