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dynamo drive sealing
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<blockquote data-quote="lindie" data-source="post: 14226" data-attributes="member: 1466"><p>will put the felt in as a preliminary as theres nought there at present. </p><p></p><p> <img src="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/images/misc/quote_icon.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Originally Posted by <strong>Len Matthews</strong> <a href="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14219#post14219" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p> Oil loss from here is usually due to excess oil in the primary chaincase. It's well known that most Twins have a tendancy for oil to pass through the drive-side main bearings necessitating the need to drain off the surplus via the level screw. "</p><p></p><p>will recheck the level as too much is a problem and it'll get topped up from the engine by the sound of it so any it leaks will be replenished. kind of pouring water from one bucket into another really isn't it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>vince998 "</p><p>Theoretically, if you could seal the primary effectively (dynamo, gearbox cover plate & detent housing, kick-start shaft tunnel etc) then the pressure in the primary would stay constant."</p><p></p><p>would be nice but the way it is now seems less breathing through the dynamo as blasting into. can't blame it really as with missing components odd crap is bound to occur.</p><p></p><p>thanks everyone for the suggestions thus far. glen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lindie, post: 14226, member: 1466"] will put the felt in as a preliminary as theres nought there at present. [IMG]http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/images/misc/quote_icon.png[/IMG] Originally Posted by [B]Len Matthews[/B] [URL="http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14219#post14219"][IMG]http://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png[/IMG][/URL] Oil loss from here is usually due to excess oil in the primary chaincase. It's well known that most Twins have a tendancy for oil to pass through the drive-side main bearings necessitating the need to drain off the surplus via the level screw. " will recheck the level as too much is a problem and it'll get topped up from the engine by the sound of it so any it leaks will be replenished. kind of pouring water from one bucket into another really isn't it. vince998 " Theoretically, if you could seal the primary effectively (dynamo, gearbox cover plate & detent housing, kick-start shaft tunnel etc) then the pressure in the primary would stay constant." would be nice but the way it is now seems less breathing through the dynamo as blasting into. can't blame it really as with missing components odd crap is bound to occur. thanks everyone for the suggestions thus far. glen. [/QUOTE]
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