Paging the VFR FOAK.

I thought my snotoiler was getting a bit over generous today, so I knocked
it right off and cleaned the excess lubrication off the left side of my rear
tyre.

I got home and it appears there is a leak from under the front sprocket
cover, I'm guessing gearbox output shaft oilseal.

Anyone ever changed one on a '97 VFR750F-V ? Easy job, or engine out job ??

 

I've not changed one on a VFR so this is purely a guess but if it was
my bike I'd hook the old seal out with a scriber, slide a new seal
over the shaft then wrap a small amount of tape around the inside edge
of the OD of the seal to compress it, get it started in the bore, pull
the tape off then knock the seal all the way home.

 

And if the seal has an internal lip?

 

It does. Looking at the HBoL page 2.60, the lip fits into a groove in the
crankcase, and would appear to need the whole fucking thing taken apart.

 

(The Older Gentleman) wrote in

he was born in Norfolk

 

Surely if it's a seal sitting in a casing and preventing oil from
exiting along the shaft it's going to be a 'normal' seal that is a tap
fit into the casing and has a small spring to hold the actual sealing
edge in place?

 

<G>

 

Ouch.

It's a good job he doesn't need the bike until spring.

 

fuchsocks...... googling suggests that it may be possible to mung it
out, and tease a new one in with some warmth and lube added.....

A technique not un-common out here in the country.

 

If not then Andy's suggestion may work if you can find a generic seal the
right size with an added bit of Loctite.

Then trade it in to a cunty dealership..

 

Local dealer (Abingdon Motorcycles) has just quoted me £40 to fit -
reckons it's around 1/2 an hours labour !

 

Get a contract in writing ;o)

 

Most output shaft seals have an external lip that locates in a groove
in the crankcases, which means an engine out and crankcase split job
for it to be replaced. Some bikes rather cleverly have the output shaft
seal in a seperate housing, which can be removed from the engine unit
to have the seal replaced on the bench.

 

Which the VFR doesn't..... but, on inspection last night, there
appears to be no visible leak from the output shaft seal or gear
selector shaft seal.

I think it may have just been the snotoiler all along.... I've turned
it as far down as it will go and it still seems to be delivering 2-3
drops per min.

 

Can I just be first to say
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YTC

 

It needed a cleanout under there..... 13 years of roadmuck combined
with chain oil etc......

 

"It's always the snottoiler"

well nearly.