Easy shim Q: 29.5 mm?

[conflicttheorist]

Can someone tell me whether the 29.5 mm shims used for most suzukis are the ones I should use for the GS500 as well?  Thanks.

[Kerry]

Mk1inCali?

Can you use the dial caliper in the valve adjustment toolkit to measure the diameter of one of the shims?  (DON'T measure the ground-down 2.15 mm "test shim"!    )

[conflicttheorist]

hmm, maybe not so well known.  Let me ask in another way: Does anyone know if the Shims from any other suzukis are interchangeable with the gs?  Of course, it would be safer to know the diameter I guess.

[mjm]

Mk1inCali?

Can you use the dial caliper in the valve adjustment toolkit to measure the diameter of one of the shims?  (DON'T measure the ground-down 2.15 mm "test shim"!    )

All GS series two valve engines use the same shims.  I do not know what size is uses by the GSX or GSXR series bikes - but they are not likely to work on the two valve GS

[scratch]

Suzuki is the only company to use a larger diameter shim in their motorcycles up until about 1990 when they did engineer one of their bikes to accept the regular, quarter-sized shims that the other three manufacturers were using. I cannot remember what motorcycle it was.

And you definitely cannot use the teeny tiny shims that they use for shim-under-bucket bikes like the GSXR's.

[The Buddha]

OK GS shims are larger in dia and I believe 29.5 is the right dia ... the yamaha XJ shims will fit in suzuki buckets, and visually look identical ... them being 29 mm... I didn't even know I had a pile of yamaha shims in my suzuki collection till I stacked them and saw some were smaller ... D-oh...
Cool.
Srinath.