• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Need 82 GS650 Signal Generator Cover Gasket

  • Thread starter Thread starter txgs650
  • Start date Start date
T

txgs650

Guest
Cannot find this gasket on drawings at bikebandit to purchase. Anyone know where to find
 
The signal generator cover shouldn't need a gasket, there's no oil behind it.
 
It had a thin paper gasket on it. I guess I should just apply some silicone gasket and go on. The bike had been sitting in a barn since 88. I took the cover off to rotate the motor.
 
Don't put silicone on that, or anywhere else on your GS.

It's perfectly OK to run it with no gasket. The paper one maybe keeps out the rain a little better, but it's not essential at all.
 
bwringer said:
Don't put silicone on that, or anywhere else on your GS.

It's perfectly OK to run it with no gasket. The paper one maybe keeps out the rain a little better, but it's not essential at all.
Click to expand...
Agreed. Any bike that ive ever pulled the cover off of that still had one, ive never replaced. Never had a problem yet. I suppose it SHOULD have one, but again, unless you're ridding in a driving rain, or flood waters, you're good without it. :dancing:
 
Did some repair work on a '92 Kawasaki ZX6 recently and the signal generators were covered with oil. I paniced for a moment thinking the crankshaft seal had let go until I realized that the signal generators are exposed to engine oil - like the stator on our GS bikes.

Just my opinion but I'd get a gasket for that cover. The mechanical advance mechanism is not plated or anything so it's best to keep it dry the way Suzuki intended. If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.
 
Nessism said:
Just my opinion but I'd get a gasket for that cover. The mechanical advance mechanism is not plated or anything so it's best to keep it dry the way Suzuki intended. If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.
Click to expand...

Good point -- I'm sort of used to the later type without the mechanical advance, but either way, it's still a good idea to keep moisture out. There's a drain hole at the bottom, and it obviously gets hot enough to help keep things dry, but you might as well do what you can to keep the water demons at bay.
 
Nessism said:
If you don't have a gasket just cut your own from gasket paper. Should only take a few minuets.
Click to expand...

It could take a while then. Some of the minuets I have been to go for quite a long time, not as long as the opera though. (Sorry, Ed).
 
Suzuki_Don said:
It could take a while then. Some of the minuets I have been to go for quite a long time, not as long as the opera though. (Sorry, Ed).
Click to expand...

I'm embarrassed by how poorly I spell. Sometimes I'm so far off that spell-check can't pick up the word.:oops: This one is a minor infraction in my long list.:o
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top