Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Oil Leak Fixed

I had a mysterious oil leak from behind the left engine cover, but I couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I finally removed the cover, chain, and sprocket, coated the side of the engine in baby powder, and fired it up. It became clear pretty quickly that the oil was leaking from the output shaft seal:


I ordered a new seal from Bike Bandit for $7.50 and installed it. The old seal got damaged from the removal, and the new seal was pretty stubborn about going in. I got it in in the end, though.

Hopefully I won't "mark my territory" whenever I park for multiple hours now!

1 Comments:

Blogger btrantow said...

I need help finding parts for my 81 xs 400 - can you email me?!

THANKS!

bryan.trantow@polarisind.com

12:18 PM  

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