Subject: Re: need some advice! :>(
Author: Eric Lamberts
Date: Oct 27, 2002, 1:47 PM
Post ID: 1711281895
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, andy hill wrote:
| hi gang- took Keith's ambo out for a toot, and discovered, much to my disbelief, that there's an oil leak- drip, drip, from the bellhousing. [!!!!!] the rear mainseal is new, blah, blah, blah. what is the gereral concesus- leave the engine in the bike and remove the swingarm and the trans., or pull the whole engine/trans. back out? he wants her home sat., which leaves me 2 days [tues. and thurs.] to get this fixed. what the heck can it be, now? damn, i'm depressed. tia, andy |
I feel your pain. When I did the frame swap on my Eldo this summer, I
replaced the broken shifter detent spring, and while I was at it put in a
new main seal. It had been leaking a drop or two, and as long as I was in
there..
Now it leaks a lot more, and continues to do so even if the bike sits for
a couple of weeks. Where could it be leaking from? Seems to me that the
leak should not be from the main seal if the bike is just sitting--The oil
level should be way below that, right? Where could it be coming from?
Would it be illuminating to pull the oil pan? Is there anything to be
seen?
My vote would be to not pull the engine, but I don't like pulling that
engine much. To pull the engine you have to do almost everything you'd do
to pull the swing arm linkage wise.
I've also been busy cleaning up the metal parts of the trailer hitch
saddlebags you sold me, for the chromer. It's gonna be good, just the
thing to pull my windsurfers to the beach next spring.
Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu Reno NV