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Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 11:08 am
by _Wilks
... and there are quite a few of you here
Dont forget to address the NSU (Neutral Sending Unit) issue which can result in this horror...
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691300
This is probably one of the best/simplest how to's on the net...
http://drriders.com/topic1206.html
That's my community service done for 2013... thank you.
PS: Robbo, you'll need to do yours.
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 4:20 pm
by bowewilson@gmail.com
While your at it DR jockeys, the cam chain tensioner gasket can let go too, it can dump a fair bit of oil pretty quickly (speaking from experience), its not uncommon. The good news is its a quick fix, they probably didn't fit them properly at the factory.
Seems like even DR's break down eh Jamie!!
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Mon 30 Dec, 2013 5:32 pm
by old betsy
Just buy a F800gs all fixed
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Tue 31 Dec, 2013 5:12 pm
by Robbo
Thanks for the link Shane,
What a mess, it's now definitely on my to do list.
Robbo.
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Wed 01 Jan, 2014 12:00 pm
by Hugh.Jars
Yair robbo i did show how easy it was to bush mechanic a clutch
and the nsu just under neath it .... unless you dren john were slacking off that time.
Cheers phil
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 9:16 am
by _Wilks
I must be having separation issues. I keep reading DR stuff.
Anyway...
DR's are notorious for popping a countershaft seal and dumping the engine oil relatively quickly. It happened to me not long after my first oil change, luckily not far from home. At a guess, it spewed out half the engine oil in approx 100kms. Some say the cause is often linked to overfilling the engine oil, even if its only by a tiny amount.
Apparently Suzuki sell a countershaft sprocket seal retaining plate for approx $20. At that price its absolutely the best preventative $20 you'll spend on the mighty DR.
Everyone loves a pic, so here's one shamelessly lifted from DRRiders...

Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 4:26 pm
by Davey_sprockeT
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Fri 10 Jan, 2014 5:14 pm
by _Wilks
$26 at Vince Strang in Vic. A similar price at your local Suzuki dealer too.
Yup Davey, we gotta keep these DR's rolling.
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Wed 15 Jan, 2014 7:33 am
by bill9117
_Wilks wrote:I must be having separation issues. I keep reading DR stuff.
Anyway...
DR's are notorious for popping a countershaft seal and dumping the engine oil relatively quickly. It happened to me not long after my first oil change, luckily not far from home. At a guess, it spewed out half the engine oil in approx 100kms. Some say the cause is often linked to overfilling the engine oil, even if its only by a tiny amount.
Apparently Suzuki sell a countershaft sprocket seal retaining plate for approx $20. At that price its absolutely the best preventative $20 you'll spend on the mighty DR.
Everyone loves a pic, so here's one shamelessly lifted from DRRiders...

Where exactly is this seal. Can't seem to see the bit in question looking at the photo and my bike

does something have to be removed to get to it first?
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Wed 15 Jan, 2014 8:25 am
by _Wilks
That shiny new bit in the photo is the part I was talking about - its a retaining plate. That's the countershaft poking out thru the retaining plate. The seal is behind the retaining plate.
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Wed 15 Jan, 2014 9:14 am
by bill9117
Thanks Shane with you now

Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Wed 05 Feb, 2014 5:15 pm
by jls
The newer models now come with a retaining plate fitted as standarded fare ,strange that

Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Thu 06 Feb, 2014 11:05 am
by KoosWA
anty idea how "newer" from which model year.....before I go digging.
Re: Attn DR650 Owners...
Posted: Thu 06 Feb, 2014 3:25 pm
by jls
Pretty sure it's the lasted models 13 onwards ,but if the accountants at Suzuki agree that it is nessesary what more is there to say