Hello fellow inmates…
today, went for a spirited ride trough the western NC mountain. I had sun, rain and sense fog.
When I went back home, put the bike in the garage, went for a beer and when i went back to the bike to take stuff off the bike, I noticed on the floor 2 or 3 oil drops. :-\
oil drops are just bellow the end of drive shaft, vertical to rear wheel axis. Ran my finger on the case and for sure it is little oily.
Put bike on lift, remove wheel and notice oil strain coming down from the seal, not much but it is there. Also it was lot of dirt that make its way down there by the opening created by the fins.
No oil on the wheel side…good thing.
I drain the oil, it is dark but ok, no contaminants to be seen by eye, just a little less than 0.25L came out, therefore, no oil consumption.
I wonder if the wheel was installed properly and the seal to close the spline shaft area well in contact with the tapper part of the drive shaft housing…because this seal is there to prevent any contaminant from entering the area...
I have ordered the seal and o-ring and will put back the bike like that, with fresh oil and keep an eye on that.
The reason I'm writing that, is that if you ride off road, i would suggest that ones a while, the rear wheel removed and dirt removed. It was really lot of fine dirt. i can really think that such dirt make its way to the seal and damage it.
Any way, bellow pictures to match the story. Sorry no picture before i cleaned, i should have took one to show.
today, went for a spirited ride trough the western NC mountain. I had sun, rain and sense fog.
When I went back home, put the bike in the garage, went for a beer and when i went back to the bike to take stuff off the bike, I noticed on the floor 2 or 3 oil drops. :-\
oil drops are just bellow the end of drive shaft, vertical to rear wheel axis. Ran my finger on the case and for sure it is little oily.
Put bike on lift, remove wheel and notice oil strain coming down from the seal, not much but it is there. Also it was lot of dirt that make its way down there by the opening created by the fins.
No oil on the wheel side…good thing.
I drain the oil, it is dark but ok, no contaminants to be seen by eye, just a little less than 0.25L came out, therefore, no oil consumption.
I wonder if the wheel was installed properly and the seal to close the spline shaft area well in contact with the tapper part of the drive shaft housing…because this seal is there to prevent any contaminant from entering the area...
I have ordered the seal and o-ring and will put back the bike like that, with fresh oil and keep an eye on that.
The reason I'm writing that, is that if you ride off road, i would suggest that ones a while, the rear wheel removed and dirt removed. It was really lot of fine dirt. i can really think that such dirt make its way to the seal and damage it.
Any way, bellow pictures to match the story. Sorry no picture before i cleaned, i should have took one to show.
