Finally found a decent gearbox at the right price for my GS. So last weekend it only took 1,5 days to get the old one out and the new one in.
Every possible thing that could go wrong did i.e. the splines would not line up, the pressure plate guide spring undid itself while putting the lot back so had to strip the clutch off as well. The shaft dropped out of the bevel drive and eventually took the whole lot appart to get it back on the bike again.
My subframe took a bit of a knock as it would not line up properly again, suppose the cage who knocked me over a couple of weeks ago did more damage than I thought.
Alas by Sunday 13:00 we got the bike fired up again and moving forward. I have fitted a R1100R gearbox which according to sources is better than the GS box ( I can't back that up yet).
Now however since having the tank and bits off my carbs/injectors seems to be out by a fair amount and also running the Lazer can. Tried the Hayns manual last night on setting the throttle cables - BIG MISTAKE!!! Now all has gone to shite and eventually got the bike to at least run again but very lumpy.
My thoughts now is to fit my original std can and cat back and get rid of the Lazer(Losing about 30 miles per tank of fuel). Then reset the whole bloody lot from start and try and get it to run smoothly again. At the moment I can't dare to run the bike at 2000 rpm as it is easier to stay on a bull at a rodeo than on this bike!
Any tips on how to set the carbs from scratch idiot proof? How are you suppose to measure 5mm of play in the throttle cables and where do you measure it? The balancing of the carbs did not make much difference as I suspect one of the cables are pulling more than it should and the rest probably not.
The last thing I need to check is the fact that my neutral light now stays on through all the gears, ohh boy this is going to be interesting....
Cheers
Every possible thing that could go wrong did i.e. the splines would not line up, the pressure plate guide spring undid itself while putting the lot back so had to strip the clutch off as well. The shaft dropped out of the bevel drive and eventually took the whole lot appart to get it back on the bike again.
My subframe took a bit of a knock as it would not line up properly again, suppose the cage who knocked me over a couple of weeks ago did more damage than I thought.
Alas by Sunday 13:00 we got the bike fired up again and moving forward. I have fitted a R1100R gearbox which according to sources is better than the GS box ( I can't back that up yet).
Now however since having the tank and bits off my carbs/injectors seems to be out by a fair amount and also running the Lazer can. Tried the Hayns manual last night on setting the throttle cables - BIG MISTAKE!!! Now all has gone to shite and eventually got the bike to at least run again but very lumpy.
My thoughts now is to fit my original std can and cat back and get rid of the Lazer(Losing about 30 miles per tank of fuel). Then reset the whole bloody lot from start and try and get it to run smoothly again. At the moment I can't dare to run the bike at 2000 rpm as it is easier to stay on a bull at a rodeo than on this bike!
Any tips on how to set the carbs from scratch idiot proof? How are you suppose to measure 5mm of play in the throttle cables and where do you measure it? The balancing of the carbs did not make much difference as I suspect one of the cables are pulling more than it should and the rest probably not.
The last thing I need to check is the fact that my neutral light now stays on through all the gears, ohh boy this is going to be interesting....
Cheers
