rtaylor522
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Hey All,
I'm still working on the finishing touches on xs2 to get it road worthy. I have had it running some to fine tune the timing/work on carbs syncing and tuning. As I have been running it I noticed what looks like some weeping on the left side of the base gasket. It sits on a left side kick stand and has'nt done much upright running due to brakes and no center stand. Could the constant leaning to the left be causing the base gasket to leak on the left side? It's not like it's pumping out of there but it's definitley weeping, and it's bone dry on the right side. This is a fresh top end overhaul by a machine shop and the only other leak I've traced and fixed was a slightly loose cam chain adjust mounting bolt on the back of the engine. It was an Athena Gasket Kit.
On a separate note I tried changing the clutch pushrod oil seal and that was a failure. I've been reading some other threads on it. Do you think freezing it and then taking a light grit sand paper to the sharp edge on the hole it goes into will do it? Do you have to remove the drive sprocket to get it to go in straight?
Thanks all,
Rob
I'm still working on the finishing touches on xs2 to get it road worthy. I have had it running some to fine tune the timing/work on carbs syncing and tuning. As I have been running it I noticed what looks like some weeping on the left side of the base gasket. It sits on a left side kick stand and has'nt done much upright running due to brakes and no center stand. Could the constant leaning to the left be causing the base gasket to leak on the left side? It's not like it's pumping out of there but it's definitley weeping, and it's bone dry on the right side. This is a fresh top end overhaul by a machine shop and the only other leak I've traced and fixed was a slightly loose cam chain adjust mounting bolt on the back of the engine. It was an Athena Gasket Kit.
On a separate note I tried changing the clutch pushrod oil seal and that was a failure. I've been reading some other threads on it. Do you think freezing it and then taking a light grit sand paper to the sharp edge on the hole it goes into will do it? Do you have to remove the drive sprocket to get it to go in straight?
Thanks all,
Rob