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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Toecutter on August 25, 2015, 01:24:01 PM
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So, dropped my bike off at the stealer (still under warranty, so I'll let them get greasy), but want to ask for some thoughts:
I've got a rear hub leak, intermittent. it's NOT diff. fluid, as I"m only 800 km from my fluid change and that stuff is dark... the leak I have is amber/golden.
No rhyme or reason to when it decides to drip, sometimes it simply makes the lower section of my hub a little oily, others, I'll come out to find it's puked on my rim and tire.
I'm thinking it's a seal around the shaft, but is the shaft in an oil bath? I thought it was dry. Plus, if it's a leak from the transmission... that's a long way to travel, to drip out the hub, no?
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....if it's a leak from the transmission... that's a long way to travel, to drip out the hub, no?
Not if there's no where else for it to go. That's my guess.
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Mine too.
Just seems like that would mean two failed seals... one at each end? Haven't got a diagram, and at this point, it's just a thought exercise... seeing as how it's in the shop already.
Seems early though... 2 months and only 6800 km.
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Try removing the breather and making sure it's working properly. Sounds like the bevelbox is pressurising and forcing oil past a seal. It won't be from the gearbox, the front of the bevelbox is sealed.
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There's no requirement to add moly to the rear, so the oil wouldn't be that dark.
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I've checked... Its dark, damn near black.
This drip is amber.
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I've checked... Its dark, damn near black.
This drip is amber.
Ok, I assume you've stuck your finger in it.. :shocked: :laugh: and given it a whiff? If it's not gear oil, there might be a line loose in the engine breather system. (?) There's a ton of oil mist in it.