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GS Valve Shim Club

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The club is an exchange system, send in a shim get one back. Only ask for a small donation (which helps cover the costs of mailing materials and abrasives and equipment maintenance) to join, members pay for all postage and are responsible for shims they ship. We can sell a few shims to members that want a few spares on hand. Please send any questions to me in a pm.

Many of the shims that we received have been polished down to more usable sizes and come out with a near mirror finish. I think everyone who is a part of it has been happy with the results.

If you have already contributed to the shim pool, either in shims or cash donation, you are a lifetime member. (probably my lifetime)

If you have received shims from the pool and have not yet returned them, please do so, other members may need what you have removed and are obligated to return.

Please remember that shims that are not received by the shim club, are your responsibility and you are expected to replace them.

We also have a bunch of shim buckets that are free for members, just pay the postage.

We have a K&L shim storage box available, box by itself or with shims you want. Let me know what you need and we'll get it set up for you.

If you need to send shims to the club pool, the address is:

GS Shim Club c/o
Ray Luthye
1886 Meadow Vale Road
Longmont, Colorado 80504



CURRENT INVENTORY

<2.00=08 2.00=02 2.00X=02 2.05=00 = 012
2.10=00 2.10X=00 2.15=13 2.15X=00 = 013
2.20=17 2.20X=03 2.25=14 2.25X=03 = 037
2.30=38 2.30X=07 2.35=39 2.35X=15 = 089
2.40=44 2.40X=33 2.45=18 2.45X=00 = 102
2.50=00 2.50X=22 2.55=52 2.55X=23 = 101
2.60=51 2.60X=32 2.65=63 2.65X=26 = 172
2.70=117 2.70X=30 2.75=60 2.75X=14 = 221
2.80=18 2.80X=09 2.85=12 2.85X=05 = 044
2.90=11 2.90X=00 2.95=07 2.95X=00 = 018
3.00=10 3.00X=00 3.05=02 3.05X=00 = 012
3.10=02 3.10X=00 3.15=00 3.15X=00 = 002

TOTAL =821


Current members 264




HALL OF SHAME: Roscoe g coltrane, jumpinbanditrider, ny_redneck04, amontyg, the duke, chrisP, Morrison

SUPER GOOD SHIM CLUB MEMBERS: Dpep, Juicydangershow, Chicagorob, 80GS750, HarryPorosky, bmac, SqDancerLynn1, Nessism, portdave, ALB80-850, wkmpt, AG GL, Surfpilot, ponderosa, scrapper, brads450lz, tas850g, weraracer, Narrator, MrMidas, lcoleman, ardbeglily, bartbeeman, slaveforthewave, Riding Again, MAC10, rwcfrank, ekabil, rockgs1000, Tenorman12, tricyasafox, jsdellinger, sugi, lemonshindig, rustysparksalot, billyhoyle, Govee, callmeahab, bobgroger, mvalenti, Rabel90, gustovh
 
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Hello there, I am a first time shim guy, and don't understand anything, maybe you can help. I ask for your patience. I turned the motor on my '83 1100 gs gl 8 valve over several times on two valves without the shim before I figured out it was a bad thing. I do not know if I have done damage, but to have some extra buckets sounds like a good thing. All the valves have about .001 to "pressure". I say this because my thinnest gage (.002) would not fit under any of them, although most turned easily, some did not. The two shims I looked at were 2.70, and 2.75, both starting with that assumed .001 deal. I put the 2.70 where the 2.75 was, and came up with .004, which seemed to make sence. The bike has 16 K on it, and from the rust on the bolts, and the hard gasket, and clean bolt heads I asume this is the first shim adjustment, but I do not know. I guess I need from 2.55 to 2.70 but again, have no clue. I am further frustrated by the bad manuals, and half done help guides that I have enlisted. I think I located the correst Suzuki shop manual, ordered it, and am earer to get it. The turning of the cam without the shims was something I did out of ignorance because I was not warned by the stuff I looked at. Again, frustrating. I do not understand how to become a member without sending you shims, and I don't understand how to order the shims you list. I would send back my original shims. I try to be honest, and forthright. I am new to computers, and don't care for them much. I am an old blue collar cave man type, but not macho, my communication skills... hell, I have not typed in 40 years, make me appear more dense than I already am. I hope I am not asking too much, but I am looking for your help in this matter, to get off the ground. I sent you a message some days ago commending you on your efforts. My email is suzydanb@comcast.net yours, Dan Bailey
 
Additional note

Additional note

Hi Folks, Please remember to send me a pm if you are sending shims to the pool. It helps me to know whose shims are being received and what you may need. Thanks, Ray
 
How does this work

How does this work

I was wondering how the shim club works can we get shims from here to do a reshim then send whats left back plus the old shims we remove. I'm just trying to find out because I have to do a shim job on my 1981 gs 550 L and wanted to know. Thanks
 
Do your measurements and double check it all. Record what you need for each cylinder..for example..INTAKE1 needs a 2.72..and so on.

Send Ray a PM and discuss from there is what I did.

He sent me what I needed and I sent him back the non useable ones and some other extras I had doubles and triples of.
 
Awesome resource!! Got my shims from Ray yesterday and I am back in spec:D
 
Got my shims from Ray and the Shim Club extremely fast and I am now in spec! This is an awesome resource.
 
Just wondering which side of the shim you are polishing down to achieve a different thickness.
 
Generally, they get the rougher side polished. If there is no difference in finish then I polish the side that has thickness marked, though many have no markings. From a functional standpoint both sides are identical.
 
Just fyi for those looking to order shims, Ray (Ghost) is having trouble logging into his gsresources account so please use the e-mail address in his profile rather than PM.​
 
Seems like things are working fine again, so when you need shims you can use the pm thing to contact me. Thanks, Ray
 
Hi Ray,

Just wondering if you're still offering your services for the shim exchange? What an awesome idea, thanks to contacting a member here "Steve". Thanks Steve!
 
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Hi Ray,

Just wondering if you're still offering your services for the shim exchange? What an awesome idea, thanks to contacting a member here "Steve". Thanks Steve![/QUOTE

Hi Steve, Yes, crazy as it is, I am still doing this. Send me a pm if you have any questions. Ray
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I want to say thank you to Ray for his assistance with my shims. he was helpful, fast and provided everything I needed. I highly suggest you contact him for shims. And, if you work with him, send him a contribution. He is worth it and is saving you money.
 
I don't have any shims yet. planning a valve adjustment in the next few weeks. Should I order new ones? or should I "order" what i need from here, and send in my old ones? New to the community and not sure how everything works yet :D Thanks for your patience and reply!
 
I just used Ray this week for Shims. He is the Man, The Myth, The Legend.
Thank you very much.
 
Thank you Ray! That was a much appreciated, very fast exchange of shims.

If only my new gasket got here that quickly!
 
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