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Are you sure its oil & not the shifter rubber leaving its mark on your boot?
Are you sure its oil & not the shifter rubber leaving its mark on your boot?
GL1100 gear shifter leak
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I appear to have developed an oil leak onto my left boot (thought it was the rocker cover seal so replaced them) but i now think it is the seal around the gear shift lever
Are they easy to get and can it be replaced without a major stripdown and how do you do it??
Many thanks
Rob
I appear to have developed an oil leak onto my left boot (thought it was the rocker cover seal so replaced them) but i now think it is the seal around the gear shift lever
Are they easy to get and can it be replaced without a major stripdown and how do you do it??
Many thanks
Rob
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On the 1200 & 1500 (haven't done an 1100) it's an easy fix, sometimes easier by dropping the L Exhaust. Remove the lever, pick out the seal, put some tape over the splined shaft, replace the seal remove tape, replace lever, exhaust & ride. :waving:
On the 1200 & 1500 (haven't done an 1100) it's an easy fix, sometimes easier by dropping the L Exhaust. Remove the lever, pick out the seal, put some tape over the splined shaft, replace the seal remove tape, replace lever, exhaust & ride. :waving:
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96aspencade wrote:
96aspencade wrote:
A little bit of hard grease on the tape and seal lets it slide up and over real easy.On the 1200 & 1500 (haven't done an 1100) it's an easy fix, sometimes easier by dropping the L Exhaust. Remove the lever, pick out the seal, put some tape over the splined shaft, replace the seal remove tape, replace lever, exhaust & ride. :waving:
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The same thing happened to me and I just used a long screwdriver and tapped the seal back ino place ,never leaked sinceand its been a couple of years now,they sometimes work loose , check it out , Dupe.
The same thing happened to me and I just used a long screwdriver and tapped the seal back ino place ,never leaked sinceand its been a couple of years now,they sometimes work loose , check it out , Dupe.
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Dupe wrote:
Dupe wrote:
I don,t know about the screwdriver. A deep socket would be my choice of tools. But Dupe's suggestion would surely be worth a try.The same thing happened to me and I just used a long screwdriver and tapped the seal back ino place ,never leaked sinceand its been a couple of years now,they sometimes work loose , check it out , Dupe.
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Just need you one of these. Cheap enough.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hond...8098730QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Just need you one of these. Cheap enough.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hond...8098730QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
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Buy a gear shift shaft seal, remove with a small hook, relplace new seal by using deep socket, coat outside of new seal with red locktite prior to installation.
Buy a gear shift shaft seal, remove with a small hook, relplace new seal by using deep socket, coat outside of new seal with red locktite prior to installation.
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Also check the water pump weep hole and starter o-ring. You sound a little unsure of the source yet. The wind can blow it around quite a bit.
Also check the water pump weep hole and starter o-ring. You sound a little unsure of the source yet. The wind can blow it around quite a bit.
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Thanks for all that I will try and narrow down the source but I am fairly sure it has to be the shifter as it sometimes burns a couple of drops of oil from the exhaust just below the shifter on first starting up
Thanks for all that I will try and narrow down the source but I am fairly sure it has to be the shifter as it sometimes burns a couple of drops of oil from the exhaust just below the shifter on first starting up
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will also try and source one locally seeing as it fits lots of bikes rather than having one shipped across the atlantic
will also try and source one locally seeing as it fits lots of bikes rather than having one shipped across the atlantic
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