Leaking Oil - Page 2

Easy Rider · 11-01-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Meme

It drips on the exhaust and smokes bad. It makes a good looking bike look like crap. :roll:

How about a folded up rag and some duct tape over the leak ???

dannylightning · 11-02-2009, 03:36 PM

if it gets on the rear tire you will loose control and crash, riding that thing leaking oil is like playing Russian roulette, i know a few guys that have ate it pretty good pulling out of a drive way that only had a little bit of oil on the drive way.

Water Warrior 2 · 11-02-2009, 05:13 PM

Wiping up the driveway also keeps oil off your boots. They need traction too.

Meme · 11-13-2009, 09:38 PM

I finally got the gasket. :roll: FWIW, the post office sucks. They lost the package for about a week, claiming it was "Undeliverable as Addressed". Then they claimed BikeBandit put the wrong zip on it. Then said it was on it's way back to the sender. Then I mysteriously get the package yesterday. It was addressed EXACTLY the same as all my bills, which I always seem to get.

Anyway, I put the new gasket in today. It was pretty simple, took about 25 minutes of disassembly and reassembly, with about 2 hours of scraping the old gasket off in between. Next time I will go and get some gasket remover. The new gasket feels like rubber instead of paper. :2tup:

The original gasket was installed wrong, probably from the factory since I bought it with 276 miles on it. Even so, it worked for almost 10,000 miles, with about 1/16th of an inch of the gasket sealing for an inch or 2 along the top.

So far, so good. No leaks.

Water Warrior 2 · 11-13-2009, 11:23 PM

Good for you. Glad to hear the operation was a success.

11-02-2009, 03:36 PM	#12
dannylightning Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: akron ohio Posts: 893	Re: Leaking Oil if it gets on the rear tire you will loose control and crash, riding that thing leaking oil is like playing Russian roulette, i know a few guys that have ate it pretty good pulling out of a drive way that only had a little bit of oil on the drive way.
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11-02-2009, 05:13 PM	#13
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Leaking Oil Wiping up the driveway also keeps oil off your boots. They need traction too. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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11-13-2009, 09:38 PM	#14
Meme Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Reno NV Posts: 57	Re: Leaking Oil I finally got the gasket. :roll: FWIW, the post office sucks. They lost the package for about a week, claiming it was "Undeliverable as Addressed". Then they claimed BikeBandit put the wrong zip on it. Then said it was on it's way back to the sender. Then I mysteriously get the package yesterday. It was addressed EXACTLY the same as all my bills, which I always seem to get. Anyway, I put the new gasket in today. It was pretty simple, took about 25 minutes of disassembly and reassembly, with about 2 hours of scraping the old gasket off in between. Next time I will go and get some gasket remover. The new gasket feels like rubber instead of paper. :2tup: The original gasket was installed wrong, probably from the factory since I bought it with 276 miles on it. Even so, it worked for almost 10,000 miles, with about 1/16th of an inch of the gasket sealing for an inch or 2 along the top. So far, so good. No leaks.
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11-13-2009, 11:23 PM	#15
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Leaking Oil Good for you. Glad to hear the operation was a success. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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