View Single Post
Old 22-01-2018, 05:17 PM   #15
utopia
No turn left unstoned
 
utopia's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: leicester
Bike: M750
Posts: 4,546
Quote:
Originally Posted by utopia View Post
The only outstanding element in all this of which I am still a tad uncertain is the detail of the case/bearing/seal arrangement behind the clutch where the bleed hole in the shaft is.
If anyone has a pic of this I would be interested to confirm my reasoning that the bleed hole must exit between seal and bearing, thereby allowing the oil to flow back through the bearing and thence into the inner crankcase.

Nope, my reasoning is faulty there .... there is no seal on that bearing.
The oil must exit into the primary gear case.
The oil seal is in the outer case.
Please excuse my error .. I've never stripped my engine that far.

I'd still like to see that damn hole in the shaft though.
utopia is offline   Reply With Quote