GTS OWNERS CLUB

kass · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 12 Location: North East England

I started to do a little work on the GTS I bought just after Christmas. Firstly I wanted to change the rear tyre. The exhaust , the alloy bracket and the wheel allen bolts all came off no problem, but the wheel was corroded solidly onto the rear disc housing. Crying or Very sad

after tugging and levering to no avail, I replaced 3 of the allen bolts but left them about 5mm from being right in place, after a few sharp hard raps with a heavy rubber mallet the wheel came free Wink

Next I had trouble getting some of the drive belt cover bolts out, the bottom 2 took ages to get out, working them back and forward and spraying WD40 on them.If they had been in any longer I'm sure they would have snapped in place, because it wasn't practical to heat the casings up to free them off. Lastly I had to spray the airfilter box fitting screws with WD40 and left them soaking overnight, this did the trick Razz

Now this is on a nice clean scooter that I was told hadn't been ridden in winter. So I am slowly working my way around the whole machine, removing the bolts and refitting them with copperslip. Fun and Games ! Confused

suit scoot · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:31 am Post subject:

the tranny case bolts are always sods.

the salt just destroys them.
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smirnoff · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject:

Coppergrease em all, caused by reaction between dissimilar metals.
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MikeHolland · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject:

I hate those tranny bolts, and also the nuts holding the exhaust onto the engine. The heads are all too small for the bolt/thread size, and with the built-in flange you don't get a proper length to engage the spanner. I have fitted normal nuts to the exhaust studs, and turned down a socket spanner to reach them.

Mike
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kass · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 12 Location: North East England

I got to the stage where I wanted to remove the rear crash bars........ now they were really seized. The only way I could get them off was to remove the 4 bolts that fasten the bottom fixing bracket on to the chassis, then I removed the 2 allen screws from the top mounting.I had to then put the scooter on the side stand ( I've read about not using it) and I removed the whole crashbars by rolling the scooter over them.
Once the crashbars were off the scooter I had to heat the bars where they push onto the mounting bracket, this didn't really damage the chrome too much, and you can't see it anyway.Once seperated everything got a good clean up,the fixing bracket was repainted, and everything assembled with loads of copperslip.

CheekyThomas · Guvernor Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1374

All the exhaust fixings, brake fixings, wheel brace, case bolts etc need copper slipping when the machine is new at PDI... if not even by 1st service they can be a right pain in the back side! Evil or Very Mad