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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: luke1645 on June 22, 2004, 12:33:17 PM

Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: luke1645 on June 22, 2004, 12:33:17 PM
i just got an 88-89 gsxr wheel and its supposed to be a direct swap of cush drive. well upon looking at the drive its not the same. the gs sprocket and carrier have 5 things that stick out and the gsxr is 6. same goes for the rubber things inside the wheel. sorry for the bad vocab. and the gs carrier is smaller in diameter than the gsxr so it wont fit that either. the gsxr wheel came with no sprocket or carrier just teh rubber pieces so i might be sol i dont know yet.......i need advice from someone who done this wheel swap or another one.
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: Blueknyt on June 22, 2004, 01:46:40 PM
then you didnt get an 88-89 750 rear wheel, you got a newer wheel.
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: luke1645 on June 22, 2004, 01:58:58 PM
then the bastard lied to me   :x
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: Kerry on June 22, 2004, 02:16:01 PM
Not so fast!

Can anyone explain why BikeBandit shows two different rear wheel styles for both the 1988 and the 1989 model years?  For each year one of the styles has a 5-section cush drive and the other has a 6-section drive.

Check out the diagrams:

1988 (1) http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/showschematic.asp?dept_id=149679
1988 (2) http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/showschematic.asp?dept_id=149682

1989 (1) http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/showschematic.asp?dept_id=149680
1989 (2) http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/showschematic.asp?dept_id=149683
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: luke1645 on June 22, 2004, 02:19:20 PM
o shaZam! i just left negative feedback cursing him up and down about it being the wrong part. thanks kerry for bringing it to my attention. so waht should i do about this? do you think a wrecker/junkyard would do a trade?
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: werase643 on June 22, 2004, 07:57:41 PM
the 6 bolt....wheel should be a gsxr1100 wheel....got two of them.....heavy!!!!!! AND 5.5 WIDE
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: Blueknyt on June 22, 2004, 08:26:36 PM
that is more then likly late 89  5/89 is considered a 90.     4/89 is considered 89
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: luke1645 on June 22, 2004, 08:28:18 PM
so does anyone want to buy it? funny thing is, it has the same color and three "spoke" pattern as ours does.
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: werase643 on June 22, 2004, 11:26:32 PM
if you read the blurry print....the 5 bolt is a 17x4.5...J and K model
the 6 bolt is a L model
....a 90 GSXR is a L model
Title: stuck on wheel swap and need help
Post by: Kerry on June 22, 2004, 11:56:02 PM
Quote from: werase643if you read the blurry print....the 5 bolt is a 17x4.5...J and K model
the 6 bolt is a L model
....a 90 GSXR is a L model
You're referring to the "blurry print" above the
REF.NO. PART NO. DESCRIPTION Q'TY REMARKS
headings in those diagrams that I linked to earlier?

That makes sense.  Perhaps BikeBandit is simply suggesting either wheel as a replacement part for the '88 and '89 models.  (More unhappy campers ... coming right up!)

Luke, I guess you can let your feedback stand.... :x