A couple of questions
My clutch is sticking after been stood is there a easy way to free this up
I cleaned my points and I'm getting a little tingle from the plug what do you recommend to get a good spark
Gt550 help
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Beefy666
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Alan H
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Re: Gt550 help
Good evening. I'm Alan from South Yorkshire and have several GT550s and a Kettle.
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Lots of experience on here and other places, but we like a bit of intro and history first.
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Vintageman
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Re: Gt550 help
Drain oil, pop clutch side cover and take the clutch plates out, clean them , oil them and reassemble. That's it.
Moisture got in there plates are corroded a little. Not hard to do but no other way I know to get clutch free and working on all disks. Expect that you will need a new clutch cover gasket. Oh, get a good Phillips impact driver for it's best to loosen the Phillips screws for their heads strip easy. Male sure you use the larger Phillips head bit (#3?). You may get a way with brand new sharp hand driver but again it's the larger Phillips head and if too small you definitely strip them. Push in and give a quick twist to loosen.
What do you mean getting a little tingle from plug? Is was not sparking so you had the kahonas to grab the plug electrode to see if you would get a zap!
Good batt. good points, proper gap, condenser, good wires cap, coil and plugs you should get quite a jolt!
Moisture got in there plates are corroded a little. Not hard to do but no other way I know to get clutch free and working on all disks. Expect that you will need a new clutch cover gasket. Oh, get a good Phillips impact driver for it's best to loosen the Phillips screws for their heads strip easy. Male sure you use the larger Phillips head bit (#3?). You may get a way with brand new sharp hand driver but again it's the larger Phillips head and if too small you definitely strip them. Push in and give a quick twist to loosen.
What do you mean getting a little tingle from plug? Is was not sparking so you had the kahonas to grab the plug electrode to see if you would get a zap!
Good batt. good points, proper gap, condenser, good wires cap, coil and plugs you should get quite a jolt!
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jabcb
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Re: Gt550 help
There is a slight difference between JIS & phillips screws. All of the original screws on your bike are JIS. Its why so many screw heads are messed up on these old bikes. JIS screwdrivers & impact bits are worth every penny if you are going to do much work on these bikes.
Vessel Megadora screwdrivers & a Vessel impact driver are good choices.
You can get them via eBay. Hopefully one of the UK members will provide some other choices.
Vessel Megadora screwdrivers & a Vessel impact driver are good choices.
You can get them via eBay. Hopefully one of the UK members will provide some other choices.
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Vintageman
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Re: Gt550 help
I learned something.
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Current registered, inspected, and running well 2 stroke motorcycles
74 GT250 (T350 upgrade),
76 GT250 (T350 upgrade),
71 T350,
70 T350,
74 GT380,
75 T500,
73 GT550,
75 GT750,
72 Yamaha DS7 (R5 upgrade),
77 Yamaha RD400 (Daytona Cyls),
73 Kawasaki H1 500
74 GT250 (T350 upgrade),
76 GT250 (T350 upgrade),
71 T350,
70 T350,
74 GT380,
75 T500,
73 GT550,
75 GT750,
72 Yamaha DS7 (R5 upgrade),
77 Yamaha RD400 (Daytona Cyls),
73 Kawasaki H1 500
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Warehouse1001
Re: Gt550 help
+1 Everything Vintageman said on the clutch plates and +1 everything Jabcb said on the JIS screws. The JIS screw thing is something I learned about 5 years ago...and wished I'd known the previous 40! Good luck
