WINGOVATIONS
PARTS AND ADVICE FOR YOUR 'OLDEN GOLDIE'
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FRONT TRANSMISSION COVER SCREW KIT
The front transmission cover screws are notoriously difficult to remove to service the gear change mechanism or replace the water pump.
A combination of being made from soft steel, having JIS crossheads (meaning that most folk will use the wrong standard Phillips screwdriver) and years of being directly in line of all the muck thrown up by the front wheel means that the chances of getting them out in re-usable condition are very slim indeed.
BUT HELP IS AT HAND!
GL1000 / GL1100 ALL MODELS
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO USE A COPPER BASED ANTI-SEIZE COATING ON THESE SCREWS FOR TWO REASONS:
Stainless steel threads are very rough. Repeated insertion and removal will very quickly wear the threads in the soft alloy.
Without that copper barrier, there is the likelihood of electrolytic corrosion between the alloy and the stainless steel.
GL1200 ALL MODELS
This is what you get in the kit, all 6mm standard metric thread
2 x 20mm
4 x 22mm
4 x 35mm
4 x 55mm
1 x 70mm
2 x 80mm
17 plain washers
3 alloy crush washers
I have put together a full kit of stainless steel Allen head screws and washers, complete with alloy crush washers for the three water pump bolts, as faulty water pumps are the main reason for having to remove that cover. People invariably forget to order these when ordering the new pump and the gasket kits currently on the market don't include them either.
This is what you get in the kit, all 6mm standard metric thread
2 x 20mm
2 x 22mm
4 x 35mm
5 x 55mm
2 x 80mm
15 plain washers
3 alloy crush washers
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International shipping is by Standard Royal Mail which is non-tracked.
I have not had a lost a package in over ten years of trading using this method.