Cornishman35

Thank you for that info. It's welded, but I don't know if Chris Applebee did that or Suzuki. Chris did whatever work he did back in 2011 and I didn't own the crank then. The previous owner of the crank says he only ever owned an ET and EX, which makes this even more confusing as Suzuki say this is an EZ crank. I'm open to ideas/suggestions/solutions?

Went to the local Suzuki shop yesterday and trawled through the microfisches. The larger crank appears on the Gsx1100 EZ 1982/83. Any help? :-)

According to the haynes manual the taper changed from 1/5 to 1/7 and the rotor section where the starter clutch bearing would sit, changed from 25mm to 29mm.

I'm not sure. The Haynes manual says the SD has the larger taper. The guy I bought the crank from says he never had an Sd. He had an ET and then owned an EX, never owned a SD. Unless when the crank was reconditioned and somehow a different customers crank got mixed up and he was sent someone else's crank. He never fitted it to anything and it sat in the loft until I bought it.

OK thanks

Hi, I am rebuilding my ET engine and bought a never used reconditioned uprated Chris Applebee crank. It was thought to be an ET crank, but it isn't, I think it's an SD or EX? The crank has the larger diameter shaft 25mm upgraded to 29mm, different taper 1/7 instead of 1/5 Does anyone know what generator/starter clutch fits this please? Do I need anything else to resolve this? UK Based (Cornwall)