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gearbox oil leak
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 147460" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>There can be several faults which can lead to oil getting into the kick start cover. The old original one was that the tunnel which at the kick starter end takes the kick starter shaft goes all the way through to the primary chain cover. This was to allow the use of left handed kick starters for the left hand drive market. If the primary chain case is over filled, or even if it just normal, then oil can migrate through this tunnel and end up in the kick starter cover. Most of us cured that problem by putting a cork into that tunnel years ago. If that is not the problem then oil can move from the gearbox and past the Oilite bush which supports the gearbox main shaft where it runs into the kick starter cover. Where G3 emerges from G5 if you have the parts list. This can be cured by pushing the Oilite bush inwards very slightly (a mm plus) and then fitting a thin section 'o' ring into that recess. If that is not the case then another possibility is where the gear change actuating shaft, G40, enters the kick starter cover. It would be unusual for this to let much oil pass but once again if it is the problem then recessing the plate and fitting an 'o' ring behind the place where it enters the kick starter cover can cure that. Then there are the studs which hold the two crankcase halves together. Some of these have brazed on nuts at the primary drive end which have to be sealed with sealing compound. If that is missing or the stud has failed and become displace then an oil leak can result but also a disaster inside the primary drive. Check it out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 147460, member: 456"] There can be several faults which can lead to oil getting into the kick start cover. The old original one was that the tunnel which at the kick starter end takes the kick starter shaft goes all the way through to the primary chain cover. This was to allow the use of left handed kick starters for the left hand drive market. If the primary chain case is over filled, or even if it just normal, then oil can migrate through this tunnel and end up in the kick starter cover. Most of us cured that problem by putting a cork into that tunnel years ago. If that is not the problem then oil can move from the gearbox and past the Oilite bush which supports the gearbox main shaft where it runs into the kick starter cover. Where G3 emerges from G5 if you have the parts list. This can be cured by pushing the Oilite bush inwards very slightly (a mm plus) and then fitting a thin section 'o' ring into that recess. If that is not the case then another possibility is where the gear change actuating shaft, G40, enters the kick starter cover. It would be unusual for this to let much oil pass but once again if it is the problem then recessing the plate and fitting an 'o' ring behind the place where it enters the kick starter cover can cure that. Then there are the studs which hold the two crankcase halves together. Some of these have brazed on nuts at the primary drive end which have to be sealed with sealing compound. If that is missing or the stud has failed and become displace then an oil leak can result but also a disaster inside the primary drive. Check it out. [/QUOTE]
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