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Dave_17954
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doesn't anyone besides me sleep with there service manuals under their pillows at night so they can absorb all that info? :-k
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service manuals?? they make those!!! I just grab a fist full of tools and attack!! best SERVICE manual any man can have is hands on experience and having done 5 bikes of three different makes ( 3 Zukes, 1 honda, and 1 yamaha) you tend to learn a few things that actually stick in the brain rather than trying to decipher some of the tech talk in a manual, but seems like agood idea maybe to have one.... LMOA.
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Dave_17954
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Yea mine has a pic of a Honda on the cover.........wait a sec no wonder things havent been jiving up!! 
I have the original OWNER manuals for my 77 and my 78 750s but i would sell your honda manual in a hot second for a 77/78 GS 750 SERVICE manual...LOL
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BassCliff
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Hi,
Right-click and "Save as...". This manual should be close enough for most tasks.
GS750 (8-valve) Service Manual (87MB)
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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doconabike
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Updates.....
Updates.....
this is getting frustrating. I am trying to remove the rear axle now, by loosening the axle bolt. The cotter pin in there was all kinds of messed up, spent about an hour trying to get an out. The bottom two halves broke off from being rusted so bad, and so I was left with only the stuck head. It would jiggle around but refuse to come out, I ended up hacksawing it in half, then when I turned the bolt both head pieces broke off.
But now when I turn the axle bolt the axle itself turns. Basscliff had shown where to lock the axle if it turned on the front wheel, but I can't find the equivalent on the rear! Whats the best way to lock the axle while I turn the bolt?
Updates.....
this is getting frustrating. I am trying to remove the rear axle now, by loosening the axle bolt. The cotter pin in there was all kinds of messed up, spent about an hour trying to get an out. The bottom two halves broke off from being rusted so bad, and so I was left with only the stuck head. It would jiggle around but refuse to come out, I ended up hacksawing it in half, then when I turned the bolt both head pieces broke off.
But now when I turn the axle bolt the axle itself turns. Basscliff had shown where to lock the axle if it turned on the front wheel, but I can't find the equivalent on the rear! Whats the best way to lock the axle while I turn the bolt?
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doconabike
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beautiful thanks larry that did it! Ok next problem 
The axle nut is out, as far as I understand from basscliff's tutorial the axle should come right out now. I guess mine is stuck as hell, I was tappin on it with a hammer (the same force that easily got it out in the front!) and nothin is happenin. Before I really start hammering it, I just want to make sure theirs nothing obvious I'm missing of why its not coming out.
And again, thanks to all who are helping with the very simplistic stupid questions
The axle nut is out, as far as I understand from basscliff's tutorial the axle should come right out now. I guess mine is stuck as hell, I was tappin on it with a hammer (the same force that easily got it out in the front!) and nothin is happenin. Before I really start hammering it, I just want to make sure theirs nothing obvious I'm missing of why its not coming out.
And again, thanks to all who are helping with the very simplistic stupid questions
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Spray some penetrating oil where ever you can. Put the axle nut on backwards flush with the end of the axle and hammer away.
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doconabike
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Its off!! I had used my cars scissor jack to raise the front end when I did that and never took it off, so all the weight was on the rear tire
As soon as I removed that and it was back on center stand, the axle slid right out with a few taps
Both tires are out, heading to the shop to get em changed! Stay tuned for part II, help putting back in a rear tire 
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Good workIts off!! I had used my cars scissor jack to raise the front end when I did that and never took it off, so all the weight was on the rear tire
As soon as I removed that and it was back on center stand, the axle slid right out with a few taps
Putting together is the easy part.
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BassCliff
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Nice work Mr. doconabike! :clap:
Yes, the next time will be much easier. Don't forget to pick up some new cotter pins for the axles. Every time I have to change both tires, my bike looks like this:
A little precarious, I would say. But it's like that for only as long as it takes me to get to the tire shop and back. Let us know how yours turns out.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Yes, the next time will be much easier. Don't forget to pick up some new cotter pins for the axles. Every time I have to change both tires, my bike looks like this:
A little precarious, I would say. But it's like that for only as long as it takes me to get to the tire shop and back. Let us know how yours turns out.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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doconabike
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Alright got the bike back and put the tires back on - it was ALOT easier gettin em back on then taking em off. Was pretty smoothless, check out the pics (again cameraphone sorry for the quality).
I went for a ride afterwards, riding very conservatively of course. It was weird the bike felt....different. I know that its new tires, and they are shinko 712 so their not exactly the best tires out there, but the bike seemed really unsteady. And I THINK their might have been a slight wobble going like above 30 - i'm fairly certain the bike shop (very reputable, great guys) did a good job, is their anything I could have done when putting the wheels back on that could cause this?
I went for a ride afterwards, riding very conservatively of course. It was weird the bike felt....different. I know that its new tires, and they are shinko 712 so their not exactly the best tires out there, but the bike seemed really unsteady. And I THINK their might have been a slight wobble going like above 30 - i'm fairly certain the bike shop (very reputable, great guys) did a good job, is their anything I could have done when putting the wheels back on that could cause this?
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Make sure the they seated the beads. There will be a line on the tire right next to the rim. If it dips inside the rim at all take it back.
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BassCliff
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Hi,
Yes, do what Mr. chef1366 says and check the bead. As a reminder, take it really easy for the first 100 miles or so until the mold release agent gets scrubbed off those new tires.
New tires always feel a little different for me, even when using a fresh set of the same tires. It shouldn't be "wobbly" though. Do you get a shake from the front end or the back?
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Yes, do what Mr. chef1366 says and check the bead. As a reminder, take it really easy for the first 100 miles or so until the mold release agent gets scrubbed off those new tires.
New tires always feel a little different for me, even when using a fresh set of the same tires. It shouldn't be "wobbly" though. Do you get a shake from the front end or the back?
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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