1979 GL1000 rear wheel spacer part No.42625-371-000

[MattTrim]

Hi All, just bought this bike a month ago. When fitting new tires, the mechanic noticed the wheel spacer collar part in the final drive was missing! This is item No.10 on the final drive drawing.
I have searched without success to locate this part. There are not too many of these bikes here in Ireland.
Can anyone out there advise if and where I could find one of these?
Thanks in advance for your advice or assistance.
Regards
Matt

[WingAdmin]

Hi All, just bought this bike a month ago. When fitting new tires, the mechanic noticed the wheel spacer collar part in the final drive was missing! This is item No.10 on the final drive drawing.
I have searched without success to locate this part. There are not too many of these bikes here in Ireland.
Can anyone out there advise if and where I could find one of these?
Thanks in advance for your advice or assistance.
Regards
Matt

That's definitely a very important part, otherwise a lot of stress gets put on the bearings, and you can't tighten the axle properly.

I had a look around for them without much success. It's just a thick-walled steel tube, so if someone could measure theirs and provide the dimensions, any machine shop could manufacture one easily from bar stock.

[MattTrim]

Many thanks for your response, very helpful indeed. I will definitely consider this as an option.
I don't know anyone else with a GL1000 at the moment, so if anyone else in the community has those dimensions that would be great or if there was a link to a technical drawing that would also be a winner.
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to help me, I'm sure your karma account balance has increased.
Regards
Matt