I would love to have a 1970. Who has it?
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GS650. Received
- Thread starter BowlingSS
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Getting there. Left side blinkers and horn not working.
Regarding those tank badges: If you measure things up well you could take two strips of 2mm steel sheet, drill and tap the holes then solder them in place. Because the metal is already coated in lead/solder it will be easy to solder something on.
Fixed the blinkers and had to replace the horn. Put the tank on and started her up. Gas was leaking all over the place. The carb connecting hose connector was cracked. This was different than the other 72 I worked one. The last 72 I worked on just had a short hose connecting the two carbs. The choke hose was the same. The connector that goes into the carb was also loose. I epoxy the connector into the carb.
If you're saying the adapter is stuck in the cable, I just chuck the adapter up in a soft jaw vise.
a 6mm bolt (#6) with a reduced end should be inserted in the side cover, the end of the bolt fits into a hole in adapter #1 and keeps it from turning. If insert #4 has unthreaded from #1 it gets a bit trickier, the good news is that it makes it easier to replace seal #3
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My trick would be to cut a strip from an aluminum can, wrap the thread and grip it in a drill or lathe chuck, some heat might be a good idea.
Thanks. I will try that.
Dremel a slot or three in the threaded collar, twist a screwdriver in the slots see if you can crack it loose?
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That worked. I will keep the foil just in case I need it again.
Thanks.
Getting there. Left side is not firing. Always something with these old ones. Checking points, etc.
The seat latch does not line up. Also the right side brackets were switched.
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A little grinding did the trick.
Both cylinders are firing now (bad plug). Now the idle does not go down sometimes. One of the new throttle cables from yamahaxs650 came apart at the crimp. I am hoping that is my problem. Also have a oil leak on the left side, sometimes. It looks like one of the starter seals. I never replaced them. At least the other seals look good under the left side cover.
Hard to sync the carbs with the cable problem. Seems to run strong. Need to fix/replace the cable first.
Hard to sync the carbs with the cable problem. Seems to run strong. Need to fix/replace the cable first.
Could the oil leak be from the clutch pushrod and just dripping down onto the started area??
I am going to remove the starter and change the starter seal and the one in the case the starter goes into.
Both starter seals replaced. Looks good now.
Now my left side is not firing correctly again. Back to the drawing board.
Now my left side is not firing correctly again. Back to the drawing board.
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