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Brake Rubber Blues

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dubwicht

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I am working on a 1979 GS1000L front brakes and cannot find the rubber boots for the brake pad arm. Item #6 in the attached drawing. 59112-34020 Does anyone know where I can get these? Also, would the 1980 redesigned brakes fit on my bike? Without the boots I may have to look at other options.
 

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I was looking for the same thing a while back and ran into a dead end. Found some on another set of used calipers slightly less horrible than the ones I was working with. Good luck
 
I scrounged and scraped and found two if these under a different part number. BRAKE CALIPER PISTON BOOT 59108-34020 - these do fit. Got one on Ebay and the other from a Suzuki dealer in NL.
 
The later calipers work better and are a direct swap. You may need the discs also, but not sure.
 
Not sure about the L model, but on my 79 and 80 GS850s I mixed and matched the front brakes so the wheels can swap around easily. Also, the 79 now had 80 brakes, which were a huge improvment.
On the single disc L model, I don't know.
Is yours single or twin? If it's a twin, I suspect all you need is the calipers and the mounting brackets will fit the later calipers.
If it's a single, you'll have to dig deeper.
 
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