Young man Joe

Great, that will make it a bit easier for me... Now I have to just find the time to actually get the job done ! Thanks for you advice.

Hi there folks, happy Friday evening to you, I hope you can offer a little advice... I've just sold my '98 750 Katana and got an '82 GS550EZ off good old Eblag a long way from where I live, so I didn't see it before I bought it, doh...anyway, once in my garage I sorted a few obvious problems like no vacuum hose between the fuel tap and carbs, leaking fuel line, cracked front tyre, years old oil by the looks of it etc etc...So, it runs surprisingly well, but after it's first gentle 50 mile outing I noticed an oil leak from the camchain tensioner. So in the Haynes manual it seems like a pretty straight forward job to replace the gasket and various 'O' rings, but my question is this : do I need to set any of the pistons to TDC ? There is no mention of this in the manual but on the internet there were instructions on this task that said you had to get pistons 1 and 4 (I think) to TDC... Any advice / opinions on this ? Thanks, Joe.

It's been a long time since I asked the question at the top, but the Viper system fits no problem (not on the bike I had when I first asked - but same model), doesn't even foul the belly pan. No change in carb set up and I haven't noticed any flat spots at anything. I got 6 of the 8 exhaust bolts out with an Irwin bolt grip socket, but one snapped off leaving some thread exposed, and one snapped off flush with the head (thanks for that) it was the offside outer one that had the radiator bottom support little frame rail in the way. One of the downpipes was stuck super solid in the head too, so I dropped the engine out and with the help of a mate got the exposed thread out with a smaller Irwin bolt grip socket and drilled the flush one out. The downpipe was removed with some good old brute force. Checked the valve clearances whilst the engine was out, and all is ok now... Thanks for your advice. Joe.

Hi, thanks for your advice, I've measured as best I can (with the fairings still in place) and it looks like there is enough clearance. While I was down there the exhaust studs look in a right state ! Plenty of plus gas before I try and get those buggers out....

Hi and thanks, if the headers will fit that's good - I'll check the sump clearance tomorrow, fingers crossed....

Hi, I'm new to the forum, hope someone can help with an exhaust question... I've got a '91 GSX750F 'project bike' and a road legal '98 GSX750F, I got a second hand Viper exhaust for the '91 bike but the project bike isn't going anywhere for now, and the exhaust on the '98 needs repairing or replacing - and seeing as I got the viper downpipes and can I thought I could use them - if they fit on the '98 bike. Does anyone know if it will fit ? Thanks, Joe.