Subject: Re: Several Annoying Questions...
Author: Zerhackermann .
Date: Jun 21, 2001, 11:08 AM
Post ID: 1707208192
| I finally got around to swapping out my bad shift shaft with the new part... easy repair and well... I can shift now! Anyhow, while I was making the repair, I noticed a couple of things: 1. My left cylinder appears to be slightly weeping oil just below the exhaust header nut. The oil (very very slight amount) is running along a cylinder fin towards the spark plug. As I was tracing (and cleaning) its route... I decided to pull the plug. Looked pretty good... slight oily residue though. What is this indicative of!?? |
could be a lot of things. could be nothing. is it gas or oil on the plug.
the oil below the exhaust nut would the head gasket OR the oil feed line to
the head. I gave myself a scare when I only finger tightened the oil feed
bolt and then a couple moths later when I started the bike the first time, I
had a mysterious oil leak...until I found the source.
Wipe the oil off and fire up the bike, see if you can spot where it starts.
| 2. While the bike was on the center stand I spun the rear wheel and noticed a fairly significant amount of drag on it (yes it was in neutral!... I double checked!). Is this normal?? (hard to define "slight amount" without a way to really measure it... but if I give it a good spin it only makes two or three revs.) |
Remember you are not only spinning the wheel, but the transmission bits as
well, not to mention the brake may be skimming the drum, and lets not forget
the final drive, shaft and u-joint.
| Any feedback appreciated. Thanks, Barry Dikeman 73 Eldo ============================================================ Stretch your dollars. Make George do double duty with amazing deals from TopOffers. http://click.topica.com/caaacgOb1dfltb2c9oVf/TopOffers ============================================================ |
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