Were you losing enough you had to refill often?
Currently 35k miles on the bike. I suppose that all mechanical assemblies will eventually require some manner of repair.
Was out for a ride on Sunday and noticed some oil on the rear wheel. It was just a few drops, but definitely gear oil. At the end of the ride, the wheel was completely streaked with oil.
I drained and filled about 2K miles ago. I do it every oil change and am positive that it was not over filled. Did a ride to West Virginia a few weeks back, 1350 miles with no sign of a leak.
Appt. made with the local dealer to have it checked out. The winter riding season is about to begin, need to get back on the road. Luckily my extended warranty still has a couple of years left.
Yeah, that happens now and then on this model. No big deal and it is most probably the inner seal like Rem had fail. You might want to ask the dealer to order an inner bearing though- the seal is behind the bearing and removing the bearing generally damages them; better to have both parts on hand when doing this job IMO.
Brian
Yup...I ruined the bearing in mine while removing it...
I'm not sure how you'd get it out without damaging it...unless you took the final drive completely off the bike and had some fancy fitted attachments for a hydraulic press. It's been a few years since I did it, but I do recall that bearing being a bugger to remove.
I also changed the large outer lip seal (the one closest to the spline drive), it's not difficult at all.
Rem
Did you use the "hot oil bath" method as mentioned in the service manual or something else?
I figured the seal is pressed in and is supposed to be really tight. But I suspect their main concern is damaging the housing.
Did you use the "hot oil bath" method as mentioned in the service manual or something else?
Sort of like a bad joke: like most shops (if any?) have an oil bath, heated to what, 350F or something, large enough to take a C-14 final drive, just lying around. Oh yeah, a pretty common thing to have at a motorcycle shop. Sometimes I think the manual makes more sense when we simply cannot read it at all.... :-)
You could always go to a fast food restaurant...but you'd have to actually go inside, and not use the drive-thru.
If you timed it right, you could get lunch while you're there, right?
C14 Final Drive flavored fries?....Or clams for you eh BDF?...lol.
Rem
That's what I'll be doing. The dealer can have it for a bit.
Maybe use this? http://www.revzilla.com/product/motion-pro-bearing-remover-set
As mentioned here: http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=17311.msg211961#msg211961