Mystery oil leak....

[FastColt]

Well if its not one thing its the other....finally get the bike registered, legit and running good. Now i have an oil leak and i cant figure out why the hell its leaking from. It appears to be coming from the inside of the front sprocket crank. Is this even possible??? Both the main seal and the push rod seal i replaced 3 weeks ago so i know there good. and they both appear dry. the oil looks like it runs out of the sprocket crank shaft, then onto the sprocket, then onto my chain then all over my mother freaking clean white walls!!!! Please help, im stummed.

 

[weekendrider]

They leak if the torque isn't correct. Which happens some have reported finding the sprocket nut only finger tight. How this happens with the locktab I dunno but it does.

 

[jayel]

pack heavy grease into the splines where they go thru that bushing, and sprocket needed to be correct torque (tight)

 

[FastColt]

whats the correct torque?

 

[mouser]

That seal doesn't look like it is in all the way or ???..perhaps it is the photo...in the second pic it looks like it is loose on the shaft ? I put this together to have a look.

 

[FastColt]

Ill double check it when I get home. Any one know the correct torque for that nut? Or where it can be found.

 

[TeeCat]

I was instructed to use 13 Kg-m or 94 ft/lbs. Our 5twins, as I recall, once told me that the values changed several times, but if you use values lower than these, leaks still are possible. Chock your rear wheel in such a way that it cannot rotate, and have someone hold the bike if need be. That's a fair amount of torque.

TC

 

[weekendrider]

I use 65 ft lbs.

 

[gggGary]

I use a 1/2" air wrench.............on high.