GS500E Valve Clearances (While everyone's at it)

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Got a video here: https://video.google.co.uk/url?docid=-2015554469142545363&esrc=sr1&ev=v&q=GS500+Valve&vidurl=https://video.google.co.uk/videoplay%3Fdocid%3D-2015554469142545363%26q%3DGS500%2BValve&usg=AL29H22fhsmU2ic5B3LKZSH-R5hKkctOXQ

While the bike is on bricks I'm going to check the valve clearances (and then balance the carbs), just a few questions:

1) Where can I get a Suzuki Shim tool from and not pay stupid prices?
2) Do I need a special tool to read the shim thickness or can I take the face value?
3) Where can I get shims from in the UK?
4) Do the bolts on the rocker cover need to be torqued back on?

Cheers,

T

[hmmmnz]

hey toby,
you dont need a special tool, a screw driver is how i did mine, but any suzuki shop will sell you 1 or m&p https://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=500596
https://www.motorcycletoolchest.com/photos/08-0018-2T.jpg

2 you could use a micrometer to measure the thickness of the shim, but i would just take face value.
3 any bike shop will have shims, suzuki and i think yamaha??? are the same size... (not too sure)
4 they are supposed to be torqued on, but i never bother, i give it the hmmm that should be tight enough method, (with your luck, i would get a torque wrench )
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[carvell]

[hmmmnz]

he just said, because its on bricks, valve clearances just about always need doing on a gs500.
just about as regular as an oil change
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[T1z3R]

damnit

out of badness i was hoping this thread would roll over to page2 before anyone replied

i own one but by god am i sick of reading about them in this section
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[T1z3R]

i wont. i think ill be buried with my GS

ill be posting in here again about mines before you know it
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[T1z3R]

lol

i doubt youll ever get is spot on.
i fix one thing on mine and another breaks.

im sure i broke something this morning when it wouldnt go into 1st from neutral at the traffic lights....did when i stamped on it though
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[hmmmnz]

hehe mine has run perfectly the whole time ive had it, bar me breaking a chain, and replacing a starter relay, its been the most reliable bike i have ever owned
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[hmmmnz]

lol, only suspension, tail, forks, engine is original
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