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<blockquote data-quote="vince998" data-source="post: 27119" data-attributes="member: 261"><p>During a period of good 16 months, i found tiny silver slivers of polished metal in the oil filter (during 3 filter changes)</p><p>Everything in the timing side looked good, the valves wern´t making funny noises, and oil consumption was steady.</p><p>After further investigation, i found the outer primary ball bearing race full of swarf?</p><p>On closer examination of the bits i managed to pick out from between the balls it turned out to be the remnants of what appears to be an early type bearing seal in the form of a thin ring of aluminium coated with rubber.</p><p>Crankcase pressure (or maybe just wear on the ring) had dislodged it and the ball bearings did the rest.</p><p>Trevor is right with the small contact area for PD2 and a very thin contact area for the front primary sprocket inside face when using sealed bearings</p><p>After finding a special bearing puller, i managed to remove the ball bearing and replace it with an unsealed one with the cases still together.</p><p>At the same time i fitted te seal kit from russel and made up a large dia hardened washer which is trapped between PD2 and the bearing and gives a large surface area for the sprocket thrust face to work against (i had to remove material from the thrust face end to get chain alignment afterwards but only half as much as the washer thickness?)</p><p>I´d go for the standard unsealed bearing and a mainshaft seal</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vince998, post: 27119, member: 261"] During a period of good 16 months, i found tiny silver slivers of polished metal in the oil filter (during 3 filter changes) Everything in the timing side looked good, the valves wern´t making funny noises, and oil consumption was steady. After further investigation, i found the outer primary ball bearing race full of swarf? On closer examination of the bits i managed to pick out from between the balls it turned out to be the remnants of what appears to be an early type bearing seal in the form of a thin ring of aluminium coated with rubber. Crankcase pressure (or maybe just wear on the ring) had dislodged it and the ball bearings did the rest. Trevor is right with the small contact area for PD2 and a very thin contact area for the front primary sprocket inside face when using sealed bearings After finding a special bearing puller, i managed to remove the ball bearing and replace it with an unsealed one with the cases still together. At the same time i fitted te seal kit from russel and made up a large dia hardened washer which is trapped between PD2 and the bearing and gives a large surface area for the sprocket thrust face to work against (i had to remove material from the thrust face end to get chain alignment afterwards but only half as much as the washer thickness?) I´d go for the standard unsealed bearing and a mainshaft seal [/QUOTE]
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