| | Keith,
Take a magik marker and "color" the inside top area of the belt
cover.Near the generator pully. Put it back on and ride. After a few
miles pull the cover and check to see if the marker is wore away
anywhere.If it is you'll want to look at the gen bracket.
A gen. can grind the belt cover when loose in the bracket.
Kev
Keith Ruff wrote:
| | Just getting back from the Roar to the Shore rally in Wildwood, NJ. 95%
Harley. Counted 2 total Guzzi's in the entire several hundred-1000+
bikes we saw - my Ambo and Cam's Eldo. Did get a few people asking
about the bikes, and a few Harley guys pulling up to us asking what
years they were as we were cruising. One guy in a pickup was ooing and
ahhing at them, saying he hadn't seen a Guzzi since his dad owned one.
The Ambo is running real well, but I think the time she spent sitting is
rearing it's ugly head, getting more oil leaks, this time I noticed oil
coming from just under the gen belt cover. I cracked off the cover and
low and behold, there was oil sitting under the pulley wheel. I decided
to give into the seal swell stuff and threw it in the crankcase before
departing for home today - seems to actually have worked as I see no oil
residue at all now, but still have the oil leak between the cases which
I am pretty sure is coming from those flange bolts that the Guzzi dealer
never coated before re-installing them when he replaced the main seal.
The other leak I have a real question on and need advice is the trans.
I figured out it is definitely coming out of that seal (don't know what
it's called) that moves in and out when you pull the clutch, on the back
case of the trans. It is wet/grimy, and after a ride, the gear oil
leaks down and drips off the rear case. Is there some sort of gear oil
seal sweller to fix this or does it flat out need to be changed? How
hard/how much to fix? Last question, I'm still getting a metallic
grinding type of noise, sort of clatter like too up front, definitely in
the gen/gen belt area it seems. I took a look at the new belt and it is
fine, can't figure out what the noise is but it scares me, I'm waiting
for the big boom as I'm riding. I noticed when manually turning the
motor, the pulley seems to make a grinding noise, don't know why. Any
clue what would be causing this noise? As stated earlier, the bike is
running great, just this noise has me concerned, perhaps it is normal
(i.e. the timing gears) and the old gaskets giving way here and there.
Appreciate the help/advice.
Keith Ruff
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