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GS850G start-up, running and power issues.

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So the shims came in and I have put them into the motor, I would like to give you all the readings (clearances) but it was cold enough to make the oil a bit... thick. I did try to take some and found that most of the mesurments are now close to what I was looking for. I am going to wait for the weather to warm up a bit (or get a heater pointed at the block) and take proper mesurments.

I've also looked at the rear wheel and found that it is not the brakes that are giving resistance to the rear wheel, but the final drive or the wheel bearing. As the bearing sounds and feels smooth I am thinking that there is supposed to be some resistance even when the bike is in nutral (I checked if it was in gear as well and it didn't move at all when I selected fist), but I honestly dont know if its supposed to have resistance or not. Any thoughts? Also it's on a center stand so it easy to check.

I've also bought a starter relay and will be putting that on soon, hopefully fixing the starter motor staying engaged (as per the clymer manual's suggestion, it was the relay or the start button). The list of things getting checked, replaced and fixed is getting longer but the list of things wrong with Rasputin is slowly getting shorter. Hopefully one day in 4 months I will have problem free run both to and from work!
 
On a shaft drive GS, there's always some resistance to rear wheel rotation in neutral -- it's won't spin at all if you give the rear wheel a kick or pull it by hand. As long as you can move it fairly easily by hand, it's fine.
 
Well thats good to hear about the resistance.

Today I changed out the starter relay, and mesured the clearances (and swapped a couple of the shims out) and now all the clearances are between 0.002 and 0.004... I think that is it... it seems like I have finished the list of things needed to get this thing running well. Now I just need to put em back together and all should be well, knowing my luck it won't be the end. It should be close though, but there is not much more that can make it run like crap.

Once Phred and I can get a free Saturday or Sunday in the next month or two I will have learned how to pull apart and put back together a carb as well.

The next time I post I will have the numbers for you all and hopefully good news on wether it runs well or not.
 
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